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- Security guard charged with hacking hospital systems
- FBI arrests a security guard after he posted a hacking video online. He intended to use a botnet to launch a massive DDoS attack on July 4
3 July 2009
- Panasonic aims a laser at TV recycling
- The company's new recycling technology more than doubles the speed with which cathode ray tube can be cut in half.
3 July 2009
- Week in Review - 7/3
- In this week's show The Pirate Bay is sold, a wheelchair that can be controlled by thought and it's a happy birthday to the Sony Walkman.
3 July 2009
- Sony Walkman turns 30
- Thirty years ago this week Sony kicked off a revolution in the consumer electronics market with the introduction of the Walkman. See how the portable audio market has changed since then.
1 July 2009
- Sonim shows off waterproof cell phone
- The Sonim XP3 rugged cell phone comes with rubber grips to protect it from drops, and waterproofing for times when the phone gets dropped in water. Watch the demo where the phone rings when a call is made!
29 June 2009
- Toyota's brain-controlled wheelchair
- Researchers in Japan have developed a brain-machine interface (BMI) system that allows for control of a wheelchair using thought. The system analyzes brain patterns and translates them into wheelchair movement in a fraction of a (...)
29 June 2009
- Energizer offers more gadget juice
- Energizer updates its Energi to Go line, offering extra battery life for devices like iPhones, iPods, gaming consoles, phones and laptops.
29 June 2009
- Kodak goes high-def with new videocam
- Checking out the new Kodak DX1 Pocket Video Camera, a high-def camcorder that offers waterproof protection for budding filmmakers.
29 June 2009
- Lulu simplifies self-publishing
- New mini-books and other projects from Lulu.com that help you do more with your photo and text data.
29 June 2009
- Rhapsody music goes beyond PC
- Looking at Rhapsody on a TV and other streaming audio devices.
29 June 2009
- Seagate shows new BlackArmor line
- Seagate demos new line of BlackArmor storage devices, from network-attached storage to portable drives, offering protection for business data.
29 June 2009
- Windows 7: Twice the Price in Europe
- Microsoft's next operating system, Windows 7, is going to cost twice as much in the European Union versus its American counterpart.
29 June 2009
- Many mobiles, one charger?
- Threatened by legislation, handset makers voluntarily committed to provide chargers compatible on the basis of the micro USB connector.
29 June 2009
- 12 megapixels on your phone?
- Sony Ericsson shows off a 12 megapixel digital camera disguised as a cell phone.
29 June 2009
- Week in Review - 6/26
- In this week’s show Intel and Nokia team up, the iPhone 3GS launches in even more countries and the world’s fastest texter is crowned.
26 June 2009
- iPhone 3GS goes on sale in Japan
- Crowds were thinner this year but those in line were enthusiastic for the new handset. Japan is one of six countries where the phone goes on sale on Friday.
26 June 2009
- Up Close With Sony PSP Go
- Checking out some of the features of the new Sony PSP Go device, set to go on sale in October 2009.
26 June 2009
- Digital faucet controls shower temperature
- Moen shows off their new digital faucet, with touch controls to give you the perfect shower.
26 June 2009
- HP shows Mini 5101 netbook
- Details on the newly announced HP Mini 5101 netbook.
26 June 2009
- GamesCampus shows online baseball game
- Talking about Dugout Heroes, a new online baseball game with major league players and online gaming features.
26 June 2009
- Scanners get smart, cool
- Fujitsu's latest ScanSnap scanner can scan smartly with multiple documents at the same time, and the correct orientation.
26 June 2009
- Stress testing the iPhone 3GS
- PC World puts the new iPhone 3GS through its paces, including real world scenarios.
25 June 2009
- NYSE boosts 10G network
- Juniper Networks has landed perhaps its most significant enterprise customer to date, as the New York Stock Exchange plans to deploy hundreds of the company's switches for a time-sensitive, low-latency 10Gbps Ethernet network.
25 June 2009
- US blocks imports of Sharp LCD panels
- The US International Trade Commission is blocking imports of Sharp LCD panels due to an alleged Samsung patent violation.
25 June 2009
- Business gets social in Boston
- Multiple vendors exhibited the latest in social networking for business at the Enterprise 2.0 conference in Boston.
25 June 2009
- iPhone buzz shrinks in Japan
- The iPhone 3GS arrives at a Tokyo cell phone shop ahead of Friday's launch but buzz in the city is lower than last year.
25 June 2009
- Microsoft wants co-workers to be social
- Microsoft shows off social networking prototype Salsa, an Outlook plug-in aimed at bringing social network concepts into the workplace.
24 June 2009
- HTC Hero includes anti-fingerprint screen
- Smudges on a smart phone's screen may be a thing of the past, as HTC demonstrates on its HTC Hero device. The device also includes a 3.2-inch widescreen and 5 megapixel digital camera.
24 June 2009
- Beyond WiMax: Intel shows prototypes
- Intel displayed prototypes for the next generation of wireless standards that will come after WiMax.
22 June 2009
- Akibatteru Episode #3
- This week features a giant Gundam in Odaiba and we travel to a Japanese maid cafe in Taiwan.
22 June 2009
- Intel works on smarter traffic lights
- Intel is doing its part to enrich the driving experience, developing in-car embedded PCs based on its Atom processor. But the company's doing something even more interesting with traffic lights.
22 June 2009
- Power and audio go wireless
- At Research @ Intel Day the company demonstrated a speaker that received an audio signal and power without wires.
22 June 2009
- iPhone fans line up for 3GS launch
- Apple iPhone enthusiasts lined up at midnight Friday to be one of the first to own the new iPhone 3GS model, which launched worldwide in 80 countries.
19 June 2009
- Week in Review - 6/19
- Iran’s a-Twitter after elections, iPhone 3GS readies for launch, Acer announces new phones for September, Samsung shows off an Android phone, Buzz Aldrin talks tech, and new OLED technology is demonstrated.
18 June 2009
- Buzz Aldrin, 40 years after Moon walk
- During MIT’s recent Giant Leaps Symposium, astronaut Buzz Aldrin talked about his walk on the moon and more.
17 June 2009
- Samsung's Android phone displayed
- The upcoming handset is thinner than HTC's Magic and Apple's iPhone 3G.
16 June 2009
- Acer smart phones due in September
- The F1, L1 and C1 will all run Microsoft Windows Mobile software.
16 June 2009
- Converting Prospects to Customers Faster
- William Borghetti from Sendside discusses how technology can move sales prospects from tire-kickers into paying customers a lot faster.
16 June 2009
- AKIBATTERU Episode 2
- The latest happenings from Japanese tech and pop culture. This week, a look at Japanese massage, robot Sumo battles and Anime soda vending machines.
15 June 2009
- Making Guitar Hero more accessible
- At Boston’s Games for Health conference the popular game Guitar Hero got some modifications to make it playable for people who have visual impairments.
12 June 2009
- Game controllers for the disabled
- Game controllers to help the disabled play video games are highlighted at the Games for Health Conference in Boston.
12 June 2009
- Week in Review - 6/12
- Apple intros new hardware and software at WWDC, the Palm Pre goes on sale, more Computex news and two new digital cameras.
12 June 2009
- Tech optimism at gadgets event
- Vendors and analysts at the CEA LineShow in NYC discuss the current state of the tech market and why they feel it will turn around later this year.
12 June 2009
- Casio camera lets you ditch the recharger
- The Exilim Hi-Zoom EX-H10 can shoot 1,000 images on a single battery charge - enough says Casio that most people won't need to pack a charger when heading on a trip.
11 June 2009
- Closer look at iPhone 3GS new features
- One of the new features on the phone is voice control that not only lets users make hands free calls, but also integrates with music.
10 June 2009
- It's a Vase! It's a PC! It's both!
- Built as a concept design by Taiwan's Elitegroup Computer Systems, a contract PC maker, inside the plastic vase is a home media computer complete with a Blu-ray Disc player offering full 1080p high-def playback.
10 June 2009
- Shuttle Shrinks the Desktop
- Shuttle used last week's Computex show in Taipei to unveil a couple of small form-factor PCs that can be mounted behind a monitor for a clean, all-in-one PC look.
10 June 2009
- Apple refreshes MacBook, Pro notebooks
- At Apple’s World Wide Developers Conference in San Francisco on Monday, the company unveiled a new generation of MacBook and MacBook Pro laptops.
9 June 2009
- Apple's Snow Leopard upgrade
- At the World Wide Developers Conference, Apple detailed its Snow Leopard upgrade to the OSX operating system.
9 June 2009
- iPhone 3GS offers speed boost, video
- At Monday’s World Wide Developers Conference in San Francisco, Apple announced a host of products including hardware and software updates for the iPhone.
9 June 2009
- Electronic Contract Execution
- Tom Gonser from DocuSign discusses how executing contracts across the Internet can save companies money by speeding up the contract signature process.
9 June 2009
- Sights, sounds from Computex
- Roaming the floor of Computex to find the most visually appealing gadgets, girls and goofiness at the Taipei trade show.
8 June 2009
- Palm Pre hits US stores
- At a Sprint store in downtown Boston about 15 people queued up on Saturday morning to get their hands on the Palm Pre, the latest offering from the company.
8 June 2009
- Maker Faire highlights
- Quick looks at various projects from California's Maker Faire, including the electronic marionette and the liquid dress.
5 June 2009
- Google engineer shows home-built PC
- At this year's Maker Faire, a Google Android engineer discusses the computer he built from scratch.
5 June 2009
- Week in Review - 6/5
- In this week’s show we're at Computex in Taipei with new netbooks, PCs running Google's Android and the latest Mobile Internet Devices plus we have news from the E3 gaming convention.
5 June 2009
- E3: Wii Motion Plus adds precision motions to games
- At E3 in Los Angeles this week Nintendo announced a number of new games and products, one of which was Wii Motion Plus. According to the company, Wii Motion plus is an improvement in product design that will increase movement (...)
5 June 2009
- E3: Nintendo Wii game roundup
- Wii E3 games are examined, including Super Mario Brothers Wii, Wii Sports Resort, Super Mario Galaxy 2, and Metroid: Other M.
4 June 2009
- E3: Xbox 360 game roundup
- Xbox 360 E3 games are examined, including Left 4 Dead 2, Forza 3, Halo 3: ODST, and Project Natal.
4 June 2009
- E3: Sony PS3 game roundup
- Playstation 3 E3 games are examined, including Uncharted 2, MAG, Final Fantasy XIV, Mod Nation Racers, and God of War III.
4 June 2009
- Computex: Intel shows MIDs
- The first working prototype mobile Internet devices based on Intel's new Moorestown processor were shown off by the chip maker at Computex in Taipei on Thursday.
4 June 2009
- Computex: Intel aims for all-day netbook battery
- Netbooks are a hit but despite their small size they still don't last a whole day on battery power. That's something Intel has in its sights as it works on future versions of its Atom platform.
4 June 2009
- Computex: AMD shows DirectX11 chips
- AMD demonstrates DirectX 11, says chips coming this year.
3 June 2009
- Motion tracking huge at E3
- Sony and Microsoft have joined Nintendo in offering motion sensing controllers and technology.
3 June 2009
- Nintendo DSi gets social
- At the E3 gaming conference this week, Nintendo announced that its DSi will be able to play in the social media arena this summer with the ability to upload photos shot with the device, directly to Facebook.
3 June 2009
- Sony launches PSPGo
- At E3 in Los Angeles this week Sony announced its newest handheld game system called the PSP Go along with two new online download services.
3 June 2009
- Super Mario Bros. for Wii trailer
- The game trailer for the new Super Mario Bros. game for the Nintendo Wii system, which debuted at E3.
3 June 2009
- Wii Fit bulks up
- Nintendo adds new exercises and updates Wii Fit to provide more custom workouts for users.
3 June 2009
- Computex: Acer's Android netbook
- Acer shows an Android-based Atom netbook that could be out this quarter.
2 June 2009
- Intel: Euro ruling doesn't change our business
- Intel says the European antitrust ruling hasn't affected the way it does business in Europe.
2 June 2009
- iFixit repairs iPhone, offers Web site help
- At Make Magazine's annual Maker Faire, iFixit, the Apple parts store, announced a new website to help people fix broken gadgets among other items.
2 June 2009
- Project Natal aims controller-free gameplay
- Microsoft announced Project Natal, a new piece of technology that uses depth sensing cameras, microphones and specialized software to enable voice and facial recognition, full body motion sensing and the ability to play any game without a (...)
2 June 2009
- Logitech's force feedback flight controller
- At E3 in Los Angeles on Tuesday, Logitech introduced its Flight System G940, its newest gaming peripheral and the company’s first force feedback flight simulation controller.
2 June 2009
- Lips: Number One Hits trailer
- Footage from the Lips: Number One Hits game trailer from E3, in which you can sing today's and classic number one songs.
2 June 2009
- Halo 3 ODST trailer
- Footage from the new Halo 3 ODST video game, which appeared at the Electronic Entertainment Expo.
2 June 2009
- Computex: Snapdragon CPU prototype displayed
- Inventec, one of the world's largest contract PC makers expects to begin making its first laptop based on Qualcomm's Snapdragon microprocessor later this year.
1 June 2009
- Beatles: Rock Band game trailer
- Check out the newly released trailer from The Beatles: Rock Band, invading video game systems on September 9, 2009.
1 June 2009
- Computex: Windows 7 touch-screen netbook
- A revamped netbook with Windows 7 touchscreen and a machine based on Intel's new CULV chip are among new laptops from Taiwan's Gigabyte, on show at Computex on Monday.
1 June 2009
- Computex: First look at Android netbooks
- Netbooks running Google's Android operating system have been talked about for a while but on Monday we got to see some, when Qualcomm used Taiwan's Computex to show laptops running its Snapdragon processor and the Google OS.
1 June 2009
- Waterproof camcorder gets Wi-Fi
- Not only can you shoot video underwater with the Sanyo Xacti camcorder, but you can transmit the photos via Wi-Fi with the addition of Eye-Fi SD Wi-Fi card support.
1 June 2009
- MIT's Siftables: Computerized Blocks
- MIT's Siftables are moving closer to commercialization. Each block is an interactive computer that can show graphics, sense motion and communicate wirelessly with a computer.
29 May 2009
- Microsoft MultiPoint livens up math class
- Thai math students try out Microsoft Multipoint, which allows multiple mice to participate in exercises on the same computer.
29 May 2009
- An LCD that's easy on the eyes
- A new breed of laptop screen that much easier on the eyes but retains the qualities needed for multimedia will soon be here and we got a chance to see the first samples.
29 May 2009
- Week in Review - 5/29
- Nokia launches Ovi apps store, LG Display unveils a super bright 3D television, Steve Ballmer and Bill Gates discuss the market and upcoming possibilities, NHK shows off their paper-thin, bendable display and we explore Siftables at MIT's Media (...)
29 May 2009
- An LCD that's easy on the eyes
- A new breed of laptop screen that much easier on the eyes but retains the qualities needed for multimedia will soon be here and we got a chance to see the first samples.
29 May 2009
- Week in Review - 5/29
- Nokia launches Ovi apps store, LG Display unveils a super bright 3D television, Steve Ballmer and Bill Gates discuss the market and upcoming possibilities, NHK shows off their paper-thin, bendable display and we explore Siftables at MIT's Media (...)
29 May 2009
- AKIBATTERU Episode 1
- Akibatteru is a bi-weekly look at what's happening in Japan's center of gadget, anime, manga and game culture. This week features Nintendo DS news and new figures from Kotobukiya.
27 May 2009
- AKIBATTERU Episode 1
- Akibatteru is a bi-weekly look at what's happening in Japan's center of gadget, anime, manga and game culture. This week features Nintendo DS news and new figures from Kotobukiya.
27 May 2009
- Bendable TV screen displayed
- Japan's public broadcaster NHK displayed a prototype 5.8-inch display that can be unrolled and rolled up on demand. Based on Organic LED (OLED), the display has a relatively low resolution of 213 by 120 pixels.
26 May 2009
- Bendable TV screen displayed
- Japan's public broadcaster NHK displayed a prototype 5.8-inch display that can be unrolled and rolled up on demand. Based on Organic LED (OLED), the display has a relatively low resolution of 213 by 120 pixels.
26 May 2009
- Interop: Up Close with DisplayLink
- Keith Shaw gets a demo of the latest DisplayLink advances, which USB-enable high-performance monitors as well as allow netbooks to attach to monitors via USB.
22 May 2009
- Interop: Up Close with DisplayLink
- Keith Shaw gets a demo of the latest DisplayLink advances, which USB-enable high-performance monitors as well as allow netbooks to attach to monitors via USB.
22 May 2009
- Week in Review 5/22
- Palm readies to launch the Pre, LG Display unveils world’s thinnest LCD TV, Microsoft tells users to abandon Vista testing for Windows 7, Google translates your Gmail, and the Fisker Karma luxury hybrid gets closer to market.
21 May 2009
- Week in Review 5/22
- Palm readies to launch the Pre, LG Display unveils world’s thinnest LCD TV, Microsoft tells users to abandon Vista testing for Windows 7, Google translates your Gmail, and the Fisker Karma luxury hybrid gets closer to market.
21 May 2009
- Closer look at Sprint's MiFi
- At Interop Las Vegas, Keith Shaw takes a look at Sprint's MiFi device, which combines a 3G wireless connection with a Wi-Fi router to let users create a mobile hot spot.
20 May 2009
- LG claims world's thinnest LCD TV
- The 42 and 47 inch LCD TV panels measure only 5.9 mm thick and use an edge-lit LED backlight.
20 May 2009
- Silicon Valley gets luxury hybrid dealer
- The long-awaited Karma now has a dealer in Silicon Valley, so Fisker showed off some prototypes on Monday in San Jose.
20 May 2009
- Microsoft: Try Windows 7, abandon Vista
- Microsoft encouraged users to download and try the release candidate of the OS and even went as far as saying that users testing Vista should abandon that effort for the Windows 7 release candidate.
20 May 2009
- Silicon Valley gets luxury hybrid dealer
- The long-awaited Karma now has a dealer in Silicon Valley, so Fisker showed off some prototypes on Monday in San Jose.
20 May 2009
- Microsoft: Try Windows 7, abandon Vista
- Microsoft encouraged users to download and try the release candidate of the OS and even went as far as saying that users testing Vista should abandon that effort for the Windows 7 release candidate.
20 May 2009
- Closer look at Sprint's MiFi
- At Interop Las Vegas, Keith Shaw takes a look at Sprint's MiFi device, which combines a 3G wireless connection with a Wi-Fi router to let users create a mobile hot spot.
20 May 2009
- LG claims world's thinnest LCD TV
- The 42 and 47 inch LCD TV panels measure only 5.9 mm thick and use an edge-lit LED backlight.
20 May 2009
- Week in Review - 5/15
- Atlantis launches to fix Hubble, the European Commission fines Intel, iRobot ships bots to the battlefield, Kabul gets WiMax, a Thai hospital boosts safety with robots and eye tracking systems go open source.
15 May 2009
- Week in Review - 5/15
- Atlantis launches to fix Hubble, the European Commission fines Intel, iRobot ships bots to the battlefield, Kabul gets WiMax, a Thai hospital boosts safety with robots and eye tracking systems go open source.
