Did you know that the BBC is the largest broadcasting corporation in the world? And with a Logitech Squeezebox, you can access all of that content in any room of your home. With BBC and Squeezebox you can:

• Explore the BBC World Service channel where you get hundreds of reporters and specialist correspondents bringing you impartial news reports and more
• Choose between nine different BBC stations on your Squeezebox
• Listen to sports, international news, comedy and drama throughout your home

BBC on Squeezebox is currently available worldwide.

It was an exciting week for Logitech! We announced that we’re acquiring Texas-based LifeSize Communications, a global leader in HD-video communication solutions. More coverage on the announcement below.

The CES Innovations awards were also announced last week and Logitech took seven awards, ranging from the Logitech Flight System G940 to our Logitech Squeezebox Touch! Check out our blog post and I4U for all the winning product details.

We also had some good reviews come in; Wired reviewed our Harmony 900 Remote and said it’s “button layout is pleasing to both the eye and touch, making finding the right key in a dark room easy. And its cradle keeps it charged, which saves us from stockpiling batteries lest we run out of juice on Friday night.” Our Harmony 700 Remote was included in PC Magazine’s “Daily Gift Idea” series.

Much more coverage below, including ABC’s “video vigilante” story featuring Logitech’s Video Security System.

• Logitech Harmony 900 Universal Remote – Wired
• Logitech Wins 7 Awards at CES 2010 – I4U News
• Daily Gift Idea: Logitech Harmony 700 – PC Magazine
• Logitech G500 Review – CNET Australia
• Logitech Anywhere Mouse MX (Review) – Technology Review
• San Jose homeowner catches burglars on live camera – ABC 7
• Logitech finally refreshes its flagship universal remote – CNET Asia
• Logitech Buys Videoconferencing Outfit LifeSize – BusinessWeek
• Logitech Takes on Cisco, to Buy LifeSize for $405M – GigaOM
• Logitech gobbles up LifeSize; Enters video conferencing – ZDNet
• Logitech Breaks Into Videoconferencing – New York Times
• Logitech To Buy LifeSize Communications For $405 Million – Barron’s
• Logitech to Buy LifeSize for $405 Million – WSJ
• Logitech mice for any surface – The Star Online
• Logitech G500 – Maximum PC

Seven Logitech products have received the prestigious CES Innovations Honoree Award for excellence in design and engineering. The award-winning products include:

Logitech Anywhere Mouse MX

Logitech Harmony 900

Logitech Squeezebox Radio

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Logitech is excited to announce that we are acquiring Texas-based LifeSize Communications, a global leader in HD-video communication solutions with more than 9000 customers in more than 80 countries around the globe.

As a world leader in PC-to-PC video communications, Logitech has consistently driven innovation in video calling and webcams, from our collaboration with Yahoo and MSN on video communication to delivering High Quality Video on Skype to the purchase of SightSpeed a year ago.

With LifeSize, Logitech expects to extend our leadership in video communication beyond the desktop – imagine HD-video communication that is as mainstream and seamless as a telephone call – for anyone, anywhere.

To learn more about the shared vision of Logitech and LifeSize, click here.

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Related Reads:

• Logitech Buys Videoconferencing Outfit LifeSize – BusinessWeek
• Logitech Takes on Cisco, to Buy LifeSize for $405M – GigaOM
• Logitech gobbles up LifeSize; Enters video conferencing – ZDNet
• Logitech Breaks Into Videoconferencing – New York Times
• Logitech To Buy LifeSize Communications For $405 Million – Barron’s

As a Squeezebox owner you already know that with Napster, you can enjoy unlimited access to more than 8 million songs on your Squeezebox. It’s a great way to discover and enjoy your favorite music. Napster is now working on ways to improve your listening experience, and you can give us a hand.

Here’s what the Napster team wanted me to share with Squeezebox owners:

Check out the latest Napster design, currently open for beta testing in order to get as much additional feedback as possible. Your comments will help us make the new design even better. Here are a couple of major areas we have been working on:

Search
We’ve heard that you want to find artists, albums, and songs as fast as possible. Napster’s improved search now includes auto-suggest results that appear as you type. When you see what you’re looking for, one click takes you there. You can even play an Automix directly from the results.

