Las Vegas - SanDisk (NASD: SNDK), a maker of storage media and MP3 players, on Wednesday introduced its Sansa slotRadio player and accompanying line of slotRadio format music cards at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. Designed for the casual music consumer, the $99 player comes with a slotRadio card pre-loaded with 1,000 songs from a range of genres, picked from a variety of playlists from Billboard's charts. Separately, the company announced a new "Rock Band 2" music game-branded 2GB SD card, designed for use with the Nintendo Wii, which will sell for $12.99.

Milpitas, Calif. - SanDisk (NASD: SNDK), the maker of Flash memory cards and MP3 players, is cutting 15% of its staff, or about 450 employees, as part of a cost-saving initiative, according to reports.

Milpitas, Calif. - Korean electronics giant Samsung has withdrawn its $5.85 billion offer to acquire SanDisk (NASD: SNDK), the maker of memory cards and MP3 players. "After nearly six months of efforts to pursue a transaction with no meaningful progress, we are withdrawing our proposal to acquire SanDisk," Yoon Woo Lee, vice chairman and CEO at Samsung Electronics, said in a statement.

Los Angeles - The four major record labels, along with leading U.S. retailers and memory card maker SanDisk on Monday introduced a new music format, where microSD cards will come pre-loaded with DRM-free MP3 albums from top artists. The "slotMusic" cards will be playable in mobile phones and MP3 players that support microSD cards -- which excludes Apple's (NASD: AAPL) iPod -- as well as on any computer with a USB port and a number of in-car systems.

Milpitas, Calif. - Shares of SanDisk (NASD: SNDK) dropped 24% on Tuesday, a day after the maker of flash storage cards and MP3 players reported a second-quarter loss that sunk well below analyst expectations.

Milpitas, Calif. - SanDisk (NASD: SNDK), a maker of MP3 players and flash storage media, announced on Tuesday that it has acquired MusicGremlin, the maker of a Wi-Fi-enabled digital audio player. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. Founded in 2003, New York-based MusicGremlin's eponymous device was one of the first to allow music direct music downloads over a Wi-Fi connection without the need of a computer.

Los Angeles - Microsoft's (NASD: MSFT) Zune digital media player gained a bit of the MP3 player market share in NPD Group's latest rankings, now accounting for 4% of the total market, up from 3% in the first quarter of 2007, Wired.com reported.

Milpitas, Calif. - SanDisk (NASD: SNDK), a maker of Flash-based MP3 players and storage media products, announced on Wednesday that it will offer a promotional microSD card containing DRM-free music from over 50 new and emerging artists. The "Sansa Sessions" microSD card includes songs, music videos and photos from more than 30 labels, and features artists such as Ladytron, Of Montreal and The Coup. The card is being offered as a promotion for the launch of SanDisk's 8GB Sansa Fuze player, and can be acquired via an offer inside the box.

Milpitas, Calif. - SanDisk on Tuesday introduced its Sansa Fuze MP3 player, a 1.9-inch color-screen model that will come in 2GB ($79), 4GB ($99) and 8GB ($129) capacities. Scheduled to go on sale in the U.S. in April, the Sansa Fuze will also feature a microSD memory card slot and FM tuner, and come in colors including pink, red, blue, black and silver.

Milpitas, Calif. - SanDisk (NASD: SNDK), a developer of portable audio and video players, said that NBC Universal (NYSE: GE) will make much of its programming available on the company's new Fanfare service, which lets users download video content from their PC for playback on their TV through a special video player. The programming includes current TV shows from NBC, USA Network, SCI FI Channel and Bravo, as well as a library of vintage shows.

Milpitas, Calif. - SanDisk, a maker of flash storage media and portable media players, on Monday introduced the TakeTV Video Player, a device that moves video content from the PC to a TV, and also launched a public beta of Fanfare, an online service that lets users download TV shows, movies and other video content to portable devices.

Milpitas, Calif. - SanDisk, a maker of storage media products and MP3 players, on Monday introduced the Sansa View, a new flash memory-based video MP3 player intended to compete with Apple's new iPod nano with video. The device supports video formats including H.264, WMV, MPEG4 and DivX, and will be available in 8GB ($149) and 16GB ($199) models when it ships to retailers in October.

Milpitas, Calif. - SanDisk, a maker of memory storage media and MP3 players, on Monday introduced the Sansa Clip, a tiny, wearable MP3 player intended to compete in the same category as Apple's second-generation iPod shuffle. The player features a tiny screen, and is available in several colors. A 1GB model will retail for $39 while a 2GB version will cost $59 when the Sansa Clip begins shipping in September in North America and Europe.

Oakland, Calif. - Pandora, the personalized Web radio service, announced on Wednesday that its service is now available on cell phones to Sprint subscribers.

Milpitas, Calif. - SanDisk, a manufacturer of storage media products and MP3 players, on Tuesday introduced a new MP3 player model designed for kids and families. Slated for release later this month, the $39 Sansa Shaker features 512MB of memory, a built-in speaker and a feature that jumps to another song when the device is shaken.

Milpitas, Calif. - SanDisk, a maker of flash memory storage media and MP3 players, announced on Friday that it has licensed patented MPEG Audio technology from Italy's Sisvel, ending litigation between the two companies. Financial terms of the license were not disclosed. The dispute also saw a court remove SanDisk's MP3 players from the floor of a technology trade show in Germany. Sisvel -- known in the U.S. as Audio MPEG -- has licensed its MP3 technology to around 600 other device makers and software developers.