15 May 2009
- Europe fines Intel $1.4B for antitrust violations
- The European Commission has fined Intel just under 1.1 billion euro, or about 1.4 billion US dollars for violating European antitrust rules.
13 May 2009
- Robots improve efficiency at Thai hospital
- Despite a hefty price tag, the hospital views robots as essential in helping reducing human errors.
13 May 2009
- Europe fines Intel $1.4B for antitrust violations
- The European Commission has fined Intel just under 1.1 billion euro, or about 1.4 billion US dollars for violating European antitrust rules.
13 May 2009
- Robots improve efficiency at Thai hospital
- Despite a hefty price tag, the hospital views robots as essential in helping reducing human errors.
13 May 2009
- Robot Fight Club
- At the Kondo Battle robots from across Japan came to fight and win bragging rights to top place in each of three classes: exhibition, open and university, and win an entry on to the bigger Robo-One event.
7 May 2009
- Amazon Kindle Goes Large
- On Wednesday in New York Amazon unveiled a new version of its Kindle with a bigger screen, something the company hopes will make newspapers and magazine content easier to read.
7 May 2009
- Can a Bug save the world?
- Human Rights Watch is trying to get funding for a project that would equip the group's observers with the BUG so they could do things like measure the use of chemicals in global conflicts.
7 May 2009
- Week in Review - 5/8
- Amazon intros a new Kindle, the Microsoft Imagine Cup declares a US champion, Windows 7 release candidate becomes publicly available, Steve Ballmer gives Stanford students a pep talk, a robot mows the lawn, and a computer snaps together like (...)
7 May 2009
- Amazon Kindle Goes Large
- On Wednesday in New York Amazon unveiled a new version of its Kindle with a bigger screen, something the company hopes will make newspapers and magazine content easier to read.
7 May 2009
- Can a Bug save the world?
- Human Rights Watch is trying to get funding for a project that would equip the group's observers with the BUG so they could do things like measure the use of chemicals in global conflicts.
7 May 2009
- Robot Fight Club
- At the Kondo Battle robots from across Japan came to fight and win bragging rights to top place in each of three classes: exhibition, open and university, and win an entry on to the bigger Robo-One event.
7 May 2009
- Week in Review - 5/8
- Amazon intros a new Kindle, the Microsoft Imagine Cup declares a US champion, Windows 7 release candidate becomes publicly available, Steve Ballmer gives Stanford students a pep talk, a robot mows the lawn, and a computer snaps together like (...)
7 May 2009
- Imagine Cup: Solving world problems through software
- Microsoft's Imagine Cup, now in its seventh year, allows high school and university students worldwide to develop software in hopes of solving global problems. The U.S. finals were held recently in Boston.
6 May 2009
- Imagine Cup: Multipoint moves on
- A team of 3 brothers was named the U.S. winners of Microsoft’s Imagine Cup on Tuesday. They’ll now head to Egypt to compete against other teams from around the world in a software design competition that hopes to solve global (...)
6 May 2009
- Imagine Cup: Cell phones record erratic driving
- A team of students competing in this year’s Microsoft Imagine Cup developed a system that blocks cell phone calls and text messages while driving, but one that also gathers information about driving habits like rapid starts stops and (...)
6 May 2009
- Inside the Enigma: Not a Riddle
- Neal Weinberg gets a special sneak peek inside the Enigma device, which was used by the Allies in World War II to help crack German codes.
6 May 2009
- Imagine Cup: Multipoint moves on
- A team of 3 brothers was named the U.S. winners of Microsoft’s Imagine Cup on Tuesday. They’ll now head to Egypt to compete against other teams from around the world in a software design competition that hopes to solve global (...)
6 May 2009
- Imagine Cup: Solving world problems through software
- Microsoft's Imagine Cup, now in its seventh year, allows high school and university students worldwide to develop software in hopes of solving global problems. The U.S. finals were held recently in Boston.
6 May 2009
- Imagine Cup: Cell phones record erratic driving
- A team of students competing in this year’s Microsoft Imagine Cup developed a system that blocks cell phone calls and text messages while driving, but one that also gathers information about driving habits like rapid starts stops and (...)
6 May 2009
- Inside the Enigma: Not a Riddle
- Neal Weinberg gets a special sneak peek inside the Enigma device, which was used by the Allies in World War II to help crack German codes.
6 May 2009
- Robot mower uses GSM
- The Automower 260 ACX can navigate and cut up to 6,000 square meters or about an acre and a half all on its own. It can also keep its owner updated on progress or problems via text message.
4 May 2009
- Windows 7 gets closer to release
- Microsoft announced the availability of its Windows 7 release candidate on Thursday which will first be available to Microsoft Developer Network and TechNet subscribers and then on May 5 for the public.
4 May 2009
- Windows 7 gets closer to release
- Microsoft announced the availability of its Windows 7 release candidate on Thursday which will first be available to Microsoft Developer Network and TechNet subscribers and then on May 5 for the public.
4 May 2009
- Robot mower uses GSM
- The Automower 260 ACX can navigate and cut up to 6,000 square meters or about an acre and a half all on its own. It can also keep its owner updated on progress or problems via text message.
4 May 2009
- Week in Review - 5/1
- A number of laptops of netbooks get refreshed with new technology, Taiwan researchers show off a speaker made of paper, IBM’s Watson plans to compete on Jeopardy and celebrities gather in Los Angeles for cell phone parties.
30 April 2009
- Week in Review - 5/1
- A number of laptops of netbooks get refreshed with new technology, Taiwan researchers show off a speaker made of paper, IBM’s Watson plans to compete on Jeopardy and celebrities gather in Los Angeles for cell phone parties.
30 April 2009
- IBM supercomputer takes on Jeopardy!
- What is Watson? That’s the name of the advanced computer system IBM unveiled on Monday that producers of the long running TV game show Jeopardy plan to pit against human contestants.
29 April 2009
- New Toshiba Qosmio aims to improve Web video quality
- Toshiba's new Qosmio laptop includes a SpursEngine graphics chip, which can automatically clean up Web video content. The notebook will be available in Japan and Europe only.
29 April 2009
- New Toshiba Qosmio aims to improve Web video quality
- Toshiba's new Qosmio laptop includes a SpursEngine graphics chip, which can automatically clean up Web video content. The notebook will be available in Japan and Europe only.
29 April 2009
- IBM supercomputer takes on Jeopardy!
- What is Watson? That’s the name of the advanced computer system IBM unveiled on Monday that producers of the long running TV game show Jeopardy plan to pit against human contestants.
29 April 2009
- Toshiba and Fujitsu launch new netbooks
- A couple of Japan's biggest laptop makers have new machines. Toshiba is refreshing its netbook and jumping to a more spacious 10-inch screen in its new model, the NB200. Fujitsu is also jumping into the netbook market with the Loox (...)
28 April 2009
- Virtualization Road Trip: NMCI (part 3)
- The Navy Marine Corps Intranet (NMCI) deployed server virtulization to consolidate more than 300,000 servers, saving the military more than $800,000 in power costs and freeing up physical space. Find out how they did it.
28 April 2009
- Researchers show speaker made of paper
- Here's an invention that looks great on paper. Researchers at Taiwan's Industrial Technology Research Institute have developed a speaker that's made of paper and can be gently bent and rolled.
28 April 2009
- Virtualization Road Trip: NMCI (part 3)
- The Navy Marine Corps Intranet (NMCI) deployed server virtulization to consolidate more than 300,000 servers, saving the military more than $800,000 in power costs and freeing up physical space. Find out how they did it.
28 April 2009
- Researchers show speaker made of paper
- Here's an invention that looks great on paper. Researchers at Taiwan's Industrial Technology Research Institute have developed a speaker that's made of paper and can be gently bent and rolled.
28 April 2009
- Toshiba and Fujitsu launch new netbooks
- A couple of Japan's biggest laptop makers have new machines. Toshiba is refreshing its netbook and jumping to a more spacious 10-inch screen in its new model, the NB200. Fujitsu is also jumping into the netbook market with the Loox (...)
28 April 2009
- Week in Review - 4/24
- A verdict in the Pirate Bay case, Sun finally finds a buyer, a whole heap of green news for Earth Day and a high-tech way to get around on the Tokyo subway.
24 April 2009
- Week in Review - 4/24
- A verdict in the Pirate Bay case, Sun finally finds a buyer, a whole heap of green news for Earth Day and a high-tech way to get around on the Tokyo subway.
24 April 2009
- New Xbox 360 titles for Japan
- Fresh from selling its one millionth Xbox 360 console in Japan, Microsoft unveiled a line-up of titles on Tuesday designed to take it towards the second million in the country.
22 April 2009
- VMware launches vSphere
- VMware says vSphere is the first virtualization system that can handle any class of enterprise workload. It's the fourth generation of the company's virtualization platform, but CEO Paul Maritz called this one a breakthrough.
22 April 2009
- New Xbox 360 titles for Japan
- Fresh from selling its one millionth Xbox 360 console in Japan, Microsoft unveiled a line-up of titles on Tuesday designed to take it towards the second million in the country.
22 April 2009
- VMware launches vSphere
- VMware says vSphere is the first virtualization system that can handle any class of enterprise workload. It's the fourth generation of the company's virtualization platform, but CEO Paul Maritz called this one a breakthrough.
22 April 2009
- Notebook replaces trackpad with LCD panel
- Sharp will sell a notebook in late May that includes an embedded optical sensor instead of a traditional trackpad.
21 April 2009
- Japanese subway maps go interactive
- New Hitachi 47-inch LCD touchscreens help travelers find where they're going in the busy shopping and entertainment district of Ginza, Tokyo.
21 April 2009
- Notebook replaces trackpad with LCD panel
- Sharp will sell a notebook in late May that includes an embedded optical sensor instead of a traditional trackpad.
21 April 2009
- Japanese subway maps go interactive
- New Hitachi 47-inch LCD touchscreens help travelers find where they're going in the busy shopping and entertainment district of Ginza, Tokyo.
21 April 2009
- Pirate Bay four found guilty
- On Friday the Stockholm district court found The Pirate Bay four guilty of being accessories to crimes against copyright law.
17 April 2009
- Pirate Bay four found guilty
- On Friday the Stockholm district court found The Pirate Bay four guilty of being accessories to crimes against copyright law.
17 April 2009
- Clip: Storage, management's role in virtual environment
- Tom Henderson talks about storage, network and managment and how these technologies interact in a virtual environment.
16 April 2009
- Clip: Diving into concepts of server virtualization
- Tom Henderson digs deeper into some of the concepts surrounding server virtualization.
16 April 2009
- Clip: Server Virtualization Overview
- Tom Henderson explains how server virtualization works as compared to traditional server architectures.
16 April 2009
- Honda demos motion-assistance devices
- A team of engineers from Honda’s research division showed off a piece of the future in New York Wednesday, unveiling for the first time outside of Japan two motion assistance devices.
16 April 2009
- Volvo CitySafety aims to prevent rear-end collisions
- The technology automatically applies the cars brakes when it senses a rear end accident.
16 April 2009
- Final Fantasy XIII trial hits Japan
- Square Enix began offering in Japan on Thursday a trial version of Final Fantasy XIII. One of the most eagerly awaited titles of 2009, the trial version was bundled with the Blu-ray Disc for Final Fantasy VII.
16 April 2009
- Week in Review 4/17
- The New York Auto Show shows off car technology, Sun launches new servers, Sanyo unveils a laser projector, Sony intros a new Walkman and Honda demos two motion assistance devices.
16 April 2009
- Clip: The Role of Apps in a Virtual Environment
- How different applications (including mail, DNS and other line of business apps) work within a virtualized server environment. Tom Henderson discusses the issues.
16 April 2009
- Clip: Dealing with Multiple Hypervisor Families
- In the final part of Tom Henderson's look into server virtualization, he explains how multiple hypervisor families will work in heterogeneous environments.
16 April 2009
- Clip: Dealing with Multiple Hypervisor Families
- In the final part of Tom Henderson's look into server virtualization, he explains how multiple hypervisor families will work in heterogeneous environments.
16 April 2009
- Clip: The Role of Apps in a Virtual Environment
- How different applications (including mail, DNS and other line of business apps) work within a virtualized server environment. Tom Henderson discusses the issues.
16 April 2009
- Clip: Storage, management's role in virtual environment
- Tom Henderson talks about storage, network and managment and how these technologies interact in a virtual environment.
16 April 2009
- Clip: Diving into concepts of server virtualization
- Tom Henderson digs deeper into some of the concepts surrounding server virtualization.
16 April 2009
- Clip: Server Virtualization Overview
- Tom Henderson explains how server virtualization works as compared to traditional server architectures.
16 April 2009
- Week in Review 4/17
- The New York Auto Show shows off car technology, Sun launches new servers, Sanyo unveils a laser projector, Sony intros a new Walkman and Honda demos two motion assistance devices.
16 April 2009
- Final Fantasy XIII trial hits Japan
- Square Enix began offering in Japan on Thursday a trial version of Final Fantasy XIII. One of the most eagerly awaited titles of 2009, the trial version was bundled with the Blu-ray Disc for Final Fantasy VII.
16 April 2009
- Honda demos motion-assistance devices
- A team of engineers from Honda’s research division showed off a piece of the future in New York Wednesday, unveiling for the first time outside of Japan two motion assistance devices.
16 April 2009
- Volvo CitySafety aims to prevent rear-end collisions
- The technology automatically applies the cars brakes when it senses a rear end accident.
16 April 2009
- The first luxury hybrid car?
- The Fisker Karma is what the company claims to be the first plug in luxury hybrid to come to market.
16 April 2009
- The first luxury hybrid car?
- The Fisker Karma is what the company claims to be the first plug in luxury hybrid to come to market.
16 April 2009
- Panasonic displays "green house"
- Panasonic opened its eco-ideas house showroom in Tokyo on Wednesday. The house contains much of Panasonic's latest environmental technologies and a few prototypes and the way of living that it promotes isn't too far away.
15 April 2009
- Dodge Circuit: The battery-powered sports car
- The Dodge Circuit runs on lithium ion batteries that produce 200 kilowatts of power.
15 April 2009
- Sun discusses Nehalem servers, IBM rumors
- Sun Microsystems launched new servers this week based on Intel's Nehalem microarchitecture.
15 April 2009
- Exploring Server Virtualization (part 2)
- In Part 2 of the Video Insider look into server virtualization, Tom Henderson explores different concepts and strategies related to server virtualization.
15 April 2009
- Panasonic displays "green house"
- Panasonic opened its eco-ideas house showroom in Tokyo on Wednesday. The house contains much of Panasonic's latest environmental technologies and a few prototypes and the way of living that it promotes isn't too far away.
15 April 2009
- Sun discusses Nehalem servers, IBM rumors
- Sun Microsystems launched new servers this week based on Intel's Nehalem microarchitecture.
15 April 2009
- Dodge Circuit: The battery-powered sports car
- The Dodge Circuit runs on lithium ion batteries that produce 200 kilowatts of power.
15 April 2009
- Exploring Server Virtualization (part 2)
- In Part 2 of the Video Insider look into server virtualization, Tom Henderson explores different concepts and strategies related to server virtualization.
15 April 2009
- Sony Walkman gets Wi-Fi
- Sony's new Walkman music players were launched today in Tokyo, and includes a 3-inch OLED touchscreen, and Wi-Fi network connectivity. Worldwide availability comes later this year.
14 April 2009
- Sony Walkman gets Wi-Fi
- Sony's new Walkman music players were launched today in Tokyo, and includes a 3-inch OLED touchscreen, and Wi-Fi network connectivity. Worldwide availability comes later this year.
14 April 2009
- Computer Control via Clapping
- New software that uses onset detection and pattern recognition can tell the difference between different clapping sounds. The software can help create interfaces for controlling computers and running applications.
10 April 2009
- Week in Review - 4/10
- IBM and Sun merger talks break down, Acer launches 20 new products, the Mousegrips helps you exercise while checking e-mail, Nanotouch solves the fat finger problem, JAXA unveils a new supercomputer, iRobot updates the Looj.
10 April 2009
- Computer Control via Clapping
- New software that uses onset detection and pattern recognition can tell the difference between different clapping sounds. The software can help create interfaces for controlling computers and running applications.
10 April 2009
- Week in Review - 4/10
- IBM and Sun merger talks break down, Acer launches 20 new products, the Mousegrips helps you exercise while checking e-mail, Nanotouch solves the fat finger problem, JAXA unveils a new supercomputer, iRobot updates the Looj.
10 April 2009
- GM, Segway show off urban vehicle
- Struggling auto-maker General Motors has unveiled a two-wheeled, two-seat electric vehicle jointly developed with Segway that it hopes will become a safe, clean alternative to the four-wheeled, gas-guzzlers common on American (...)
8 April 2009
- Keyboard design prevents typos?
- A keyboard with tactile error prevention prevents users from making typing errors.
8 April 2009
- Eye-tracking system goes open source
- Eye tracking software that allows a person to control a cursor with eye movements is typically an expensive package of hardware and software, but students from the IT University of Copenhagen have developed a low-cost, open source (...)
8 April 2009
- GM, Segway show off urban vehicle
- Struggling auto-maker General Motors has unveiled a two-wheeled, two-seat electric vehicle jointly developed with Segway that it hopes will become a safe, clean alternative to the four-wheeled, gas-guzzlers common on American (...)
8 April 2009
- Eye-tracking system goes open source
- Eye tracking software that allows a person to control a cursor with eye movements is typically an expensive package of hardware and software, but students from the IT University of Copenhagen have developed a low-cost, open source (...)
8 April 2009
- Keyboard design prevents typos?
- A keyboard with tactile error prevention prevents users from making typing errors.
8 April 2009
- Nintendo unleashes DSi on rabid fans
- Five months after it first went on sale in Japan Nintendo's DSi has hit international markets. In the U.S. sales began on Sunday leading some fans to queue up for a midnight launch at the Universal CityWalk in Los Angeles.
7 April 2009
- Honey, they're shrinking the touchscreen
- By moving a touchscreen device’s interaction component to the back of the device, new technology can prevent fingers from occluding a touchsreen display and allow displays to shrink in size.
7 April 2009
- Pressure sensor adds urgency to mobile calls
- When your phone rings, most often you don’t know whether its an urgent phone call or just a friend who wants to chat. A prototype on display at Boston’s Computer Human Interface conference plans to change that.
7 April 2009
- Handgrip exerciser doubles as mouse
- A handgrip exerciser is hacked to function as a mouse.
7 April 2009
- Honey, they're shrinking the touchscreen
- By moving a touchscreen device’s interaction component to the back of the device, new technology can prevent fingers from occluding a touchsreen display and allow displays to shrink in size.
7 April 2009
- Nintendo unleashes DSi on rabid fans
- Five months after it first went on sale in Japan Nintendo's DSi has hit international markets. In the U.S. sales began on Sunday leading some fans to queue up for a midnight launch at the Universal CityWalk in Los Angeles.
7 April 2009
- Handgrip exerciser doubles as mouse
- A handgrip exerciser is hacked to function as a mouse.