Player
The new Napster has an embedded player that stays front-and-center no matter where you click on the site. When you add music to the player, the new pop-up player queue makes it all easier to see and manage. Drag and drop songs, make playlists, and even buy music right from the queue.

Again, once you’ve taken the new Napster beta for a spin, please send us feedback. Let us know what you think so we can make Napster the best it can be.

Thanks in advance for helping us build the best music experience online.

-The Napster Team

A wide range of reviews came in last week from the Logitech G500 Gaming Mouse to the Logitech Squeezebox Radio.

Digital Trends gave our G500 Gaming Mouse an 8/10 and said they prefer it to our G9x Laser Mouse because it “delivers nearly all the same features, and it’s a better fit for our hands.” The Future of Things reviewed out Darkfield Technology, which allows you to use your mouse virtually anywhere you want — including clear glass. This technology is included in a handful of our mice, including the Logitech Anywhere Mouse MX, which Everything USB reviewed and said “the overall product execution leaves little to be desired.”

Also, CNET UK tried out the Logitech Squeezebox Radio and gave it a 9.1/10 and said it’s “one of the best Internet-radio streamers currently on the market.”

Check out more coverage below:

• Logitech Anywhere MX Wireless Mouse Review – Everything USB
• Logitech Squeezebox Radio Review – CNET
• Logitech unveils Autumn product line – ITP.net
• Logitech WiLife: Big Brother on a Baby Budget – Concrave
• Logitech G500 Review – Digital Trends
• ‘Darkfield’ Lasers Let Mice Track on Glass – thefutureofthings.com
• Logitech’s new Harmony IR repeater – EngadgetHD
• Logitech G330 Gaming Headset Review – ConnectReviews

Know someone in your family who would love to have some Ultimate Ears custom earphone monitors? If so, now is the time! The Ultimate Ears Custom team is excited to announce a worldwide holiday promotion that includes free ear impressions, ground shipping and an Ultimate Ears t-shirt. Click here for more details.

I recently caught up with the renowned Swedish developer SimBin about RACE On, the latest title in the company’s RACE series. Launched in October, RACE On is the only official game of two of the world’s biggest touring car spectacles; the World Touring Car Championship (WTCC) and the Swedish Touring Car Championship (STCC). The game has highly detailed driving and utilizes the features on the Logitech G27 Racing Wheel to full effect. Here are some excerpts from an interview with Jay Ekkel, a member of the development team:

Q: What is the advantage of playing RACE On with the Logitech G27 Racing Wheel? How do you use the RPM indicator LEDs?

A: The G27 lets you experience every feedback from the game so that weight transfer, grip and subtle hints from the track surface are felt with realism. With proper feedback, like on the G27, you’re able to react quickly to what the car is doing and get totally immersed in the game. The RPM LEDs are a nice addition to the G27 – we use these in RACE On as an indicator of the optimal timing to shift up. During speed build-up, the LEDs are used as any RPM light, and on optimal gear shift timing the LEDs will start blinking, indicating time to shift up.

Q: Describe your favorite feature of the game or a feature that gives it more depth than other similar games?

A: Easy to drive, hard to master. Anyone can drive a car, but it becomes interesting when you start pushing the car to its limits. We have used this philosophy during the development of our games, and it comes out very strong. You can pick up and play our games, but to be the fastest you will need to push the car to its limits. This make it very exciting to play.

Q: When you and your dev team find yourselves running on empty, what is your fuel of choice?

A: Pizza and a huge amount of sweet candy mixed with some red bull have dragged us through the crunch periods. Besides that, the team spirit and motivation to keep our high standards has helped us through many long and hard crunch periods. But every time it was worth it!

For the full interview, go to: www.facebook.com/logitechgaming

Did you know that you can add a personal slide show to your life’s soundtrack by installing Flickr on your Squeezebox Radio, Squeezebox Touch (available in December) or Squeezebox Duet? With the new Flickr app, you can view photos of family and friends or change things up by accessing Flickr’s vast online gallery for an always revolving screen saver. Simply go to the ‘App Gallery’, select ‘Photo Services’ and install Flickr.

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