Longhorn:Now a widescreen ipod from China...

If Apple wasn't going to give people a fullscreen iPod, darn it, the Chinese would do it. Longhorn's M16 and M18 —which kinda makes for a weird Apple/Microsoft mishmash—are flash based video/audio players that look like the iPhone. So how good is it?

Form what we saw, video was sharp and actually quite detailed. The m18 has a 480x272 dpi display and the M16 had a 320x240 display. The video wasn't completely fluid, but it was definitely watchable.

What's cool was this thing can actually record from TV/DVD/CD/DV to MPEG-4, and output to NTSC/PAL for watching on the TV. It supports up to a 2GB SD card, and has a 2000 mAh battery. No pricing on this, we're pretty sure it'll be a cheap knockoff iPod/iPhone player when it's released.

Google teams up with China's Xunlei

BEIJING - Google Inc. and a Chinese partner on Friday announced a new Internet venture as the U.S.-based search engine tries to expand its share of China's growing online market.

Google said it would add its search technology to services offered by Xunlei Network Technology Inc., which provides video and game downloads.

Google is trying to expand its presence in China, where it ranks behind local search engine Baidu.com, which has more than 60 percent of the Chinese search market.

Google and Xunlei did not release financial details of their venture.

"We hope to expand our relationship into many new areas over the coming years," Xunlei president Zou Shenglong said in a statement.

Also this week, Google announced it was teaming up with China Mobile, the country's biggest cell phone carrier, to provide search services for mobile phones.