7 April 2009
- Pressure sensor adds urgency to mobile calls
- When your phone rings, most often you don’t know whether its an urgent phone call or just a friend who wants to chat. A prototype on display at Boston’s Computer Human Interface conference plans to change that.
7 April 2009
- Imprezzeo's impressive image search engine
- Searching for an image based on text is frustrating. But Imprezzeo's new search engine technology lets you find what you're looking for based on similar images. CEO Dermot Corrigan explains how the tech works.
3 April 2009
- Nintendo Wii Lawnmower
- Danish researchers have modified a mower so it can be controlled with a Wii remote.
3 April 2009
- Japan's fastest supercomputer
- Japan's space agency shows off its newest supercomputer, which is Japan's fastest and the world's most efficient.
3 April 2009
- CTIA wrap-up
- Companies intro inexpensive phones for texting, world records get shattered, new OLED technology debuts and Clearwire expands coverage. A wrap-up of this week's CTIA show.
3 April 2009
- CTIA: Nokia rolls out U.S. phones
- Nokia introduces a phone with an LED flashlight, a table top speaker and a U.S. version of the E71.
3 April 2009
- CTIA: RIM opens BlackBerry App World
- This week at CTIA in Las Vegas Research in Motion opened App World an on-device application store for Blackberries.
3 April 2009
- Nintendo Wii Lawnmower
- Danish researchers have modified a mower so it can be controlled with a Wii remote.
3 April 2009
- Japan's fastest supercomputer
- Japan's space agency shows off its newest supercomputer, which is Japan's fastest and the world's most efficient.
3 April 2009
- Imprezzeo's impressive image search engine
- Searching for an image based on text is frustrating. But Imprezzeo's new search engine technology lets you find what you're looking for based on similar images. CEO Dermot Corrigan explains how the tech works.
3 April 2009
- CTIA: Nokia rolls out U.S. phones
- Nokia introduces a phone with an LED flashlight, a table top speaker and a U.S. version of the E71.
3 April 2009
- CTIA: RIM opens BlackBerry App World
- This week at CTIA in Las Vegas Research in Motion opened App World an on-device application store for Blackberries.
3 April 2009
- CTIA wrap-up
- Companies intro inexpensive phones for texting, world records get shattered, new OLED technology debuts and Clearwire expands coverage. A wrap-up of this week's CTIA show.
3 April 2009
- CTIA wrap-up
- Companies intro inexpensive phones for texting, world records get shattered, new OLED technology debuts and Clearwire expands coverage. A wrap-up of this week's CTIA show.
3 April 2009
- CTIA: Nokia rolls out U.S. phones
- Nokia introduces a phone with an LED flashlight, a table top speaker and a U.S. version of the E71.
3 April 2009
- CTIA: RIM opens BlackBerry App World
- This week at CTIA in Las Vegas Research in Motion opened App World an on-device application store for Blackberries.
3 April 2009
- Seven steps for weathering the economic storm
- Steve Goldman, director of enterprise architecture at CME Group, gives the keynote address at IT Roadmap Chicago.
2 April 2009
- iPhone app: Skype for iPhone
- The popular VoIP and chat application makes its iPhone debut. Watch Keith make a phone call to Jason.
2 April 2009
- Week in Review - 4/3
- Mobile software and hardware debut at CTIA in Las Vegas, Canada looks to recycle more e-waste, Intel launches new processors, FujiFilm shows off a prototype 3D camera, and Europe prepares to investigate how online data is being (...)
2 April 2009
- CTIA: Motorola does LTE drive-around
- At CTIA Motorola gave a glimpse of LTE, the next-generation mobile technology for many of the world's carriers.
2 April 2009
- Seven steps for weathering the economic storm
- Steve Goldman, director of enterprise architecture at CME Group, gives the keynote address at IT Roadmap Chicago.
2 April 2009
- CTIA: Motorola does LTE drive-around
- At CTIA Motorola gave a glimpse of LTE, the next-generation mobile technology for many of the world's carriers.
2 April 2009
- Week in Review - 4/3
- Mobile software and hardware debut at CTIA in Las Vegas, Canada looks to recycle more e-waste, Intel launches new processors, FujiFilm shows off a prototype 3D camera, and Europe prepares to investigate how online data is being (...)
2 April 2009
- iPhone app: Skype for iPhone
- The popular VoIP and chat application makes its iPhone debut. Watch Keith make a phone call to Jason.
2 April 2009
- CTIA: Skype goes mobile with iPhone, BlackBerry versions
- Skype's peer-to-peer VOIP software is now available on the iPhone and a beta version will be coming soon for the Blackberry.
1 April 2009
- CTIA: Samsung shows mobile WiMAX device
- As the CTIA Wireless trade show got off the ground in Las Vegas, the South Korean electronics giant unveiled the Mondi, a mobile Internet device that will run on Clearwire's WiMax data service.
1 April 2009
- EU agrees on single telecom market
- European Union lawmakers have finally agreed on the shape and powers of a new pan-European telecom regulator. They hammered out a compromise deal to create BEREC, the body of European regulators of electronic communications.
1 April 2009
- Ontario program aims to double recycling of e-waste
- A coalition of electronics retailers and vendors kicked off a program this week in the Canadian state of Ontario that hopes to more than double the amount of old electronics products collected for reuse and recycling.
1 April 2009
- FujiFilm camera goes 3D
- Japan's FujiFilm is hoping to add a new dimension to photography this year: the third dimension. A prototype camera, on show at last week's Photo Imaging Expo in Tokyo, is two cameras in one.
1 April 2009
- CTIA: Skype goes mobile with iPhone, BlackBerry versions
- Skype's peer-to-peer VOIP software is now available on the iPhone and a beta version will be coming soon for the Blackberry.
1 April 2009
- CTIA: Samsung shows mobile WiMAX device
- As the CTIA Wireless trade show got off the ground in Las Vegas, the South Korean electronics giant unveiled the Mondi, a mobile Internet device that will run on Clearwire's WiMax data service.
1 April 2009
- Video Insider: Server Virtualization (part 1)
- In part 1 of our new Video Insider series, we give an overview of server virtualization and provide insight into where the market is heading.
1 April 2009
- EU agrees on single telecom market
- European Union lawmakers have finally agreed on the shape and powers of a new pan-European telecom regulator. They hammered out a compromise deal to create BEREC, the body of European regulators of electronic communications.
1 April 2009
- Video Insider: Server Virtualization (part 1)
- In part 1 of our new Video Insider series, we give an overview of server virtualization and provide insight into where the market is heading.
1 April 2009
- FujiFilm camera goes 3D
- Japan's FujiFilm is hoping to add a new dimension to photography this year: the third dimension. A prototype camera, on show at last week's Photo Imaging Expo in Tokyo, is two cameras in one.
1 April 2009
- Ontario program aims to double recycling of e-waste
- A coalition of electronics retailers and vendors kicked off a program this week in the Canadian state of Ontario that hopes to more than double the amount of old electronics products collected for reuse and recycling.
1 April 2009
- CTIA: Samsung shows mobile WiMAX device
- As the CTIA Wireless trade show got off the ground in Las Vegas, the South Korean electronics giant unveiled the Mondi, a mobile Internet device that will run on Clearwire's WiMax data service.
1 April 2009
- CTIA: Skype goes mobile with iPhone, BlackBerry versions
- Skype's peer-to-peer VOIP software is now available on the iPhone and a beta version will be coming soon for the Blackberry.
1 April 2009
- Robot control via brain waves
- Forget remote controls. In the future you might be able to switch on and off gadgets using nothing more than the power of thought.
31 March 2009
- Europe probes online tracking methods
- European Commission officials launch investigation into the growing use of deep packet inspection techniques that let broadband providers track online activity, even if consumers delete tracking cookies.
31 March 2009
- Europe probes online tracking methods
- European Commission officials launch investigation into the growing use of deep packet inspection techniques that let broadband providers track online activity, even if consumers delete tracking cookies.
31 March 2009
- Robot control via brain waves
- Forget remote controls. In the future you might be able to switch on and off gadgets using nothing more than the power of thought.
31 March 2009
- Week in Review - 3/27
- Dell hints at a possible smartphone, Microsoft intros IE8, Google helps you unsend an e-mail, PC keyboards give away passwords, Toshiba delays its fuel cell launch, and RIM asks users to turn off their phones.
27 March 2009
- Dell's new server and storage products
- Dell promised to cut IT managers' ongoing costs with a set of server, storage, and management products it unveiled Wednesday in San Francisco.
27 March 2009
- Dell's new server and storage products
- Dell promised to cut IT managers' ongoing costs with a set of server, storage, and management products it unveiled Wednesday in San Francisco.
27 March 2009
- Week in Review - 3/27
- Dell hints at a possible smartphone, Microsoft intros IE8, Google helps you unsend an e-mail, PC keyboards give away passwords, Toshiba delays its fuel cell launch, and RIM asks users to turn off their phones.
27 March 2009
- Obama solicits questions via Web
- President Barack Obama plans to answer questions on Thursday that were submitted to the White House through Google Moderator.
25 March 2009
- Obama solicits questions via Web
- President Barack Obama plans to answer questions on Thursday that were submitted to the White House through Google Moderator.
25 March 2009
- Microsoft launches IE8
- Microsoft recently debuted Internet Explorer 8 at the company’s Mix conference in Las Vegas.
24 March 2009
- Michael Dell drops smartphone hint
- As rumors swirl about a smart phone from computer-maker Dell, CEO Michael Dell gave his stongest hint yet on Tuesday that something is in the pipeline.
24 March 2009
- Michael Dell on IBM/Sun rumors
- The rumored acquisition of Sun Microsystems by IBM could prove an opportunity for Dell, CEO Michael Dell, said Tuesday.
24 March 2009
- Microsoft launches IE8
- Microsoft recently debuted Internet Explorer 8 at the company’s Mix conference in Las Vegas.
24 March 2009
- Michael Dell drops smartphone hint
- As rumors swirl about a smart phone from computer-maker Dell, CEO Michael Dell gave his stongest hint yet on Tuesday that something is in the pipeline.
24 March 2009
- Michael Dell on IBM/Sun rumors
- The rumored acquisition of Sun Microsystems by IBM could prove an opportunity for Dell, CEO Michael Dell, said Tuesday.
24 March 2009
- Robotic "model" hits the catwalk
- The $2 million HRP-4C robot opened Japan's Fashion Week in Tokyo. Designed to match the shape of the average Japanese woman, the robot is the latest in ongoing research into humanoid robots.
23 March 2009
- Robotic "model" hits the catwalk
- The $2 million HRP-4C robot opened Japan's Fashion Week in Tokyo. Designed to match the shape of the average Japanese woman, the robot is the latest in ongoing research into humanoid robots.
23 March 2009
- Facebook Connect for iPhone
- Social networking giant Facebook recently launched Facebook Connect for iPhone, which lets application developers connect their apps to the popular social networking Web site.
20 March 2009
- Comic books go mobile
- At the Paris book fair, two companies are adapting graphic novels and comic books to fit on the small color screens of mobile phones.
20 March 2009
- Facebook Connect for iPhone
- Social networking giant Facebook recently launched Facebook Connect for iPhone, which lets application developers connect their apps to the popular social networking Web site.
20 March 2009
- Comic books go mobile
- At the Paris book fair, two companies are adapting graphic novels and comic books to fit on the small color screens of mobile phones.
20 March 2009
- Week in Review 3/20
- A flying car becomes a reality, IBM is in talks to buy Sun, Google updates Mars maps, Europe launches a satellite, Nokia introduces a new phone, tech comes to the Paris book fair and Woz dances another week.
19 March 2009
- Flying car makes world debut
- No longer a subject of science fiction, a car that can fly like a regular airplane, but then land, fold up its wings and drive away debuted in Boston Wednesday.
19 March 2009
- Flying car makes world debut
- No longer a subject of science fiction, a car that can fly like a regular airplane, but then land, fold up its wings and drive away debuted in Boston Wednesday.
19 March 2009
- Week in Review 3/20
- A flying car becomes a reality, IBM is in talks to buy Sun, Google updates Mars maps, Europe launches a satellite, Nokia introduces a new phone, tech comes to the Paris book fair and Woz dances another week.
19 March 2009
- European satellite launches to study magnetic field
- Europe successfully launched its first Earth explorer mission on Tuesday. The Gravity field and steady-state Ocean Circulation Explorer (GOCE) is the first of a planned family of satellites that will study our planet and its (...)
18 March 2009
- European satellite launches to study magnetic field
- Europe successfully launched its first Earth explorer mission on Tuesday. The Gravity field and steady-state Ocean Circulation Explorer (GOCE) is the first of a planned family of satellites that will study our planet and its (...)
18 March 2009
- Create your own audio books
- The Plustek V100 BookReader can turn any printed page into spoken word, perfect for the visually impaired or those on the go that cannot read while driving.
17 March 2009
- Acer demos new smart phones
- PC vendor Acer made its first move into the Smartphone market at this year’s Mobile World Congress in Barcelona and the IDG News Service recently got a closer look at two of the company’s smartphones in the Tempo series, the F900 and (...)
17 March 2009
- Cisco's UCS: A closer look
- Cisco, with a crowd of partners, introduced a data center architecture on Monday that it says will make I.T. infrastructure simpler and more efficient.
17 March 2009
- Acer demos new smart phones
- PC vendor Acer made its first move into the Smartphone market at this year’s Mobile World Congress in Barcelona and the IDG News Service recently got a closer look at two of the company’s smartphones in the Tempo series, the F900 and (...)
17 March 2009
- Create your own audio books
- The Plustek V100 BookReader can turn any printed page into spoken word, perfect for the visually impaired or those on the go that cannot read while driving.
17 March 2009
- Cisco's UCS: A closer look
- Cisco, with a crowd of partners, introduced a data center architecture on Monday that it says will make I.T. infrastructure simpler and more efficient.
17 March 2009
- Hacker Joe Grand offers IT advice
- Joe Grand, a hardware hacker and host of Discovery's Prototype This! TV show, offers advice on how IT can share information with non-technical colleagues.
16 March 2009
- Google Mars updates, still no green men
- Google recently updated Mars in Google Earth 5.0 to include new features that give users a glimpse into the evolution of knowledge about the red planet.
16 March 2009
- Google Mars updates, still no green men
- Google recently updated Mars in Google Earth 5.0 to include new features that give users a glimpse into the evolution of knowledge about the red planet.
16 March 2009
- Hacker Joe Grand offers IT advice
- Joe Grand, a hardware hacker and host of Discovery's Prototype This! TV show, offers advice on how IT can share information with non-technical colleagues.
16 March 2009
- Dan Kaminsky gives DNS bug update, one year later
- About a year ago Dan Kaminsky found a serious DNS bug that threatened the internet. It’s been about 9 months since the patch came out and Kaminsky gave us an update at Boston’s Source conference.
13 March 2009
- Nokia launches 5730 XpressMusic phone
- Nokia launches the 5730 XpressMusic device, a music-centric phone with QWERTY keybaord and a music subscription service.
13 March 2009
- Nokia launches 5730 XpressMusic phone
- Nokia launches the 5730 XpressMusic device, a music-centric phone with QWERTY keybaord and a music subscription service.
13 March 2009
- Dan Kaminsky gives DNS bug update, one year later
- About a year ago Dan Kaminsky found a serious DNS bug that threatened the internet. It’s been about 9 months since the patch came out and Kaminsky gave us an update at Boston’s Source conference.
13 March 2009
- Tech, eco-friendly cars dominate Geneva show
- High-tech and eco-friendly cars are the rage at this year's Geneva Motor Show. Concept cars galore are taking the stage highlighting new features and green technology.
12 March 2009
- World's largest cell phone
- Most cell phone makers these days pride themselves in making smaller and smaller devices, but this phone measuring 15-feet by 13-feet broke a Guinness World Record.
12 March 2009
- Week in Review 3/13
- Dell's rugged laptop fails a drop test, MIT plans to race a solar car, a smart meter helps user save energy, the bathroom of the future reminds you to brush your teeth, and Woz does the cha-cha.
12 March 2009
- World's largest cell phone
- Most cell phone makers these days pride themselves in making smaller and smaller devices, but this phone measuring 15-feet by 13-feet broke a Guinness World Record.
12 March 2009
- Week in Review 3/13
- Dell's rugged laptop fails a drop test, MIT plans to race a solar car, a smart meter helps user save energy, the bathroom of the future reminds you to brush your teeth, and Woz does the cha-cha.
12 March 2009
- Students learn through robot battles
- The FIRST Robotics Competition pits homemade robots, built by high school students, against one another. The compeition helps the students learn science and math through the thrill of victory.
11 March 2009
- The bathroom of the future
- At CEBIT, the Fraunhofer Institute shows a vision of the future bathroom, complete with reminders on the mirror for brushing your teeth or taking pills.
11 March 2009
- Students learn through robot battles
- The FIRST Robotics Competition pits homemade robots, built by high school students, against one another. The compeition helps the students learn science and math through the thrill of victory.
11 March 2009
- The bathroom of the future
- At CEBIT, the Fraunhofer Institute shows a vision of the future bathroom, complete with reminders on the mirror for brushing your teeth or taking pills.
11 March 2009
- Rugged Dell laptop fails drop demo
- Dell's Latitude E6400 XFR laptop is designed to withstand drops, dust and high pressure water spray, however, the laptop that Dell used to show these features wasn’t able to withstand the rough treatment as part of its (...)
10 March 2009
- iPhone app: Amazon Kindle
- Jealous of Kindle 2 owners? No need to be with the new Amazon Kindle for iPhone app, available free at the App Store.
10 March 2009
- Aligning business and IT
- Jose Ruiz, CIO and director of programs at Northrop Gruman, gives the keynote address at IT Roadmap Denver.
10 March 2009
- Aligning business and IT
- Jose Ruiz, CIO and director of programs at Northrop Gruman, gives the keynote address at IT Roadmap Denver.
10 March 2009
- iPhone app: Amazon Kindle
- Jealous of Kindle 2 owners? No need to be with the new Amazon Kindle for iPhone app, available free at the App Store.
10 March 2009
- Rugged Dell laptop fails drop demo
- Dell's Latitude E6400 XFR laptop is designed to withstand drops, dust and high pressure water spray, however, the laptop that Dell used to show these features wasn’t able to withstand the rough treatment as part of its (...)
10 March 2009
- Smart meters aim to save energy, money
- The monthly electricty bill is typically the only data consumers get - until now. German utility Energie Baden-Württemberg began late last year rolling-out smart meters and was demonstrating them at the Cebit IT fair.
9 March 2009
- Altec Lansing's Octiv Air streams the iPod tunes
- Wireless stream tunes from your iPod or iPhone to the Altec Lansing Octiv Air system up to 100 feet away.
9 March 2009
- Altec Lansing's Octiv Air streams the iPod tunes
- Wireless stream tunes from your iPod or iPhone to the Altec Lansing Octiv Air system up to 100 feet away.
9 March 2009
- Smart meters aim to save energy, money
- The monthly electricty bill is typically the only data consumers get - until now. German utility Energie Baden-Württemberg began late last year rolling-out smart meters and was demonstrating them at the Cebit IT fair.
9 March 2009
- Google Tip Jar shares money saving ideas
- Since many are penny pinching these days, Google has decided to pitch in. The company has launched a new experimental website called Tip Jar.
