A New York judge rejected a plea for lenient sentencing when he determined photos of the defendant performing various charitable works were altered.

Instead he sentenced Daryl Simon, convicted of credit card fraud, to almost 24 years (285 months) in prison. The sentence was more than 4 years more than the maximum under sentencing guidelines.

According to prosecutors, "Evidence that his image was inserted and flipped can be seen by examining the single detail on his shirt above his fingers -- that detail appears on the left side of the shirt in the top photograph, and on the right side of the shirt in the bottom photograph."

In addition to the digitally altered photos, Simon also presented fake letters from various charitable organizations.

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Although the Microsoft store and many retailers have had the motion control system priced at $150 for some time, the company had refused to confirm the price, officially.

Today, the mystery is no longer a mystery, as Microsoft has confirmed the official price is in fact $150. The system will ship November 4th as leaked, and will come bundled with "Kinect Adventures."

Additionally, Microsoft has launched a new slim model of the Xbox 360, which will replace the current Xbox 360 Arcade model.

The new system will have 4GB of internal flash memory and matte finish and will launch August 3rd for $200.

As a bundle, you can get the new slim system and Kinect (with 'Adventures') for $300.

Kinect games will sell for $50.

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Nokia Siemens has said this week it will purchase Motorola's wireless-network equipment division for $1.2 billion in cash.

The company is a joint telecommunications venture between Nokia and Siemens and the division being purchased supplies carriers with equipment needed to build LTE, WiMax and 3G infrastructure.

Nokia says the acquisition will help it improve its position in the United States and Japan, two nations where sales have been low and brand recognition is low as well.

"First and foremost, this deal is about customers," says Rajeev Suri, CEO of Nokia Siemens. "We expect to gain an incumbent position with many new customers and strengthen our position with others."

With the acquisition, Suri says Nokia will establish new relationships with China Mobile, Verizon Wireless, Sprint and Clearwire.

The deal will close by the end of the year, and Nokia will bring on 7500 Motorola employees.

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Lenovo, the Chinese PC giant has said today that it will release its LePad Android tablet by the end of the year.

Liu Jun, senior vice president and president at Lenovo's Consumer Business Group, made the comments via an interview and the company later confirmed.

Lenovo's decision should help the company get a good foothold in the Chinese market, which Apple has not focused on.

Adds Lenovo chairman Liu Chuanzhi: "If Apple were to spend the same effort on the Chinese consumer as we do, (Lenovo) would be in trouble."

Earlier in the year, Lenovo began selling its own iPhone rival, the "LePhone."

Apple has no plans for releasing the iPad in mainland China.

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Sharp has announced today that they plan to enter the crowded e-reader/e-book market, hoping to take a piece while the market is still in its toddler years.

The company will offer an e-book distribution service by the end of the year, and a reader that will allow users to playback audio and video content.

Sharp has confirmed publisher backing in Japan "and overseas."

The market has grown crowded over the past 24 months, with the launch of the iPad, Nook and updated Sony and Amazon devices.

Just in the last month, Barnes & Noble and Amazon slashed the prices on their popular devices to under $200.

Earlier in the month, search giant Google announced it was planning on launching an e-book service in Japan, as well.

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