Didn’t want you to forget the big Friday night event. We’re all addicted to the incredible remake of Battlestar Galactica and all the fun’s back tonight, Friday, October 6. Be sure to tune in. It appears to be a two-hour run, so be sure to update your PVRs accordingly. And that ends our critical public service announcement.

Rock band The Knack has sued several online music distributors, including Yahoo, Amazon, and Apple, for distributing copies of Run DMC’s song “It’s Tricky,” which contains an unauthorized sample of The Knack’s “My Sharona.” In a 49-page complaint filed last month, The Knack’s front man Doug Fieger and lead guitarist Berton Averre claim that Run DMC illegally copied parts of their 1978 hit “My Sharona” into Run DMC’s 1986 hit “It’s Tricky.” Although the statute of limitations for copyright infringement is three years, Fieger and Averre claim they had not heard Run DMC’s song until August 2005.

Helio, Sky Dayton’s wireless phone service for young hipsters, has expanded its offering with a new service for laptop users that will provide high-speed Internet connectivity. On Wednesday the company announced the new service, called Helio Hybrid, which allows for seamless connectivity to both free and commercial Wi-Fi hot spots as well as a nationwide 3G mobile broadband network.

Japanese electronics maker Fujitsu said it would recall 287,000 notebook PC batteries made by Sony, bringing the number of Sony batteries recalled to more than 7.5 million. Fujitsu last week joined a growing list of computer makers recalling Sony batteries, but did not say at the time how many batteries would be affected.

The Washington Times and Newsworthy announced that The Washington Times’ Web site now features Click-2-Listen, providing audio versions of Washington Times news stories on the Web. Newsworthy’s Click-2-Listen service automatically converts Web news stories to audio, letting users listen to complete news stories or download them to their iPod or computer for listening at a later time. The Washington Times’ Web site will be the first daily newspaper site to offer all of its content in standard mp3 format.

Mobile phone maker Nokia unveiled a new short-range wireless connection that is smaller and more energy-efficient than current Bluetooth technology and can be used in devices such as watches. The new radio technology, dubbed “Wibree,” can work alongside Bluetooth short-range wireless connections but use just a fraction of the power. Like Bluetooth, Wibree provides a radio link of up to 10 meters (30 feet) between devices.

MetaViewSoft has released an update for their open-source, native Adobe PDF file document viewer, Palm PDF for Palm OS. Updates in the latest version include new toolbar skins, the ability to send pages as .jpg files, zoom to rectangle and a number of bugfixes.

Fujitsu will offer owners of some of its laptop computers replacement batteries as part of Sony’s global battery exchange program. Sony announced the program in response to growing consumer concerns about its laptop PC batteries, which are used by many companies. Since mid-August, about 6.6 million laptop batteries containing Sony-made cells have been recalled by computer makers because of a potential fire hazard.

Acer is in talks with Sony over joining its voluntary laptop PC battery recall, but said Acer users haven’t reported any problems so far. Acer has not received any complaints from users over laptops overheating or catching fire. Sony’s battery woes started in August when Dell recalled 4.1 million laptop computer batteries due to a potential fire hazard caused by Sony-made lithium-ion battery cells damaged during production. Other companies soon followed Dell’s lead, including Apple Computer, Lenovo Group and Toshiba.

Fujitsu has made progress in its development of flexible, paper-thin displays that consume very little power. The company unveiled its latest prototype on Tuesday, a 7.8-inch panel that can display up to 4,096 colors. The display, which is the same size as a sheet of A5 paper, was built into a thin case in the form of an electronic book reader. It was on display at the Ceatec show, which opened on Tuesday. The e-book reader was rigid, but the flexibility of the displays could offer an advantage in other types of applications. Fujitsu offered the example of an electronic advertising panel that could curve around the top of a train or subway car.