6 March 2009
- Week in Review - 3/6
- From Germany’s Cebit: traffic slows at the show, Arnold Schwarzenegger is one of the highlights, a Fujitsu PC draws zero watts when switched off, Asus unveils a touchscreen prototype, MSI shows off a thin netbook.
6 March 2009
- Google Tip Jar shares money saving ideas
- Since many are penny pinching these days, Google has decided to pitch in. The company has launched a new experimental website called Tip Jar.
6 March 2009
- Week in Review - 3/6
- From Germany’s Cebit: traffic slows at the show, Arnold Schwarzenegger is one of the highlights, a Fujitsu PC draws zero watts when switched off, Asus unveils a touchscreen prototype, MSI shows off a thin netbook.
6 March 2009
- CEBIT goes green
- Greenpeace uses Cebit to launch a new environmental campaign.
5 March 2009
- MIT preps solar car for Aussie race
- MIT’s Electric Vehicle Team recently unveiled a solar powered car that they plan to race across Australia later this year.
5 March 2009
- CEBIT: Justin, the robot tea preparer
- Meet Justin, a space-age robot that makes the tea.
5 March 2009
- CEBIT: Arnold promotes California tech
- Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger comes to Cebit to promote California.
5 March 2009
- CEBIT goes green
- Greenpeace uses Cebit to launch a new environmental campaign.
5 March 2009
- CEBIT: Arnold promotes California tech
- Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger comes to Cebit to promote California.
5 March 2009
- MIT preps solar car for Aussie race
- MIT’s Electric Vehicle Team recently unveiled a solar powered car that they plan to race across Australia later this year.
5 March 2009
- CEBIT: Justin, the robot tea preparer
- Meet Justin, a space-age robot that makes the tea.
5 March 2009
- DEMO 09: Ontier's Pixetell
- The Pixatell on-demand software goes beyond e-mail communication, letting users visually explain concepts much better than just typing out long notes.
3 March 2009
- DEMO 09: Citrix's GoView
- Keith discovers an easier way to do screen recordings for training purposes, via Citrix Online's new GoView software.
3 March 2009
- DEMO 09: Purewire checks online reputation
- Purewire's Purewire Trust service lets users check out the online reputation of people, Web sites and things to make sure bad stuff doesn't happen to Web surfers.
3 March 2009
- DEMO 09: Avaak's Vue cameras
- The Vue personal video network uses wireless mesh technology and lets you place wireless Web cams almost anywhere.
3 March 2009
- DEMO 09: SmartyCard lets kids earn if they learn
- The SmartyCard system provides rewards for tweens if they complete educational quizzes. Also, Keith finds out that he's not smarter than a fifth grader.
3 March 2009
- DEMO 09: Touch-screen netbook from Always Innovating
- Keith checks out the Touch Book from Always Innovating, a netbook with a detachable touch-screen that you can also put on your refrigerator (it has a magnetic backing).
3 March 2009
- DEMO 09: Citrix's GoView
- Keith discovers an easier way to do screen recordings for training purposes, via Citrix Online's new GoView software.
3 March 2009
- DEMO 09: Ontier's Pixetell
- The Pixatell on-demand software goes beyond e-mail communication, letting users visually explain concepts much better than just typing out long notes.
3 March 2009
- DEMO 09: SmartyCard lets kids earn if they learn
- The SmartyCard system provides rewards for tweens if they complete educational quizzes. Also, Keith finds out that he's not smarter than a fifth grader.
3 March 2009
- DEMO 09: Purewire checks online reputation
- Purewire's Purewire Trust service lets users check out the online reputation of people, Web sites and things to make sure bad stuff doesn't happen to Web surfers.
3 March 2009
- DEMO 09: Touch-screen netbook from Always Innovating
- Keith checks out the Touch Book from Always Innovating, a netbook with a detachable touch-screen that you can also put on your refrigerator (it has a magnetic backing).
3 March 2009
- DEMO 09: Avaak's Vue cameras
- The Vue personal video network uses wireless mesh technology and lets you place wireless Web cams almost anywhere.
3 March 2009
- DEMO 09: Symantec's MyGuru
- Symantec's MyGuru service offers the "tech gurus" of the world an easy way to provide technical support to friends and family members.
3 March 2009
- DEMO 09: Xandros' Presto
- Linux app for Windows that turns an older machine into a Netbook that boots quickly and runs a number of popular Web apps.
3 March 2009
- CEBIT: Asus shows a dual-touchscreen prototype
- CEBIT: Asus shows a prototype computer with dual touchscreen.
3 March 2009
- CEBIT: Internet radio to your car via 3G
- CEBIT: Blaupunkt has new car radios that can stream Internet stations over 3G.
3 March 2009
- DEMO 09: Xandros' Presto
- Linux app for Windows that turns an older machine into a Netbook that boots quickly and runs a number of popular Web apps.
3 March 2009
- DEMO 09: Symantec's MyGuru
- Symantec's MyGuru service offers the "tech gurus" of the world an easy way to provide technical support to friends and family members.
3 March 2009
- DEMO 09: Xandros' Presto
- Linux app for Windows that turns an older machine into a Netbook that boots quickly and runs a number of popular Web apps.
3 March 2009
- CEBIT: Internet radio to your car via 3G
- CEBIT: Blaupunkt has new car radios that can stream Internet stations over 3G.
3 March 2009
- DEMO 09: Avaak's Vue cameras
- The Vue personal video network uses wireless mesh technology and lets you place wireless Web cams almost anywhere.
3 March 2009
- DEMO 09: Touch-screen netbook from Always Innovating
- Keith checks out the Touch Book from Always Innovating, a netbook with a detachable touch-screen that you can also put on your refrigerator (it has a magnetic backing).
3 March 2009
- CEBIT: Asus shows a dual-touchscreen prototype
- CEBIT: Asus shows a prototype computer with dual touchscreen.
3 March 2009
- Cebit prepares for lower attendance
- CEBIT: As Hanover readies for Cebit, organizers expect a smaller fair this year.
2 March 2009
- CEBIT: Fujitsu's low-power PC, server
- CEBIT: Fujitsu shows the first zero-watt PC and an energy-efficient server.
2 March 2009
- CEBIT: MSI shows off its latest X-Slim laptop
- MSI unveiled on Monday a new version of its X-Slim laptop.
2 March 2009
- CEBIT: Fujitsu's low-power PC, server
- CEBIT: Fujitsu shows the first zero-watt PC and an energy-efficient server.
2 March 2009
- Cebit prepares for lower attendance
- CEBIT: As Hanover readies for Cebit, organizers expect a smaller fair this year.
2 March 2009
- CEBIT: MSI shows off its latest X-Slim laptop
- MSI unveiled on Monday a new version of its X-Slim laptop.
2 March 2009
- Week in Review - 2/27
- NASA’s satellite fails, NTT trials an electronic loyalty card phone application, Microsoft Research demos prototype technology, Gmail goes down, Kindle 2 begins shipping, and Samsung’s new phone shoots HD video.
27 February 2009
- Building a better kiosk
- Self service kiosks aren’t a new idea. We see them everyday at places like airports and banks, but a Microsoft Research project hopes to improve interactive systems.
27 February 2009
- Week in Review - 2/27
- NASA’s satellite fails, NTT trials an electronic loyalty card phone application, Microsoft Research demos prototype technology, Gmail goes down, Kindle 2 begins shipping, and Samsung’s new phone shoots HD video.
27 February 2009
- Building a better kiosk
- Self service kiosks aren’t a new idea. We see them everyday at places like airports and banks, but a Microsoft Research project hopes to improve interactive systems.
27 February 2009
- AMD demos 6-core Istanbul chips
- AMD demonstrated its first working models of Istanbul chips, the company’s upcoming line of server processors with six cores.
26 February 2009
- AMD demos 6-core Istanbul chips
- AMD demonstrated its first working models of Istanbul chips, the company’s upcoming line of server processors with six cores.
26 February 2009
- Organizing retail loyalty cards on cell phones
- NTT Communications in Japan has begun trials of a system that promises to combine up to 100 loyalty cards in a single cell phone application.
25 February 2009
- NASA OCO satellite fails
- It was supposed to be a mission that helped scientists working on the problem of global warming but in the end it produced more junk.
25 February 2009
- Microsoft TechFest: The low power data center
- Microsoft Research hopes to make data centers more efficient. They are testing a prototype data center that runs off of low-power processors.
25 February 2009
- Microsoft TechFest: Real and virtual worlds collide
- Augmented reality technology mixes the real world and the virtual world. At TechFest 2009, Microsoft Research demoed its augmented reality tools.
25 February 2009
- Organizing retail loyalty cards on cell phones
- NTT Communications in Japan has begun trials of a system that promises to combine up to 100 loyalty cards in a single cell phone application.
25 February 2009
- NASA OCO satellite fails
- It was supposed to be a mission that helped scientists working on the problem of global warming but in the end it produced more junk.
25 February 2009
- Microsoft TechFest: Commute UX keeps your eyes on the road
- At TechFest 2009 Microsoft Research is showing off many projects in development. One of them is an in-car infotainment technology called Commute UX.
25 February 2009
- Microsoft TechFest: Real and virtual worlds collide
- Augmented reality technology mixes the real world and the virtual world. At TechFest 2009, Microsoft Research demoed its augmented reality tools.
25 February 2009
- Microsoft TechFest: Commute UX keeps your eyes on the road
- At TechFest 2009 Microsoft Research is showing off many projects in development. One of them is an in-car infotainment technology called Commute UX.
25 February 2009
- Microsoft TechFest: The low power data center
- Microsoft Research hopes to make data centers more efficient. They are testing a prototype data center that runs off of low-power processors.
25 February 2009
- iPhone controls concept car
- It can send e-mails, play video, access the Web and snap pictures, but control a car? Swiss automobile design house Rinspeed will unveil a concept electric car controlled by an iPhone at next week's Geneva Motor Show.
23 February 2009
- iPhone controls concept car
- It can send e-mails, play video, access the Web and snap pictures, but control a car? Swiss automobile design house Rinspeed will unveil a concept electric car controlled by an iPhone at next week's Geneva Motor Show.
23 February 2009
- MWC: Samsung introduces Memoir phone
- At Barcelona’s Mobile World Congress, Samsung unveiled the Memoir, a touch screen cell phone with an 8 megapixel camera, a first for the US according to the company.
21 February 2009
- MWC: Samsung introduces Memoir phone
- At Barcelona’s Mobile World Congress, Samsung unveiled the Memoir, a touch screen cell phone with an 8 megapixel camera, a first for the US according to the company.
21 February 2009
- MWC: Samsung introduces Memoir phone
- At Barcelona’s Mobile World Congress, Samsung unveiled the Memoir, a touch screen cell phone with an 8 megapixel camera, a first for the US according to the company.
21 February 2009
- Week in Review - 2/20
- From Mobile World Congress: solar charging phones make a debut, Microsoft introduces an new version of Windows Mobile, Samsung embeds a projector into a handset, LG introduces the Arena and Nokia unveils its thinnest smart phone (...)
19 February 2009
- Week in Review - 2/20
- From Mobile World Congress: solar charging phones make a debut, Microsoft introduces an new version of Windows Mobile, Samsung embeds a projector into a handset, LG introduces the Arena and Nokia unveils its thinnest smart phone (...)
19 February 2009
- Samsung puts projector into cell phone
- Samsung has partnered with Texas Instruments to create a mobile phone with an embedded projector.
18 February 2009
- LG's Arena: A closer look
- Check out LG"s KM-900 Arena phone, which launched at this year’s Mobile World Congress in Barcelona.
18 February 2009
- LG's Arena: A closer look
- Check out LG"s KM-900 Arena phone, which launched at this year’s Mobile World Congress in Barcelona.
18 February 2009
- Solar-powered phones shine at MWC
- At Mobile World Congress this year Samsung and LG showed off prototype cell phones that can be recharged by solar panels built into the case.
18 February 2009
- Solar-powered phones shine at MWC
- At Mobile World Congress this year Samsung and LG showed off prototype cell phones that can be recharged by solar panels built into the case.
18 February 2009
- Samsung puts projector into cell phone
- Samsung has partnered with Texas Instruments to create a mobile phone with an embedded projector.
18 February 2009
- Solar-powered phones shine at MWC
- At Mobile World Congress this year Samsung and LG showed off prototype cell phones that can be recharged by solar panels built into the case.
18 February 2009
- Samsung puts projector into cell phone
- Samsung has partnered with Texas Instruments to create a mobile phone with an embedded projector.
18 February 2009
- LG's Arena: A closer look
- Check out LG"s KM-900 Arena phone, which launched at this year’s Mobile World Congress in Barcelona.
18 February 2009
- Samsung Omnia HD adds video
- At the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Samsung showed off the Omnia HD phone, which now can play video files.
17 February 2009
- Samsung Omnia HD adds video
- At the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Samsung showed off the Omnia HD phone, which now can play video files.
17 February 2009
- HTC launches new Touch devices
- HTC launches the Touch Pro 2 and Touch Diamond 2 at this week's Mobile World Congress show in Barcelona.
17 February 2009
- HTC launches new Touch devices
- HTC launches the Touch Pro 2 and Touch Diamond 2 at this week's Mobile World Congress show in Barcelona.
17 February 2009
- Samsung Omnia HD adds video
- At the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Samsung showed off the Omnia HD phone, which now can play video files.
17 February 2009
- HTC launches new Touch devices
- HTC launches the Touch Pro 2 and Touch Diamond 2 at this week's Mobile World Congress show in Barcelona.
17 February 2009
- Week in review - 2/13
- Amazon unveils Kindle 2, the EU promotes Safer Internet Day, and Ebay tightens regulations on the sale of knives in the UK. Also, see a robot controlled by a G1 cell phone.
13 February 2009
- Week in review - 2/13
- Amazon unveils Kindle 2, the EU promotes Safer Internet Day, and Ebay tightens regulations on the sale of knives in the UK. Also, see a robot controlled by a G1 cell phone.
13 February 2009
- Chameleon guitar merges acoustics, electronics
- Much of the sound from an acoustic instrument is due to its wood grain patterns, but a new prototype guitar built by an MIT student combines the natural acoustics of wood with the power of electronic processing.
11 February 2009
- IBM, Juniper team up in cloud strategy
- New IBM management software can give IT managers a clearer view into both private clouds within an enterprise and public ones that are available by subscription.
11 February 2009
- IBM, Juniper team up in cloud strategy
- New IBM management software can give IT managers a clearer view into both private clouds within an enterprise and public ones that are available by subscription.
11 February 2009
- Chameleon guitar merges acoustics, electronics
- Much of the sound from an acoustic instrument is due to its wood grain patterns, but a new prototype guitar built by an MIT student combines the natural acoustics of wood with the power of electronic processing.
11 February 2009
- Green IT more than just energy efficiency at Citigroup
- Michelle Erickson, initiative director for environmental sustainabiliy for global IT at Citigroup, gives the keynote at IT Roadmap New York City.
10 February 2009
- Green IT more than just energy efficiency at Citigroup
- Michelle Erickson, initiative director for environmental sustainabiliy for global IT at Citigroup, gives the keynote at IT Roadmap New York City.
10 February 2009
- Amazon unveils Kindle 2
- Amazon unveiled an updated version of its wireless e-reader that boasts a new design, updated display and more storage among other features.
9 February 2009
- Amazon unveils Kindle 2
- Amazon unveiled an updated version of its wireless e-reader that boasts a new design, updated display and more storage among other features.
9 February 2009
- Week in Review - 2/6
- Lenovo is stung by losses, Google introduces tracking software and an update to Google Earth, Apple’s iPhone readies for launch in the Middle East, and more.
5 February 2009
- Week in Review - 2/6
- Lenovo is stung by losses, Google introduces tracking software and an update to Google Earth, Apple’s iPhone readies for launch in the Middle East, and more.
5 February 2009
- Google Earth 5.0 goes deep under the sea
- The new Google Earth 5.0 tool features underwater exploration, historical views and the ability to create narrated tours.
2 February 2009
- Week in Review - 1/30
- The European Commission considers hearing impairment risks caused by personal music players, Obama gets to keep his BlackBerry, the Gates Foundation donates money to eradicate polio, MIT creates a seeing machine and more.
30 January 2009
- R4 Revolution back on the market
- The R4 Revolution, which lets users play cloned Nintendo DS software, is back on sale after legal action by Nintendo threatened to halt sales.
29 January 2009
- European panel questions hearing risks with music players
- The European Commission convened a panel to consider the risks of hearing caused by personal music players.
29 January 2009
- European panel questions hearing risks with music players
- The European Commission convened a panel to consider the risks of hearing caused by personal music players.
29 January 2009
- R4 Revolution back on the market
- The R4 Revolution, which lets users play cloned Nintendo DS software, is back on sale after legal action by Nintendo threatened to halt sales.
29 January 2009
- HP alliance optimizes ProCurve switches
- ProCurve ONE, is aimed to bring software for security, application acceleration and other functions right into the network.
27 January 2009
- Bill Gates boosts polio fight
- The fight to eradicate polio has been given a significant monetary boost through new funds pledged by the Bill Gates' charitable foundation.
26 January 2009
- Bill Gates boosts polio fight
- The fight to eradicate polio has been given a significant monetary boost through new funds pledged by the Bill Gates' charitable foundation.
26 January 2009
- Portable gadget helps visually impaired
- MIT researchers have designed a portable device that allows people with visual impairments to access the internet, view photographs, or just see the face of a friend.
23 January 2009
- Week in Review - 1/23
- Obama’s inauguration slows down the web, Twitter breaks news of a plane crash, Sony feels the pinch of the economy, Al Jazeera beams images from Gaza for free, Seagate tries to fix faulty drives and more.
23 January 2009
- Week in Review - 1/23
- Obama’s inauguration slows down the web, Twitter breaks news of a plane crash, Sony feels the pinch of the economy, Al Jazeera beams images from Gaza for free, Seagate tries to fix faulty drives and more.
23 January 2009
- Sony CEO talks about impact of down economy
- Sony CEO Howard Stringer dicusses his company's earnings report and the down economy's effect on consumer electronics spending.
23 January 2009
- Japan launches a greenhouse gas observation satellite
- Japan successfully launched on Friday a satellite (GOSAT) that promises to provide greater insight into climate changes caused by greenhouse gases.
23 January 2009
- Japanese start-up tries to reignite sticker machine craze
- Just like the original machines, the QR Studio will snap a picture of its user and produce a sheet of stickers and 2D bar code is a QR code and can be read by just about all recent cell phones in Japan. Encoded within is the barcode is a video (...)
23 January 2009
- Portable gadget helps visually impaired
- MIT researchers have designed a portable device that allows people with visual impairments to access the internet, view photographs, or just see the face of a friend.
23 January 2009
- Windows 7: Installation
- InfoWorld video series on new Windows 7 features. In this video, see what's changed in the installation procedures.
23 January 2009
- Windows 7: New Desktop
- InfoWorld video series on new Windows 7 features. In this video, see how much (or how little) the desktop has changed.
23 January 2009
- Windows 7: SuperBar and Aero
- InfoWorld video series on new Windows 7 features. In this video, we check out the SuperBar and Aero features.
23 January 2009
- Windows 7: Updates to favorite apps
- InfoWorld video series on new Windows 7 features. In this video, see what's been changed to old favorites like Paint, WordPad and the Calculator app.
23 January 2009
- Windows 7: Action Center
- InfoWorld video series on new Windows 7 features. In this video, we check out the Action Center and look at changes to the much-maligned user account control settings.
23 January 2009
- Windows 7: Display Changes
- InfoWorld video series on new Windows 7 features. In this video, see the new ways you can change the wallpaper and other display settings.
23 January 2009
- Windows 7: Networking Changes
- InfoWorld video series on new Windows 7 features. In this video, explore the changes in how Windows 7 handles networking.
23 January 2009
- Windows 7: Control Panel Apps
- InfoWorld video series on new Windows 7 features. In this video, see some of the new Control Panel applications.
23 January 2009
- Windows 7: New for IT
- InfoWorld video series on new Windows 7 features. In this video, check out some of the new features for IT administrators.
23 January 2009
- Windows 7: Libraries and Search
- InfoWorld video series on new Windows 7 features. In this video, we explore the concept of virtual libraries and see how searching for documents has changed.
23 January 2009
- Japanese start-up tries to reignite sticker machine craze
- Just like the original machines, the QR Studio will snap a picture of its user and produce a sheet of stickers and 2D bar code is a QR code and can be read by just about all recent cell phones in Japan. Encoded within is the barcode is a video (...)
23 January 2009
- Sony CEO talks about impact of down economy
- Sony CEO Howard Stringer dicusses his company's earnings report and the down economy's effect on consumer electronics spending.
23 January 2009
- Japan launches a greenhouse gas observation satellite
- Japan successfully launched on Friday a satellite (GOSAT) that promises to provide greater insight into climate changes caused by greenhouse gases.
23 January 2009
- TV knows when you are watching
- You're used to watching TV but this new Bravia set from Sony watches you and it's all in the name of energy saving.
21 January 2009
- Robots heading to the arcade
- Robots are busting out of the research labs and coming to a game center near you.
21 January 2009
- TV knows when you are watching
- You're used to watching TV but this new Bravia set from Sony watches you and it's all in the name of energy saving.
21 January 2009
- Sights, sounds from CES
- The IDG News Service wraps up its CES 2009 coverage with a collage of images and video clips from this year's show in Las Vegas.
20 January 2009
- Sights, sounds from CES
- The IDG News Service wraps up its CES 2009 coverage with a collage of images and video clips from this year's show in Las Vegas.
20 January 2009
- A bike that helps you up hills
- Schwinn showed off its new battery-powered, pedal-assist bikes, which provides some extra power for bikers who need energy to get up inclines.
19 January 2009
- A bike that helps you up hills
- Schwinn showed off its new battery-powered, pedal-assist bikes, which provides some extra power for bikers who need energy to get up inclines.
19 January 2009
- eCoupled offers wireless power
- Fulton Innovation was among those companies offering wireless power technologies to re-charge devices without wires.
19 January 2009
- eCoupled offers wireless power
- Fulton Innovation was among those companies offering wireless power technologies to re-charge devices without wires.
19 January 2009
- Let Kitt guide you home
- Mio's GPS unit lets driver play Knight Rider, with licensed content from the famous '80s TV show. Rockets not included.
18 January 2009
- Let Kitt guide you home
- Mio's GPS unit lets driver play Knight Rider, with licensed content from the famous '80s TV show. Rockets not included.
18 January 2009
- Widgets invade your TV
- Thanks to Intel, TVs will soon be serving up Internet content. Widgets will be able to appear on your screen, giving information while you watch your favorite shows.
17 January 2009
- Widgets invade your TV
- Thanks to Intel, TVs will soon be serving up Internet content. Widgets will be able to appear on your screen, giving information while you watch your favorite shows.
17 January 2009
- The 10-year remote battery?
- Using new low power technology from Netherlands based GreenPeak, your next TV remote battery could last for 10 years. The company has created a low power chipset that uses either radio frequency or infrared to control televisions and other (...)
17 January 2009
- Week in Review - 1/16
- Palm introduces a new phone, a wind and solar powered gadget charges electronics, Samsung shows off thin TVs and Blu-Ray Disc players, Tom Hanks and Howard Stringer try on futuristic glasses, Kodak displays an OLED photo frame and (...)
16 January 2009
- Kodak's OLED photo frame
- Kodak shows off its OLED-based photo frame, which includes Wi-Fi and a $1,000 price tag. But wow it looks good.
16 January 2009
- Video phone for sign-language users
- Viable demos a video phone designed for sign-language users to communicate with others. A video relay service users interpreters who work as operators.
16 January 2009
- Intel gets into holograms
- Intel uses a cool holographic display to show off the power of its core i7 processor.
16 January 2009
- Viliv joins netbook crowd
- Korea’s Viliv launched the S7 Productivity MID, based on a 1.6 gigahertz Intel Atom processor. The device has a 7-inch display screen that is also a touch screen, and it can swivel to become a tablet.
16 January 2009
- Video phone for sign-language users
- Viable demos a video phone designed for sign-language users to communicate with others. A video relay service users interpreters who work as operators.
16 January 2009
- Intel gets into holograms
- Intel uses a cool holographic display to show off the power of its core i7 processor.
16 January 2009
- Viliv joins netbook crowd
- Korea’s Viliv launched the S7 Productivity MID, based on a 1.6 gigahertz Intel Atom processor. The device has a 7-inch display screen that is also a touch screen, and it can swivel to become a tablet.
16 January 2009
- Kodak's OLED photo frame
- Kodak shows off its OLED-based photo frame, which includes Wi-Fi and a $1,000 price tag. But wow it looks good.
16 January 2009
- Linksys ties music libraries together
- Linksys' NAS-based Media Hub brings all the music together from your local area network and provides a single view of all your tunes.
12 January 2009
- Netgear's Digital Entertainer Elite pulls from all corners
- Netgear, like many gear makers, is trying to make it easier to watch 'Net-based stuff on your livingroom TV. The Digital Entertainer Elite is another big step in that direction.
12 January 2009
- Clickfree turns any drive into a backup device
- Clickfree's Transformer cable turns any manufacturer's hard drive into a backup device with the click of a button.
12 January 2009
- D-Link makes second-monitor option easy
- D-Link's new 7" SideStage display makes it easy to add a second monitor to a laptop via USB.
12 January 2009
- Memjet turbo-charges inkjet printing
- Memjet's new ink-jet printing technology makes pages fly out of the printer.
12 January 2009
- Seagate aims to get media off the drive and on to a TV
- Seagate's new FreeAgent Theater HD lets you easily pull pictures, video and more off your hard drive and display it all easily on your television.
12 January 2009
- Wi-Fi Alliance sees increased N adoption
- Keith sits down with the Wi-Fi Alliance's Kelly Davis-Felner to get an update on the progress of 802.11n and the continued proliferation of devices featuring a wireless connection.
12 January 2009
- CES: Palm introduces Pre and webOS
- The Pre touch phone and webOS has unique features, but also ones that are more commonplace. With nods to the iPhone gesture controls and a flick of the finger let users scroll through picutes. You can also use two fingers to zoom in and (...)
12 January 2009
- CES: LG unveils wristwatch-style 3G phone
- It's one of the most futuristic gadgets at CES but it could be here sooner than you think. At this year's International Consumer Electronics Show LG Electronics debuted this wristwatch-style 3G phone.
12 January 2009
- CES: Ford and Microsoft update Sync
- The new updates to Microsoft's Sync includes more data features including traffic feeds.
12 January 2009
- CES: Hitachi and Toshiba show TVs controlled by hand gesture
- We're all used to hitting the power button to switch on our television but could a wave do it in the future? Both Hitachi and Toshiba are demonstrating motion sensing televisions at CES and say they could be on the on the market in two (...)
12 January 2009
- CES: Samsung shows thin TVs and Blu-ray Disc players
- Samsung gadgets are on a diet and thinner than ever. At this week's Consumer Electronics Show its showing this 55-inch TV that's between 6.5 and 7 millimeters thick across its body. It is also showing off a 39-millimeters thick Blu-Ray DVD (...)
12 January 2009
- CES: Lock your doors remotely with Schlage's Link
- There’s probably been a few times when you’ve gone out and weren’t sure if you remembered to lock the front door. Now Schlage Link makes sure that won’t happen again.
12 January 2009
- CES: Toshiba shows a TransferJet prototype
- Toshiba is demonstrating at this week's Consumer Electronics Show a developing data transfer technology that promises to zap content between gadgets without wires.
12 January 2009
- CES: Panasonic demos portable Blu-ray Disc player
- Now you can take high-def movies on-the-go. Panasonic has developed a portable Blu-ray Disc player with 8.9-inch screen and plans to put it on the market in the U.S. in May.
12 January 2009
- CES: Controller helps gamers feel the action
- For the extreme gamer Novint showed off the Falcon game controller at this year’s CES.
12 January 2009
- CES: Casio puts high-speed shutter, slow-mo into slim design
- Casio has unveiled a small, thin digital camera that features the same fast-shooting functions only available until now on much larger cameras in its line-up.
12 January 2009
- Buffalo gets back in the wireless game
- After sitting out of the wireless networking market for nearly two years, Buffalo is back in the game with a slew of new gear making its debut at CES.
12 January 2009
- CES: Controller helps gamers feel the action
- For the extreme gamer Novint showed off the Falcon game controller at this year’s CES.
12 January 2009
- CES: Panasonic demos portable Blu-ray Disc player
- Now you can take high-def movies on-the-go. Panasonic has developed a portable Blu-ray Disc player with 8.9-inch screen and plans to put it on the market in the U.S. in May.
12 January 2009
- CES: Ford and Microsoft update Sync
- The new updates to Microsoft's Sync includes more data features including traffic feeds.
12 January 2009
- CES: Hitachi and Toshiba show TVs controlled by hand gesture
- We're all used to hitting the power button to switch on our television but could a wave do it in the future? Both Hitachi and Toshiba are demonstrating motion sensing televisions at CES and say they could be on the on the market in two (...)
12 January 2009
- CES: LG unveils wristwatch-style 3G phone
- It's one of the most futuristic gadgets at CES but it could be here sooner than you think. At this year's International Consumer Electronics Show LG Electronics debuted this wristwatch-style 3G phone.
12 January 2009
- Wi-Fi Alliance sees increased N adoption
- Keith sits down with the Wi-Fi Alliance's Kelly Davis-Felner to get an update on the progress of 802.11n and the continued proliferation of devices featuring a wireless connection.
12 January 2009
- Seagate aims to get media off the drive and on to a TV
- Seagate's new FreeAgent Theater HD lets you easily pull pictures, video and more off your hard drive and display it all easily on your television.
12 January 2009
- D-Link makes second-monitor option easy
- D-Link's new 7" SideStage display makes it easy to add a second monitor to a laptop via USB.
12 January 2009
- Memjet turbo-charges inkjet printing
- Memjet's new ink-jet printing technology makes pages fly out of the printer.
12 January 2009
- Clickfree turns any drive into a backup device
- Clickfree's Transformer cable turns any manufacturer's hard drive into a backup device with the click of a button.
12 January 2009
- Linksys ties music libraries together
- Linksys' NAS-based Media Hub brings all the music together from your local area network and provides a single view of all your tunes.
12 January 2009
- Netgear's Digital Entertainer Elite pulls from all corners
- Netgear, like many gear makers, is trying to make it easier to watch 'Net-based stuff on your livingroom TV. The Digital Entertainer Elite is another big step in that direction.
12 January 2009
- CES: Palm introduces Pre and webOS
- The Pre touch phone and webOS has unique features, but also ones that are more commonplace. With nods to the iPhone gesture controls and a flick of the finger let users scroll through picutes. You can also use two fingers to zoom in and (...)
12 January 2009
- Memjet turbo-charges inkjet printing
- Memjet's new ink-jet printing technology makes pages fly out of the printer.
12 January 2009
- IPEVO turns photo frame on its head
- IPEVO's slick new digital photo frames can rotate to a portrait orientation and can pull data wireless from your hard drives and online photo accounts.
9 January 2009
- Cleaning solution you can drink
- Forget the harmful chemicals in your standard screen or glasses cleaner, Purosol gets the job done and can quench your thirst as Keith finds out at CES 2009.
9 January 2009
- Fire and floods don't stop this hard drive
- ioSafe's new Solo USB hard drive will keep your precious data safe from fire and floods. Keith gets a hot demo to prove it.
9 January 2009
- CES: Fexible OLED screen
- Sony has brought to the Consumer Electronics Show a flexible color OLED screen that could be used in future, highly portable electronics devices. The 2.5-inch screen was presented by Sony CEO Howard Stringer during a keynote speech at the (...)
9 January 2009
- IPEVO turns photo frame on its head
- IPEVO's slick new digital photo frames can rotate to a portrait orientation and can pull data wireless from your hard drives and online photo accounts.
9 January 2009
- Cleaning solution you can drink
- Forget the harmful chemicals in your standard screen or glasses cleaner, Purosol gets the job done and can quench your thirst as Keith finds out at CES 2009.
9 January 2009
- Fire and floods don't stop this hard drive
- ioSafe's new Solo USB hard drive will keep your precious data safe from fire and floods. Keith gets a hot demo to prove it.
9 January 2009
- CES: Fexible OLED screen
- Sony has brought to the Consumer Electronics Show a flexible color OLED screen that could be used in future, highly portable electronics devices. The 2.5-inch screen was presented by Sony CEO Howard Stringer during a keynote speech at the (...)
9 January 2009
- CES: Fexible OLED screen
- Sony has brought to the Consumer Electronics Show a flexible color OLED screen that could be used in future, highly portable electronics devices. The 2.5-inch screen was presented by Sony CEO Howard Stringer during a keynote speech at the (...)
9 January 2009
- CES: Sony's 21-inch OLED
- Sony unveiled its latest prototype OLED panel at the International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas on Wednesday.
8 January 2009
- CES: Steve Ballmer keynote
- Steve Ballmer took the stage Wednesday night to deliver Microsoft’s keynote at the Consumer Electronics Show.
8 January 2009
- CES: Vaio P mini laptop
- Sony took the wraps off its anticipated Vaio P-series mini-laptop at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas on Wednesday evening.
8 January 2009
- CES: Sony's 21-inch OLED
- Sony unveiled its latest prototype OLED panel at the International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas on Wednesday.
8 January 2009
- CES: Tom Hanks with Sony glasses
- Sony CEO Howard Stringer presented a futuristic pair of glasses during a keynote speech at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas on Thursday and the audience got an instant review from actor Tom Hanks.
8 January 2009
- Week in Review - 1/9
- This week we’re at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas where Microsoft launches Windows 7 beta, Sony shows off a flexible OLED, and Powermat lets you recharge your electronics without wires.
8 January 2009
- CES: Tom Hanks with Sony glasses
- Sony CEO Howard Stringer presented a futuristic pair of glasses during a keynote speech at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas on Thursday and the audience got an instant review from actor Tom Hanks.
8 January 2009
- CES: Tom Hanks with Sony glasses
- Sony CEO Howard Stringer presented a futuristic pair of glasses during a keynote speech at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas on Thursday and the audience got an instant review from actor Tom Hanks.
8 January 2009
- Week in Review - 1/9
- This week we’re at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas where Microsoft launches Windows 7 beta, Sony shows off a flexible OLED, and Powermat lets you recharge your electronics without wires.
8 January 2009
- CES: Steve Ballmer keynote
- Steve Ballmer took the stage Wednesday night to deliver Microsoft’s keynote at the Consumer Electronics Show.
8 January 2009
- CES: Sony's 21-inch OLED
- Sony unveiled its latest prototype OLED panel at the International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas on Wednesday.
8 January 2009
- CES: Vaio P mini laptop
- Sony took the wraps off its anticipated Vaio P-series mini-laptop at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas on Wednesday evening.
8 January 2009
- CES: Steve Ballmer keynote
- Steve Ballmer took the stage Wednesday night to deliver Microsoft’s keynote at the Consumer Electronics Show.
8 January 2009
- Week in Review - 1/9
- This week we’re at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas where Microsoft launches Windows 7 beta, Sony shows off a flexible OLED, and Powermat lets you recharge your electronics without wires.
8 January 2009
- CES: LG's15-inch OLEDs
- LG Display is on the verge of commercial production of a 15-inch OLED panel for use in TVs and laptops, it said Wednesday on the sidelines of the International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas.
8 January 2009
- CES: LG's15-inch OLEDs
- LG Display is on the verge of commercial production of a 15-inch OLED panel for use in TVs and laptops, it said Wednesday on the sidelines of the International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas.
8 January 2009
- CES: LG's15-inch OLEDs
- LG Display is on the verge of commercial production of a 15-inch OLED panel for use in TVs and laptops, it said Wednesday on the sidelines of the International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas.
8 January 2009
- CES: 3D Webcam
- Webcams are almost a standard for computers these days, but here’s one with a little twist. It’s a webcam that uses two cameras to produce a 3D image.
7 January 2009
- CES: Duck hunt indoors
- At this year’s CES some products on display are aimed at the young or the young at heart. Duck Hunter Extreme is one of them.
7 January 2009
- CES: Tonium Pacemaker mixes music
- For the audiophile Sweden based Tonium unveiled a new version of its Pacemaker at CES this year.
7 January 2009
- CES: Tonium Pacemaker mixes music
- For the audiophile Sweden based Tonium unveiled a new version of its Pacemaker at CES this year.
7 January 2009
- CES: Duck hunt indoors
- At this year’s CES some products on display are aimed at the young or the young at heart. Duck Hunter Extreme is one of them.
7 January 2009
- CES: 3D Webcam
- Webcams are almost a standard for computers these days, but here’s one with a little twist. It’s a webcam that uses two cameras to produce a 3D image.
7 January 2009
- CES: 3D Webcam
- Webcams are almost a standard for computers these days, but here’s one with a little twist. It’s a webcam that uses two cameras to produce a 3D image.
7 January 2009
- CES: Duck hunt indoors
- At this year’s CES some products on display are aimed at the young or the young at heart. Duck Hunter Extreme is one of them.
7 January 2009
- CES: Tonium Pacemaker mixes music
- For the audiophile Sweden based Tonium unveiled a new version of its Pacemaker at CES this year.
7 January 2009
- CES: Asus shows Eee PC Tablet
- The T91 Eee PC has an 8.9-inch panel that can be swivels around to convert the laptop to a tablet form factor as Asustek chairman Jonney Shih demonstrated.
6 January 2009
- CES: Powermat gadget charger
- Tangled wires and cables for charging different devices will be a thing of the past if Powermat has anything to say about it.
6 January 2009
- CES: The liquid cooled Reactor
- Everyone knows that computers and liquids don't mix.
6 January 2009
- CES: Thinkpad with two screens
- Lenovo's unique ThinkPad W700ds is getting its official launch this week at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas.
6 January 2009
- CES: Eee keyboard
- Asustek is hoping a pair of small screens make a big impression on visitors to this year's Consumer Electronics Show.
6 January 2009
- CES: Asus shows Eee PC Tablet
- The T91 Eee PC has an 8.9-inch panel that can be swivels around to convert the laptop to a tablet form factor as Asustek chairman Jonney Shih demonstrated.
6 January 2009
- CES: Thinkpad with two screens
- Lenovo's unique ThinkPad W700ds is getting its official launch this week at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas.
6 January 2009
- CES: The liquid cooled Reactor
- Everyone knows that computers and liquids don't mix.
6 January 2009
- CES: Powermat gadget charger
- Tangled wires and cables for charging different devices will be a thing of the past if Powermat has anything to say about it.
6 January 2009
- CES: Asus shows Eee PC Tablet
- The T91 Eee PC has an 8.9-inch panel that can be swivels around to convert the laptop to a tablet form factor as Asustek chairman Jonney Shih demonstrated.
6 January 2009
- CES: Eee keyboard
- Asustek is hoping a pair of small screens make a big impression on visitors to this year's Consumer Electronics Show.
6 January 2009
- CES: Eee keyboard
- Asustek is hoping a pair of small screens make a big impression on visitors to this year's Consumer Electronics Show.
6 January 2009
- CES: Powermat gadget charger
- Tangled wires and cables for charging different devices will be a thing of the past if Powermat has anything to say about it.
6 January 2009
- CES: The liquid cooled Reactor
- Everyone knows that computers and liquids don't mix.
6 January 2009
- CES: Thinkpad with two screens
- Lenovo's unique ThinkPad W700ds is getting its official launch this week at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas.
6 January 2009
- iPhone App: MiniPiano
- Turn your iPhone into a 14-key piano with MiniPiano.
22 December 2008
- iPhone App: MiniPiano
- Turn your iPhone into a 14-key piano with MiniPiano.
22 December 2008
- Week in Review - 12/19
- Steve Jobs skips '09 Macworld, McCain camp leaves confidential files on BlackBerry, Amazon keeps busy during holidays season, connectivity a top 2009 CE trends, Delta gets in flight WiFi, Palm creates an app store and more.
19 December 2008
- Consumer Tech: 2009 Preview
- A sneak peek at some of the trends we can look forward to in 2009 in the world of consumer electronics.
19 December 2008
- Consumer Tech: 2009 Preview
- A sneak peek at some of the trends we can look forward to in 2009 in the world of consumer electronics.
19 December 2008
- Week in Review - 12/19
- Steve Jobs skips '09 Macworld, McCain camp leaves confidential files on BlackBerry, Amazon keeps busy during holidays season, connectivity a top 2009 CE trends, Delta gets in flight WiFi, Palm creates an app store and more.
19 December 2008
- iPhone App: MazeFinger
- The MazeFinger game is an "awesome" time-waster, particularly if you like robotic voices cheering you on.
19 December 2008
- iPhone App: MazeFinger
- The MazeFinger game is an "awesome" time-waster, particularly if you like robotic voices cheering you on.
19 December 2008
- 2008 Year in Review: Gadgets
- The Year in Gadgets. iPhone 3G anyone?
18 December 2008
- 2008 Year in Review: Gadgets
- The Year in Gadgets. iPhone 3G anyone?
18 December 2008
- Year in Review: Coolest future-tech we saw during 2008
- Our review of the coolest future-tech we saw during 2008.
17 December 2008
- Mass USB duplication at the touch of a button
- Quickly copy or erase up to 15 USB memory sticks with the USB Transfer Express by Hamilton Electronics. Keith can now easily recycle all those USB-based press kits!
17 December 2008
- Year in Review: Apple
- A look back at this year’s news about Apple.
17 December 2008
- Mass USB duplication at the touch of a button
- Quickly copy or erase up to 15 USB memory sticks with the USB Transfer Express by Hamilton Electronics. Keith can now easily recycle all those USB-based press kits!
17 December 2008
- Year in Review: Apple
- A look back at this year’s news about Apple.
17 December 2008
- Year in Review: Coolest future-tech we saw during 2008
- Our review of the coolest future-tech we saw during 2008.
17 December 2008
- Year in Review: Robots Everywhere!
- 2008 was a big year in robotics. We take a look back at some of the more exciting developments in this field.
16 December 2008
- Year in Review: Top Tech News
- The continuing saga of "Microhoo", the debut of the iPhone 3G and Bill Gates retiring are among the top technology news stories from 2008. Take a look back at what made news this year.
16 December 2008
- Year in Review: Microsoft's Crazy Year
- From Bill Gates' retirement, to those bizarre ads with Jerry Seinfeld to the "Save XP" campaign, take a look at the highlights from Microsoft in 2008.
16 December 2008
- Year in Review: Top Tech News
- The continuing saga of "Microhoo", the debut of the iPhone 3G and Bill Gates retiring are among the top technology news stories from 2008. Take a look back at what made news this year.
16 December 2008
- Year in Review: Microsoft's Crazy Year
- From Bill Gates' retirement, to those bizarre ads with Jerry Seinfeld to the "Save XP" campaign, take a look at the highlights from Microsoft in 2008.
16 December 2008
- Year in Review: Robots Everywhere!
- 2008 was a big year in robotics. We take a look back at some of the more exciting developments in this field.
16 December 2008
- iPhone App: PhotoCalc
- A must have for photographers: PhotoCalc shows local sunrise/sunset info as well as calculates depth-of-field and exposure parameters.
16 December 2008
- iPhone App: PhotoCalc
- A must have for photographers: PhotoCalc shows local sunrise/sunset info as well as calculates depth-of-field and exposure parameters.
16 December 2008
- Happy 40th birthday mouse
- This week saw the 40th birthday of the computer mouse. At a Stanford University event commemorating the invention, the audience took a trip down memory lane. They watched a video from December 9, 1968 where Douglas Engelbart demoed the first (...)
12 December 2008
- Week in Review - 12/12
- Obama outlines ambitious tech plan, Sony falls victim to economic crisis, the mouse turns 40, Cisco TelePresence translates, Tsubame supercomputer impresses, the US Air Force shows insect-size robots and Google details the top 10 of 2008 and (...)
12 December 2008
- This advertisement is watching you.
- Don't look now, but this advertisement is watching you.
12 December 2008
- iPhone App: AroundMe
- Looking for a restaurant? Pull up AroundMe to find restaurants and other businesses in your immediate vacinity.
12 December 2008
- iPhone App: AroundMe
- Looking for a restaurant? Pull up AroundMe to find restaurants and other businesses in your immediate vacinity.
12 December 2008
- A look insideTsubame
- A look inside Tsubame, Japan's second fastest supercomputer.
10 December 2008
- iPhone App: Twitterrific
- Never miss a post, reply or direct message and keep your Twitter addiction fed while on the road with Twitterrific.
9 December 2008
- iPhone App: Twitterrific
- Never miss a post, reply or direct message and keep your Twitter addiction fed while on the road with Twitterrific.
9 December 2008
- Obama: No child left offline
- U.S. President-elect Barack Obama has outlined an ambitious plan to give every child in the U.S. the chance to get online and to connect the nation's hospitals through cutting edge technology.
7 December 2008
- The Medical Phone
- A U.K.-based mobile phone maker plans to start selling in 2009 a novel smartphone originally built for the British military.
7 December 2008
- Eee desktop PC unveiled
- Asustek, makers of the hit Eee PC mini laptop recently unveiled a low-cost all-in-one desktop PC. The Eee Top is based around a 15.9-inch touchscreen and runs Windows XP on a 1.6GHz Intel Atom processor.
7 December 2008
- Week in Review - 12/5
- Microhoo is back, Bill Gates appeals to lawmakers, Google Earth used by terrorists, Cyber Monday sales, the EU pressures online ticket websites, Pirate Bay gets blocked, Logitech hits milestone, Nintendo introduces a new DS title and Sony (...)
5 December 2008
- iPhone App: Translator
- Translator is handy tool for those traveling abroad as it can convert phrases between multiple languages.
5 December 2008
- iPhone App: Translator
- Translator is handy tool for those traveling abroad as it can convert phrases between multiple languages.
5 December 2008
- Bill Gates calls for continued education investment
- Bill Gates called on US lawmakers and the incoming Obama government on Wednesday to continue investing in the US education system and to honor prior a commitment to foreign assistance in the face of the declining economy.
4 December 2008
- EU to airlines: Stop hidden charges on Web fares
- The European Commission is stepping up pressure on companies selling airline tickets on the web to fully comply with EU law.
4 December 2008
- Secure credit card swiping comes to the home-based worker
- Keith talks with ProPay's Greg Pesci about the company's new system that allows home-based merchants to more easily (and securely) accept credit cards from customers.
3 December 2008
- Secure credit card swiping comes to the home-based worker
- Keith talks with ProPay's Greg Pesci about the company's new system that allows home-based merchants to more easily (and securely) accept credit cards from customers.
3 December 2008
- Data migration that keeps weekends free
- Klavs Landberg of AutoVirt explains a data migration strategy that will not keep you in the office nights and weekends.
2 December 2008
- Data migration that keeps weekends free
- Klavs Landberg of AutoVirt explains a data migration strategy that will not keep you in the office nights and weekends.
2 December 2008
- iPhone App: iTalk Recorder
- Easily record voice notes with your iPhone using iTalk Recorder.
2 December 2008
- iPhone App: iTalk Recorder
- Easily record voice notes with your iPhone using iTalk Recorder.
2 December 2008
- EU gets telecom reform on track
- Plans to reform Europe's legal landscape for the telecoms industry remain on track, after nearly being derailed at a tense meeting of government ministers Thursday.
1 December 2008
- Sony, NEC light up holidays in Japan
- While most people don't celebrate Christmas in mainly Buddhist Japan, retailers use the holiday to help drive sales. Sony and NEC are among several tech companies that are among those celebrating.
1 December 2008
- The Force is with LucasFilm's computing systems
- Peter Hricak, senior manager for network and telecoms at LucasFilm, discusses what it takes to keep the movie giant up and running. Hricak was the keynote speaker at IT Roadmap in San Francisco.
1 December 2008
- The Force is with LucasFilm's computing systems
- Peter Hricak, senior manager for network and telecoms at LucasFilm, discusses what it takes to keep the movie giant up and running. Hricak was the keynote speaker at IT Roadmap in San Francisco.
1 December 2008
- Week in Review - 11/28
- Inflight Wi-Fi, YouTube wants to make money for its partners, robots for kids, prototype cell phone designs from LG and Wii sells 7 million in Japan.
28 November 2008
- Nintendo launches Personal Trainer Cooking
- To kick off the first title of Nintendo’s new Personal Trainer series, the game giant hosted a grocery store scavenger hunt and then an in-store cook-off.
25 November 2008
- Video: Virgin America to offer in-flight WiFi
- In-flight Wi-Fi is coming to Virgin America this week, and the airline showed off its new service to reporters with a flight to nowhere from San Francisco International Airport.
25 November 2008
- Robot helps students design robots
- At the recent RoboDevelopment conference in Santa Clara California, National Instruments showed off a prototype to help high-school students develop their own robots. Students can pit them against each other in a national competition.
24 November 2008
- iPhone App: Google Earth
- Fly around the globe with Google Earth: The iPhone Edition.
24 November 2008
- iPhone App: Google Earth
- Fly around the globe with Google Earth: The iPhone Edition.
24 November 2008
- Winners from LG's Mobile Design Contest
- They might not look like conventional cell phones but that's the point of these winners from LG Japan's first Mobile Design Contest.
23 November 2008
- Europeana server meltdown
- The European Commission has been left with egg on its face after servers running Europeana were unable to keep up with demand.
22 November 2008
- Week in Review - 11/21
- Yang steps down, Adobe shows off its new Flash platform, TVs fail the recycling test, robots take over California, Nintendo leads in the game console war, Intel launches a new processor and new auto tech is on display in New (...)
21 November 2008
- Robot solves Rubik's Cube
- At the RoboDevelopment Conference in Santa Clara, California this week a UC Berkeley alumnus showed off a robot designed to solve one of the great mysteries of mankind: The Rubik's Cube.
21 November 2008
- Robot plays Guitar Hero
- At the RoboDevelopment Conference in Santa Clara, California, this week, there were a lot of different robots for a lot of different missions. One of them played Guitar Hero.
21 November 2008
- Not quite the perfect Storm
- RIM's much anticipated BlackBerry Storm has arrived, but can it top the well-known touch-screen leader? Keith gives the lowdown.
20 November 2008
- Not quite the perfect Storm
- RIM's much anticipated BlackBerry Storm has arrived, but can it top the well-known touch-screen leader? Keith gives the lowdown.
20 November 2008
- Adobe shows Flash on G1 phone
- Adobe is trying to bring a full-featured Flash Player to all mobile phones.
19 November 2008
- BlackBerry gets Bold
- The BlackBerry Bold combines great e-mail with a range of connection options - it is just getting the browser configuration right that is a pain.
19 November 2008
- Adobe shows Flash on G1 phone
- Adobe is trying to bring a full-featured Flash Player to all mobile phones.
19 November 2008
- BlackBerry gets Bold
- The BlackBerry Bold combines great e-mail with a range of connection options - it is just getting the browser configuration right that is a pain.
19 November 2008
- CES sneak peek: Smart and green
- Smart phones and green technology will be in abundance at January's CES 2009 event. An analyst from the CEA talks about these trends and what consumers will spend their money on during the holidays.
18 November 2008
- Intel's Core i7 goes on sale
- Several hundred PC hobbyists came to Tokyo'a Akihabara electronics district late Saturday night as Intel kicked off worldwide sales of its new Core i7 processor.
16 November 2008
- Week in Review - 11/14
- CEA gives a CES preview, MP3 players present a possible health hazard, Honda unveils a walking assist device, spam is still profitable, Colombia gets OLPCs and NASA’s Mars lander dies.
14 November 2008
- PCI over Ethernet adapter
- NEC's ExpEther, a system that can extend the conventional PCI Express interface found in most PCs and servers over standard Ethernet, is on show this week at the company's iExpo event in Tokyo.
12 November 2008
- RFID card reader from NEC
- Engineers at NEC have developed this RFID card reader that is compatible with all three major wireless formats.
11 November 2008
- The Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence
- People have been looking for extraterrestrials for years, but at the University of California, Berkeley, scientists at the SETI project are LISTENING.
11 November 2008
- Samsung launches T-Omnia phone
- Samsung has launched a version of its Windows Mobile-based touchscreen Omnia phone for the Korean market. It's called the T-Omnia, a reference to its T-DMB mobile digital TV support and has an upgraded screen resolution of 800 by 480 pixels - (...)
10 November 2008
- Live the rock star life with Rock Band 2
- Keith takes a look at Rock Band 2 where you and three friends can live the dream of having your own band without actual musical talent.
10 November 2008
- Five rockin' gifts for the holidays
- The holidays are here and Keith has five great gift ideas for those on your list.
10 November 2008
- Behind the Scenes: Gift guide photo shoot
- See our own Keith Shaw transformed into Elvis, Slash and a punk rocker.
10 November 2008
- Live the rock star life with Rock Band 2
- Keith takes a look at Rock Band 2 where you and three friends can live the dream of having your own band without actual musical talent.
10 November 2008
- Behind the Scenes: Gift guide photo shoot
- See our own Keith Shaw transformed into Elvis, Slash and a punk rocker.
10 November 2008
- Samsung launches T-Omnia phone
- Samsung has launched a version of its Windows Mobile-based touchscreen Omnia phone for the Korean market. It's called the T-Omnia, a reference to its T-DMB mobile digital TV support and has an upgraded screen resolution of 800 by 480 pixels - (...)
10 November 2008
- Five rockin' gifts for the holidays
- The holidays are here and Keith has five great gift ideas for those on your list.
10 November 2008
- iPhone App: White Noise
- Can't concentrate or fall asleep without some noise? Try White Noise, which generates A/C, fans, crickets and other background noise.
7 November 2008
- iPhone App: White Noise
- Can't concentrate or fall asleep without some noise? Try White Noise, which generates A/C, fans, crickets and other background noise.
7 November 2008
- Week in Review - 11/7
- E-voting problems arise in the US presidential election, Google drops Yahoo in advertising deal, Windows 7 appears on file sharing sites, vacuum tubes make a come back, companies cut staffs and Sony shows off art.
7 November 2008
- iPhone App: Check Please
- This tip calculator on steroids provides all sorts of options for figuring out the tip and how to split the bill.
5 November 2008
- iPhone App: Check Please
- This tip calculator on steroids provides all sorts of options for figuring out the tip and how to split the bill.
5 November 2008
- Better enterprise search through text analytics
- Searching for meaniful data in an enterprise environment is still not easy, but as Lexalytics Jeff Catlin shows, new search techiques are here to help.
5 November 2008
- Better enterprise search through text analytics
- Searching for meaniful data in an enterprise environment is still not easy, but as Lexalytics Jeff Catlin shows, new search techiques are here to help.
5 November 2008
- Supercent fuses iPod with vacuum tubes in audio system
- Remeber vacuum tubes? If you're old enough, you probably remember fondly their warm glow from inside the family television or radio. Well, they're back in this analog-digital hybrid system developed by Japan's Supercent.
4 November 2008
- Sony products are restyled in Canvas
- Sony's consumer electronics products and its showroom in downtown Tokyo are serving as a canvas for up and coming designers in the company's second annual design compeition.
4 November 2008
- Electronic voting in U.S. election
- Doubts about voting machines are lingering in the minds of many Americans as they head to the polls. With the outcome of the election hinging on the technologies used in the voting booths, concerns about the accuracy of the process are (...)
4 November 2008
- Week in Review - 10/31
- A first look at Windows 7, flat panel displays get paper thin, new netbooks from Toshiba and Dell hit the shelves, Sony's Rolly gets a refresh and Intel invests in China.
31 October 2008
- iPhone App: Park N Find
- Never forget where you parked in a parking garage or lot, particularly after a long trip, with Park N Find.
31 October 2008
- iPhone App: Park N Find
- Never forget where you parked in a parking garage or lot, particularly after a long trip, with Park N Find.
31 October 2008
- From FPD: 25 inch OLED thin screen
- Taiwanese display maker Chi Mei EL has developed this 25-inch screen that's less than a millimeter thick.
29 October 2008
- From FPD: 25 inch OLED thin screen
- Taiwanese display maker Chi Mei EL has developed this 25-inch screen that's less than a millimeter thick.
29 October 2008
- Dell Inspiron 12 netbook
- Dell new Inspiron 12 netbook went on sale in Japan on Wednesday ahead of its launch in other markets in November.
29 October 2008
- From FPD: Prototype 40-inch OLED screen
- Samsung SDI prototype 40-inch OLED screen, already the largest OLED screen yet, now has full high-definition.
29 October 2008
- How is the economy affecting your IT budgets?
- Network World asks the attendees of the recent Gartner Expo in Orlando about the down economy and its impact on their IT budgets.
29 October 2008
- From FPD: Prototype 40-inch OLED screen
- Samsung SDI prototype 40-inch OLED screen, already the largest OLED screen yet, now has full high-definition.
29 October 2008
- iPhone App: MobileFotos
- View your Flickr photos without taking up a lot of space on your iPhone. Plus it's an easy way to upload new images to Flickr.
28 October 2008
- Rolly digital audio player
- Sony is updating its innovative Rolly digital audio player with new software options and a fresh coat of paint.
28 October 2008
- Rolly digital audio player
- Sony is updating its innovative Rolly digital audio player with new software options and a fresh coat of paint.
28 October 2008
- iPhone App: MobileFotos
- View your Flickr photos without taking up a lot of space on your iPhone. Plus it's an easy way to upload new images to Flickr.
28 October 2008
- Toshiba's first netbook
- The first netbook PC from Toshiba hit Japanese store shelves over the weekend, ahead of its European launch while U.S. plans for the computer are still up in the air.
27 October 2008
- Week in Review - 10/24
- T-Mobile's G1 Google phone is on sale, Intel discloses mobile platform plans, robots and an invisibility cloak from Tokyo and Apple iPhone sales hit 10 million.
24 October 2008
- First Google Android phone, the T-Mobile G1, goes on sale
- The first cell-phone based on Google's Android platform went on sale Tuesday evening in San Francisco ahead of the start of sales across the U.S. on Wednesday.
22 October 2008
- First Google Android phone, the T-Mobile G1, goes on sale
- The first cell-phone based on Google's Android platform went on sale Tuesday evening in San Francisco ahead of the start of sales across the U.S. on Wednesday.
22 October 2008
- iPhone App: Units
- Converting units of measure has never been easier: Just fire up up Units and figure about how many meters are in a mile and more.
21 October 2008
- iPhone App: Units
- Converting units of measure has never been easier: Just fire up up Units and figure about how many meters are in a mile and more.
21 October 2008
- Combating software piracy
- Software piracy can be battled on a number of levels. Victor DeMarines of V.I. Labs outlines some promising new anti-piracy measures implemented at the application level.
20 October 2008
- Combating software piracy
- Software piracy can be battled on a number of levels. Victor DeMarines of V.I. Labs outlines some promising new anti-piracy measures implemented at the application level.
20 October 2008
- Cisco Telepresence expands
- Cisco Systems kicked off a big expansion of public TelePresence suites where people can pay by the hour to use the company's high-definition videoconferencing systems.
17 October 2008
- iPhone App: Wikipanion
- The Wikipanion app makes it easy to look up information on Wikipedia without having to open the browser app.
17 October 2008
- iPhone App: Wikipanion
- The Wikipanion app makes it easy to look up information on Wikipedia without having to open the browser app.
17 October 2008
- Week in Review - 10/17
- Apple introduces new MacBooks, new technology on display at the Tokyo Game Show, Beijing’s Forbidden City opens its doors, Cisco expands TelePresence, Windows 7 is the name for the next version of Windows, cell phone scelebrates a birthday and (...)
16 October 2008
- Apple revamps entire laptop line
- Apple CEO Steve Jobs announced changes to MacBook Pro, MacBook and MacBook Air laptops at Apple's headquarters in California.
15 October 2008
- iPhone App: Evernote
- If you're a fan of the Evernote service, the iPhone extension of the system is a must have. View notes, add notes and keep yourself organized right from the phone.
14 October 2008
- iPhone App: Evernote
- If you're a fan of the Evernote service, the iPhone extension of the system is a must have. View notes, add notes and keep yourself organized right from the phone.
14 October 2008
- iPhone App: Hanoi
- Classic disc stacking game provides plenty of challenges to keep the brain's grey matter charged.
10 October 2008
- Week in Review - 10/10
- New games from the Tokyo Game Show, AMD splits into two, Panasonic sets a world record, the BlackBerry Storm readies to debut, Sony shows off a new OLED and Toshiba demonstrates a cell phone running on a fuel cell.
10 October 2008
- iPhone App: Hanoi
- Classic disc stacking game provides plenty of challenges to keep the brain's grey matter charged.
10 October 2008
- Out of your ear headpones
- Earbud headphones are great, but make it hard to hear the surrounding world. Keith tries out two headphones that deliver your music without plugging your ears.
9 October 2008
- Out of your ear headpones
- Earbud headphones are great, but make it hard to hear the surrounding world. Keith tries out two headphones that deliver your music without plugging your ears.
9 October 2008
- Blackberry Storm rolls in on Vodafone, Verizon Wireless
- Verizon Wireless, Vodafone, and Research in Motion announced that the new BlackBerry Storm will go on sale around the world later this year.
8 October 2008
- Security trends for 2007
- What works for stopping data leaks.
7 October 2008
- Sling speeds application downloads
- CDN aids company's global software distibution effort.
7 October 2008
- Hospital simplifies access with single sign-on
- Single sign-on reduces "hassle factor".
7 October 2008
- Google's enterprise strategy
- Is Google looking to topple Microsoft?
7 October 2008
- Breaking the cord
- Getting rid of the fixed-line phone.
7 October 2008
- Red Hat's Matthew Szulik
- Szulik on Red Hat: "More boring, less Hollywood"
7 October 2008
- Tech Update 2.0: Virtualization
- The ins and out of file virtualization technology.
7 October 2008
- NetApp targets data security
- Network Appliance's approach to data protection.
7 October 2008
- Keeping insider information inside
- Keep company secrets from getting out.
7 October 2008
- What's new about the "new" CA?
- Customer needs to come first as CA changes thinking.
7 October 2008
- Papadopoulos: An industry in flux
- Greg Papadopoulos, EVP & CTO of Sun, shares his vision and excitment for the future.
7 October 2008
- DataPower
- Dealing with Web Services data on the network
7 October 2008
- Odd couple: Online gaming and IT
- Howard Anderson says online gaming could be the killer app for convergence.
7 October 2008
- Oracle in trouble?
- Analyst Curt Monash sees a tough road ahead for the database giant.
7 October 2008
- Standing out in the RFID crowd
- What makes Reva unique in a crowded field?
7 October 2008
- Reinvent or be marginalized
- Author Geoffrey Moore explains Core vs Context.
7 October 2008
- Root out vulnerabilties like a hacker
- A hacker system for the good guys.
7 October 2008
- What makes appliances sexy?
- BlueCat aims to simplify and scale basic management tasks.
7 October 2008
- Big ROI with mobile technology
- Intel Chief Strategist Chris Thomas talks about mobilization and big ROI.
7 October 2008
- Achieving operational excellence
- Ed Kamins, COEO of Avnet, shares his secret to success.
7 October 2008
- Can you hear me now?
- Brix helps measure VoIP call quality.
7 October 2008
- Better security through industry standards
- Do you have the Trusted Platform Module in your PCs?
7 October 2008
- Finding a niche in virtualization
- Virtual Iron describes its methods for making data center apps flexible.
7 October 2008
- Guaranteeing application availability
- Using virtualization for failure prevention.
7 October 2008
- A healthy identity challenge
- Sentillion molds its information technology systems to the healthcare workflow.
7 October 2008
- The real star behind Priceline.com's network
- Priceline.com CIO Ron Rose on next-gen data center technologies.
7 October 2008
- Securing the database
- Application Security's Ted Julian explains his company's strategy for keeping your information ...
7 October 2008
- Brandeis University goes all-in on VoIP
- Failing TDM network replaced by VoIP in one fell swoop.
7 October 2008
- Look ma, no tapes
- Sepaton's Miki Sandorfi explains the benefits of a virtual tape library.
7 October 2008
- Diving into ITIL
- ITIL helps Kaiser with network management efforts.
7 October 2008
- Taking on Google in the enterprise
- Why comumer-oriented search tools don't cut it in the enterprise.
7 October 2008
- A NAC for containing virus outbreaks
- The UNH InterOperability LAB puts NAC to good use.
7 October 2008
- Quarantine dirty systems
- NetClarity picks up where other security products leave off.
7 October 2008
- Management appliance keeps lean IT staff efficient
- GotVMail manages 30,000 users and four data centers with small staff.
7 October 2008
- Protecting corporate data
- Tizor's Prat Moghe describes how to protect your sensitive data.
7 October 2008
- Northeastern speeds app delivery with SoftGrid
- Virtualization technology streams apps to desktops as needed.
7 October 2008
- Catching up with Nick Carr
- Does author Nick Carr still think "IT Doesn't Matter"? Find out.
7 October 2008
- Harvard Business School shores up security and saves money
- Locking down ports results in hefty savings on ISP charges.
7 October 2008
- Drilling down on application firewalls
- BorderWare's Tim Liesman explains why you need application-specific firewalls.
7 October 2008
- Symantec helps secure CareGroup's medical records
- Traditional security tools were not enough to protect sensitive medical records.
7 October 2008
- Haile's perspective
- Don Haile, venture partner at Fidelity Ventures, brings perspective on what tech leaders need t...
7 October 2008
- Giving NAC a whirl
- Whirlpool looks to improve security with NAC.
7 October 2008
- Securing SIP
- Covergence's Bob O'Neil on SIP security and management.
7 October 2008
- Not all VoIP rollouts go as planned
- Even with a new building and new networking gear, a voice over IP implementation does not alway...
7 October 2008
- Easier enterprise collaboration?
- Jive looks simplify enterprise collaboration.
7 October 2008
- Revving up databases
- Avokia's virtualization tech makes databases fast.
7 October 2008
- Model-driven business transformation
- David Cohn of IBM helps achieve business goals with efficient IT operations.
7 October 2008
- Storage resource management on the rise
- Making storage more efficient through SRM.
7 October 2008
- Corente delivers applications globally
- Corente CEO Jim Zucco explains the benefits of virtual network operator.
7 October 2008
- Mainframes are alive and well at Hewitt Assoc.
- Linux blades helps beef up processing power.
7 October 2008
- The good and bad of the 'Net
- Scott Bradner talks about big opportunities and threats on the 'Net.
7 October 2008
- Optimizing WAN performance
- App acceleration speeds file delivery.
7 October 2008
- Fixing the plumbing of storage
- Dave Ellard of Glasshouse explains how his company can remedy data retention problems.
7 October 2008
- Better backup through virtual tapes
- Diligent CEO Doron Kempel on the benefits of virutal tape backup.
7 October 2008
- Identity-driven network security
- Infoblox founder Stuart Bailey talks network security.
7 October 2008
- Detecting abnormalities in the network
- Jack Boyle, CEO of Arbor Networks, on securing the network.
7 October 2008
- Config. management aids compliance
- Voyence's Susasn NasTaking a bite of out compliance problems.
7 October 2008
- Protecting online transactions
- Verid explains how your mental fingerprint can protect you online.
7 October 2008
- Savvis looks to ease infrastructure mgmt. pain
- Savvis President Jonathan Crane on managed services.
7 October 2008
- Making distance learning useful
- Passing on knowlege to workers through multimedia.
7 October 2008
- Bit9
- Bit9 blocks unwanted software
7 October 2008
- Egenera
- Better data center management with virtualization.
7 October 2008
- Good Will Hacking
- Fiberlink's Dan Hoffman on ethical hacking.
7 October 2008
- Acopia
- Acopia takes on storage virtualization rivals
7 October 2008
- Rooting out app performance issues
- Get ahead of the pain of user complaints.
7 October 2008
- The king of Cool Tools
- Keith Shaw talks about the latest Cool Tools for home and office.
7 October 2008
- Mixed wireless environments
- MobileAccess Networks blends wireless, cellular and two-way radio.
7 October 2008
- Charting the IT rollercoaster
- IDC chief researcher John Gantz looks into his crystal ball.
7 October 2008
- Fear and loathing of video on the LAN
- Video on the LAN is doable, says VBrick's Rich Mavrogeanes.
7 October 2008
- Managing storage resources efficiently
- How United manages one-half petabyte of data.
7 October 2008
- Enterprise security trends
- Analyst Paul Stamp discusses network and application security.
7 October 2008
- Battle for wireless supremacy
- Jim Vogt, president and CEO of Trapeze Networks
7 October 2008
- VoIP's not just another data app
- Qovia's David Woodall on the biggest gotcha for VoIP.
7 October 2008
- Patch and protect servers virtually
- Blue Lane tries to ease 'Patch Tuesday' burden.
7 October 2008
- A better NAC plan than Cisco?
- StillSecure CEO says better interoperability, security than Cisco.
7 October 2008
- The insider threat
- Author Brian Contos: Insider threats can do greater damage and cost more.
7 October 2008
- Desktop support without a client
- NetworkStreaming takes appliance approach to support.
7 October 2008
- Speeding up the WAN
- Certeon optimizes SSL traffic and more on the WAN.
7 October 2008
- Protecting against rogue applications/users
- Mazu detects rogue users/applications in the network.
7 October 2008
- A blind eye to Web applications?
- Real-user monitoring of Web apps.
7 October 2008
- Saving money and time in the data center
- Can BladeLogic deliver an impressive ROI?
7 October 2008
- Entuity
- A different take on network management
7 October 2008
- Cutting the cost of storage
- Consolidating servers with network-attached storage.
7 October 2008
- Microsoft vs. Google: Who will win?
- Jeff Kaplan answers and gives his predictions for 2006
7 October 2008
- Toshiba readies fuel cell
- Toshiba is close to launching its first commercial direct-methanol fuel-cell, a device that produces electricity from a reaction between methanol, water and air. The company said the DMFC will be launched during its current financial (...)
7 October 2008
- iPhone App: Ping Lite
- iPhone apps are known for fun, but the network guys can find some treats in the App Store too. Ping Lite provides a Ping, Traceroute and Telnet feature.
7 October 2008
- iPhone App: Ping Lite
- iPhone apps are known for fun, but the network guys can find some treats in the App Store too. Ping Lite provides a Ping, Traceroute and Telnet feature.
7 October 2008
- Toshiba readies fuel cell
- Toshiba is close to launching its first commercial direct-methanol fuel-cell, a device that produces electricity from a reaction between methanol, water and air. The company said the DMFC will be launched during its current financial (...)
7 October 2008
- Physical security enhanced by networking
- How physical security systems - cameras, sensors and communications gear - can be meshed into a cohesive monitoring system using networking and software.
6 October 2008
- Sony's e-book reader
- Sony is adding a second electronic book reader to its range in the U.S. that comes with upgraded hardware and will go on sale in November.
6 October 2008
- .9mm thin OLED TV
- Sony has unveiled a prototype OLED television that's less than a millimeter thin -- that's one third the thickness of its current OLED television and a tenth that of its thinnest LCD (liquid crystal display) set.
6 October 2008
- Physical security enhanced by networking
- How physical security systems - cameras, sensors and communications gear - can be meshed into a cohesive monitoring system using networking and software.
6 October 2008
- Sony's e-book reader
- Sony is adding a second electronic book reader to its range in the U.S. that comes with upgraded hardware and will go on sale in November.
6 October 2008
- .9mm thin OLED TV
- Sony has unveiled a prototype OLED television that's less than a millimeter thin -- that's one third the thickness of its current OLED television and a tenth that of its thinnest LCD (liquid crystal display) set.
6 October 2008
- iPhone App: Sportacular
- The free Sportacular app is a must for sports fans as it features live score updates from all the major leagues and colleges, plus easy tracking of fantasy team players.
3 October 2008
- iPhone App: Sportacular
- The free Sportacular app is a must for sports fans as it features live score updates from all the major leagues and colleges, plus easy tracking of fantasy team players.
3 October 2008
- A phone that splits in two
- A glimpse into the future of cell phones is on offer at this week's Ceatec show in Tokyo.
2 October 2008
- A phone that splits in two
- A glimpse into the future of cell phones is on offer at this week's Ceatec show in Tokyo.
2 October 2008
- Week in Review - 10/3
- In this week’s show we're at Ceatec where we find cell phones that split in two, a unicycling robot and get hands-on with a fuel cell. Plus news on Nintendo's DSi and a concept car instrument panel from BMW Mini.
2 October 2008
- HTC Touch Diamond: Lipstick on a pig?
- Keith borrows a phrase from the current election cycle in his look at the new HTC Touch Diamond phone from Sprint. Sure it's iPhone like, but does it compete?
2 October 2008
- HTC Touch Diamond: Lipstick on a pig?
- Keith borrows a phrase from the current election cycle in his look at the new HTC Touch Diamond phone from Sprint. Sure it's iPhone like, but does it compete?
2 October 2008
- Interop, Mobile Buisness and Web 2.0 shows
- New York's Jacob Javits center played host to three conferences at once this week: Interop, a network focused enterprise technology show; the Mobile Business conference, and the Web 2.0 conference. Security and reliability was a key theme for (...)
1 October 2008
- Interop, Mobile Buisness and Web 2.0 shows
- New York's Jacob Javits center played host to three conferences at once this week: Interop, a network focused enterprise technology show; the Mobile Business conference, and the Web 2.0 conference. Security and reliability was a key theme for (...)
1 October 2008
- From Ceatec: Wearable communicator
- Walk the halls of the Ceatec electronics show here in Japan and you're likely to see all manner of gadgets and gizmos but few sights might startle you more than Ichiro Kasai.
1 October 2008
- Toshiba's Super Charge Battery
- Toshiba's Super Charge Ion Battery, which is just entering commercial production, can be charged to 90 percent of its capacity in just 10 minutes.
1 October 2008
- Toshiba's Super Charge Battery
- Toshiba's Super Charge Ion Battery, which is just entering commercial production, can be charged to 90 percent of its capacity in just 10 minutes.
1 October 2008
- From Ceatec: Wearable communicator
- Walk the halls of the Ceatec electronics show here in Japan and you're likely to see all manner of gadgets and gizmos but few sights might startle you more than Ichiro Kasai.
1 October 2008
- Murata's unicycling robot
- The CEATEC 2008 show in Japan kicks off with a look at Seiko, a robot that can balance on a single wheel. Developed by Murata, Seiko was developed to show off the company's components.
30 September 2008
- Murata's unicycling robot
- The CEATEC 2008 show in Japan kicks off with a look at Seiko, a robot that can balance on a single wheel. Developed by Murata, Seiko was developed to show off the company's components.
30 September 2008
- iPhone app: WiFinder
- WiFinder provides an easy way to find available access points and how direct a connection to the Internet they provide.
30 September 2008
- iPhone app: WiFinder
- WiFinder provides an easy way to find available access points and how direct a connection to the Internet they provide.
30 September 2008
- Week in Review - 9/26
- T-Mobile introduces the first Android phone, a prototype bus steers without a driver, WiMAX sets to launch and gadgets are on display in New York.
26 September 2008
- Touring the hacker underground
- Tom Rusin of Affinion Security Center dives into the chat rooms used by thieves to trade credit card and other stolen personal information.
25 September 2008
- Enterprise knowledge sharing in a Web 2.0 world
- How blogs, Del.icio.us, RSS feeds, e-mail, intranets and other Web 2.0 assets can be tied together to share corporate knowledge.
23 September 2008
- T-Mobile introduces G1, first phone to use Android
- At a press conference in New York, T-Mobile and Google introduced the G1, the first mobile phone to use Google's Android software platform. It will be available in the U.S. in October and in other markets beginning in November.
23 September 2008
- Enterprise knowledge sharing in a Web 2.0 world
- How blogs, Del.icio.us, RSS feeds, e-mail, intranets and other Web 2.0 assets can be tied together to share corporate knowledge.
23 September 2008
- VMware CEO Paul Maritz on the new Virtual Data Center OS
- Facing new competition from Microsoft, VMware unveiled a sweeping initiative called the Virtual Data Center Operating System.
19 September 2008
- Week in Review - 9/19
- HP prepares to lay off workers, NYC hosts 3 tech conferences, 2 new digital cameras come out of Japan, VMworld is on in Las Vegas, American Airlines may need to filter in-flight WiFi and PDAs prove to be very addictive.
18 September 2008
- Casio's EX-FH20 camera offers fast shooting
- Casio is following on from its critically acclaimed F1 digital camera with a new model, the High Speed Exilim FH-20, that features most of the same technology but is more compact, offers a higher resolution and is cheaper.
16 September 2008
- Celebrity Ashton Kutcher talks tech
- IDG News service caught up with Kutcher at the techCrunch50 conference in San Francisco to ask where his interest in technology comes from. Earlier in the week he launched a gossip web site called Blah Girls.
12 September 2008
- Week in Review - 9/12
- Keynotes at CTIA, Yahoo introduces a new iPhone application, software turns a mobile phone into a wireless router, Apple introduces new iPods, Ashton Kutcher talks tech, Sony unveils new gadgets and a portable fuel cells charges your (...)
12 September 2008
- Fuel cell for mobile devices
- A fuel cell for users who are on the go and can't stop to power up their devices.
12 September 2008
- Walking Hot Spot turns mobile phones into wirless routers
- Taproot's WalkingHotSpot turns your wireless Smartphone into a roving hotspot.
12 September 2008
- Newber routes calls using iPhone GPS
- A new application called Newber uses the GPS in an iPhone to route a call to a user's home, office or any other assigned number.
12 September 2008
- Sony shows prototype speakers based on Sountina tech
- Sony has unveiled a couple of possible follow-ons to its distinctive Sountina speaker that was launched earlier this year. Like Sountina, the two prototypes emit sound from long, glass tubes.
12 September 2008
- Celebrity Ashton Kutcher talks tech
- IDG News service caught up with Kutcher at the techCrunch50 conference in San Francisco to ask where his interest in technology comes from. Earlier in the week he launched a gossip web site called Blah Girls.
12 September 2008
- Sony's Lastest DSLR camera
- Two years after entering the digital single lens reflex camera market, Sony has capped off its Alpha range of cameras with the Alpha 900.
10 September 2008
- Sony's Lastest DSLR camera
- Two years after entering the digital single lens reflex camera market, Sony has capped off its Alpha range of cameras with the Alpha 900.
10 September 2008
- iWidgets brings Flash-less widgets to the masses
- iWidgets PowerPoint like development interfaces allows anyone that can drag-and-drop to build a widget.
9 September 2008
- iSearch refines searching for people
- Finding a lost friend on Google is easy if that person is "popular." iSearch is for finding long lost friends that may not have a large intenet presence. It pulls data from social networks, public records and more.
9 September 2008
- Invision brings program guide to Web video
- Invision TV looking to do for Web video that Tivo's program guide does for finding a show: One big grid of your favorite programming.
9 September 2008
- Dial Directions eliminates mobile typing
- Mobile users know the pain of trying to peck out search terms when looking for a local restaurant or business. Dial Directions demonstrated a new iPhone app that eliminates the need for a keyboard when searching for locations.
9 September 2008
- BizEquity creates a Zillow-like system for small business
- Want to know what your competitors small business is worth? Look it up on the new BizEquity site, which compiles public records and a Google Map to help determine business' value.
9 September 2008
- BizEquity creates a Zillow-like system for small business
- Want to know what your competitors small business is worth? Look it up on the new BizEquity site, which compiles public records and a Google Map to help determine business' value.
9 September 2008
- Invision brings program guide to Web video
- Invision TV looking to do for Web video that Tivo's program guide does for finding a show: One big grid of your favorite programming.
9 September 2008
- Dial Directions eliminates mobile typing
- Mobile users know the pain of trying to peck out search terms when looking for a local restaurant or business. Dial Directions demonstrated a new iPhone app that eliminates the need for a keyboard when searching for locations.
9 September 2008
- iSearch refines searching for people
- Finding a lost friend on Google is easy if that person is "popular." iSearch is for finding long lost friends that may not have a large intenet presence. It pulls data from social networks, public records and more.
9 September 2008
- iWidgets brings Flash-less widgets to the masses
- iWidgets PowerPoint like development interfaces allows anyone that can drag-and-drop to build a widget.
9 September 2008
- iWidgets brings Flash-less widgets to the masses
- iWidgets PowerPoint like development interfaces allows anyone that can drag-and-drop to build a widget.
9 September 2008
- iSearch refines searching for people
- Finding a lost friend on Google is easy if that person is "popular." iSearch is for finding long lost friends that may not have a large intenet presence. It pulls data from social networks, public records and more.
9 September 2008
- Invision brings program guide to Web video
- Invision TV looking to do for Web video that Tivo's program guide does for finding a show: One big grid of your favorite programming.
9 September 2008
- Dial Directions eliminates mobile typing
- Mobile users know the pain of trying to peck out search terms when looking for a local restaurant or business. Dial Directions demonstrated a new iPhone app that eliminates the need for a keyboard when searching for locations.
9 September 2008
- BizEquity creates a Zillow-like system for small business
- Want to know what your competitors small business is worth? Look it up on the new BizEquity site, which compiles public records and a Google Map to help determine business' value.
9 September 2008
- UsableLogin means single sign-on for the masses
- Usable Security Systems' UsableLogin system is bringing strong passwords and single sign-on for Web sites to the masses through its browser plug-in technology.
8 September 2008
- Digital paper closer to reality
- Plastic Logic's digital reader hopes to do for business people what Kindle is doing for readers: Elminate the paper.
8 September 2008
- RealDVD digitizes your DVD collection in minutes
- RealNetworks new RealDVD software lets users make perfect digital copies of their commercial DVDs and play them back from a PC without ever having to pull out the original disc.
8 September 2008
- YouGotPhoto aims to distribute pics to digital frames
- UGA Digital's YouGotPhoto system looks to make managing and delivering pictures to net-connected digital pictures frames as easy as drag and drop.
8 September 2008
- iLovePhotos makes sharing images a breeze
- iLovePhotos is great for people that take a lot of pictures of people and want to be able to easily categorize photos by who appears in them and then share them with friends.
8 September 2008
- Photrade looks to enrich amateur photographers
- Photrade's new Web site is a hybrid of Flickr and a stock photo site that lets photographers sell and license photos more easily, while still protecting their works from piracy.
8 September 2008
- WebDiet finds the right meal for you on the go
- Dieters are fine when home, but finding a healthy meal on the go can be a problem. WebDiet's iPhone app and Web site locate restaurants nearby that fit your diet preferences and help track your calorie intake.
8 September 2008
- GeoEye imaging satellite launched
- The highest resolution commercial Earth imaging satellite to date, the GeoEye-1, was launched over the weekend on a Delta-II rocket that carried the Google logo alongside the GeoEye logo on its side.
8 September 2008
- iLovePhotos makes sharing images a breeze
- iLovePhotos is great for people that take a lot of pictures of people and want to be able to easily categorize photos by who appears in them and then share them with friends.
8 September 2008
- YouGotPhoto aims to distribute pics to digital frames
- UGA Digital's YouGotPhoto system looks to make managing and delivering pictures to net-connected digital pictures frames as easy as drag and drop.
8 September 2008
- RealDVD digitizes your DVD collection in minutes
- RealNetworks new RealDVD software lets users make perfect digital copies of their commercial DVDs and play them back from a PC without ever having to pull out the original disc.
8 September 2008
- UsableLogin means single sign-on for the masses
- Usable Security Systems' UsableLogin system is bringing strong passwords and single sign-on for Web sites to the masses through its browser plug-in technology.
8 September 2008
- Photrade looks to enrich amateur photographers
- Photrade's new Web site is a hybrid of Flickr and a stock photo site that lets photographers sell and license photos more easily, while still protecting their works from piracy.
8 September 2008
- WebDiet finds the right meal for you on the go
- Dieters are fine when home, but finding a healthy meal on the go can be a problem. WebDiet's iPhone app and Web site locate restaurants nearby that fit your diet preferences and help track your calorie intake.
8 September 2008
- Digital paper closer to reality
- Plastic Logic's digital reader hopes to do for business people what Kindle is doing for readers: Elminate the paper.
8 September 2008
- UsableLogin means single sign-on for the masses
- Usable Security Systems' UsableLogin system is bringing strong passwords and single sign-on for Web sites to the masses through its browser plug-in technology.
8 September 2008
- Digital paper closer to reality
- Plastic Logic's digital reader hopes to do for business people what Kindle is doing for readers: Elminate the paper.
8 September 2008
- RealDVD digitizes your DVD collection in minutes
- RealNetworks new RealDVD software lets users make perfect digital copies of their commercial DVDs and play them back from a PC without ever having to pull out the original disc.
8 September 2008
- YouGotPhoto aims to distribute pics to digital frames
- UGA Digital's YouGotPhoto system looks to make managing and delivering pictures to net-connected digital pictures frames as easy as drag and drop.
8 September 2008
- iLovePhotos makes sharing images a breeze
- iLovePhotos is great for people that take a lot of pictures of people and want to be able to easily categorize photos by who appears in them and then share them with friends.
8 September 2008
- Photrade looks to enrich amateur photographers
- Photrade's new Web site is a hybrid of Flickr and a stock photo site that lets photographers sell and license photos more easily, while still protecting their works from piracy.
8 September 2008
- WebDiet finds the right meal for you on the go
- Dieters are fine when home, but finding a healthy meal on the go can be a problem. WebDiet's iPhone app and Web site locate restaurants nearby that fit your diet preferences and help track your calorie intake.
8 September 2008
- How a video supply chain fuels NFL Films' highlights
- Video production and editing is a global collaboration effort. Signiant's Tony Lapolito demonstrates how a video supply chain helps NFL Films create highlight shows on the fly with producers on both coasts and games film from around the (...)
5 September 2008
- Philips shows off new products at IFA
- At the IFA consumer electronics show in Berlin Philips showed off some new technology. While they did devote a section to home electronics, consumer electronics, especially televisions, were the highlight
5 September 2008
- How a video supply chain fuels NFL Films' highlights
- Video production and editing is a global collaboration effort. Signiant's Tony Lapolito demonstrates how a video supply chain helps NFL Films create highlight shows on the fly with producers on both coasts and games film from around the (...)
5 September 2008
- Week in Review - 9/5
- IFA in Berlin features a virtual mirror that makes trying on clothes a snap, Sony's new line of Walkmans, LG's NAS system, a super slim prototype Philips LCD TV, Toshiba's advanced 3D modeling, and Samsung's new lightweight laptop and (...)
5 September 2008
- Philips shows off new products at IFA
- At the IFA consumer electronics show in Berlin Philips showed off some new technology. While they did devote a section to home electronics, consumer electronics, especially televisions, were the highlight
5 September 2008
- Sights of IFA 2008
- A look back at the sights of IFA 2008
3 September 2008
- Google Chrome a good start, but has a ways to go
- Jason Meserve reviews the new Google Chrome browser, which excels at some basic browsing tasks but is missing a few key features.
3 September 2008
- Wireless communications mat
- Japan-based NiCT has been working on a wireless communications system for about 2 years and showed it off at the IFA consumer electronics show in Berlin.
3 September 2008
- Sights of IFA 2008
- A look back at the sights of IFA 2008
3 September 2008
- Wireless communications mat
- Japan-based NiCT has been working on a wireless communications system for about 2 years and showed it off at the IFA consumer electronics show in Berlin.
3 September 2008
- Wii board becomes PC peripheral
- At the German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence software engineers have taken a Wii balance board and hooked it up to a PC to create an alternative input device.
2 September 2008
- Playing games with RFID
- Games including Scrabble and poker are using RFID to go high tech.
2 September 2008
- Sharp's solar-powered TV
- Sharp says its solar-panel and LCD TV technology is at the stage where a single panel can provide enough energy to watch 4.5 hours of TV per day with no additional power required.
2 September 2008
- Gesture and facial mouse navigation
- Toshiba Research UK spokeswoman talks about the latest advances in using facial and gesture recognition to provide mouse-like controls for notebooks and TVs.
2 September 2008
- Highway tech helps avoid accidents
- While technology might not be able to prevent all accidents, there’s a new system that can alert drivers when an accident is ahead and help them avoid it.
2 September 2008
- Trying on clothes without stripping down
- Imagine trying on the latest fashions without having to undo a single button. That’s the idea behind the virtual mirror developed by Fraunhofer Institute researchers and on display at IFA in Berlin.
2 September 2008
- LG shows off X110 netbook
- We get a closer look at the LG X110, which LG Electronics will launch in October. The notebook is based on Intel's Atom processor and also includes 3G wireless.
2 September 2008
- Philips enters thin TV game
- In the battle of thinnest LCD TV, Philips could win if it put its current prototype TV on the market.
31 August 2008
- Samsung's X360: Lighter than Air?
- Meet the X360, the latest laptop from Samsung and one the company is very proud of. The X360 sits in the same 13.3-inch screen class as Apple's Macbook Air but is lighter.
31 August 2008
- Toshiba's Cell-powered TV
- Toshiba has brought its prototype TV based on the powerful Cell processor to IFA and is displaying a new feature and for the first time talking about a launch date.
30 August 2008
- LG's NAS offers Blu-Ray support
- LG Electronics announced a networked-attached storage server at this week’s IFA consumer electronics show in Berlin.
30 August 2008
- Sony's new Walkmans slim down
- Keeping with the thin is in theme at this year’s IFA, Sony launched 3 new models of Walkman players at Europe’s largest consumer electronics show. The S series, which are 7.5 millimeters thin are available in two main types, the S630 and the (...)
29 August 2008
- Who is Miss IFA?
- Around the Berlin IFA show grounds Miss IFA and her red hair are all over, but who is she? We take a closer look.
29 August 2008
- Roku Netflix player streams the flicks
- Keith tests out the Roku box for Netflix and finds that the movie selection is lacking, but it works well for TV series episode viewing.
29 August 2008
- Week in Review - 8/29
- Reports from IFA in Berlin on thin televisions, Fujitsu Siemens shows off a new netbook, Toshiba has a DVD player with better upscaling, Garmin adds to its GPS line-up and LG puts Bluetooth inside a TV.
29 August 2008
- Roku Netflix player streams the flicks
- Keith tests out the Roku box for Netflix and finds that the movie selection is lacking, but it works well for TV series episode viewing.
29 August 2008
- Who is Miss IFA?
- Around the Berlin IFA show grounds Miss IFA and her red hair are all over, but who is she? We take a closer look.
29 August 2008
- Amilo low-cost notebook at IFA
- Fujitsu Siemens introduces the Amilo netbook, a low cost laptop, at Berlin's IFA.
28 August 2008
- Sharp unveils its thinnest LCD TVs yet
- Sharp has developed a new range of LCD (liquid crystal display) TVs that are thinner and have larger screens than its previous thinnest televisions.
28 August 2008
- World's thinnest LCD TV from Sony
- Sony will launch later this year a set that's considerably thinner than others on the market.
28 August 2008
- Toshiba's XDE turns SD into HD, almost
- After licking its wounds Toshiba decided to focus on turning a standard definition picture into HD.
28 August 2008
- Panasonic shows larger thin-PDP protype and IPTV
- Panasonic used IFA in Berlin to show off its thin-PDP protype that can pull in IPTV channels.
28 August 2008
- UNICEF brings network to remote areas
- Overview of UNICEF's "Bee" mobile communication system, which allows communication, connectivity and data access in field conditions where such technologies are often difficult or impossible to use.
28 August 2008
- Garmin's 3D GPS at IFA
- Garmin’s nüvi 7x5 series offers 3D city views, lane assist and other features.
27 August 2008
- Audio goodies from IFA
- The latest speakers from Altec Lansing have built-in subwoofers and new headphones from Plantronics are designed for extended wear.
27 August 2008
- From IFA: Bluetooth on your TV
- Bluetooth will be installed in models in LG's PG7000-series plasma sets and LG7000-series LCD sets, which are due on sale across Europe before the end of September.
27 August 2008
- Did tech strike gold at Olympics?
- As the Olympics wrapped up earlier this week in Beijing not only are the athletes now counting their medals, but the sponsors are too. Many bet big budgets to show off their names in association with the games, but did they win (...)
26 August 2008
- 5 Technologies That Will Change IT
- Larry Quinlan, CIO of Deloitte & Touche LLP, draws on vast IT experience to discuss the tehnologies that will change the industry.
26 August 2008
- 5 Technologies That Will Change IT
- Larry Quinlan, CIO of Deloitte & Touche LLP, draws on vast IT experience to discuss the tehnologies that will change the industry.
26 August 2008
- Week in Review - 8/22
- Court dissolves gag order against MIT students, Cuil is not so cool, a look at the technology behind the Olympics, WiFi takes to the skies, Google's Android readies for its debut, Taiwan investigates Microsoft, and Intel introduces a new (...)
21 August 2008
- Omega keeping time at the Olympics
- This is Omega’s 23rd time as official Olympic timekeeper and the technology has come a long way since the first time it was used in 1932.
20 August 2008
- Balloons: The new tool for hackers
- Similar to wardriving, warballooning is a new sport, pioneered by Rick Hill and his team at Defcon.
19 August 2008
- Week in Review - 8/15
- Hackers come together at Defcon, a new mechanical hand gives users sensation, the Gates Foundation awards $1M, Olympic advertisers look to win gold and Sony shows off exotic fish.
15 August 2008
- Oakland gets unified
- After 10 years of research and rollouts, the City of Oakland says it's reaping savings and benefits from its VoIP deployment, with about 4,600 employees switched over.
14 August 2008
- Cell phone includes compass, thermometer
- Casio's latest G'zOne phone includes a compass, thermometer, tide charts, sunrise/sunset times, moon phases and more. The waterproof phone is exclusive to Japan, but could be implemented in overseas models in the future.
12 August 2008
- Greenpeace slams Ghana on e-waste
- Environmental group Greenpeace released a report detailing electronic waste dumps in western Africa’s Ghana.
11 August 2008
- Going beyond FTP
- Proginet CEO Sandy Weil discusses managed file transfer, how it differs from FTP, and how it can solve long-distance, high-latency file transfer problems and getting around the large file within e-mail systems conundrum.
11 August 2008
- Going beyond FTP
- Proginet CEO Sandy Weil discusses managed file transfer, how it differs from FTP, and how it can solve long-distance, high-latency file transfer problems and getting around the large file within e-mail systems conundrum.
11 August 2008
- The Google-eyed-view of Olympics
- Google created 3D models of the Olympic Village, available in Google Earth, to allow people to see the general location and perspectives of the venues and stadiums throughout Bejing. Take a spin.
8 August 2008
- Google, Microsoft square off on education tech
- At the recent Campus Technology conference in Boston, Google and Microsoft went head to head with their products for education. Both of them offer hosted e-mail and online collaboration tools with much similarity.
6 August 2008
- Electric car, batteries included
- Taking a test drive of Nissan's prototype electric car, powered by a new lithium ion battery developed by Nissan and manufactured by a joint venture with NEC.
6 August 2008
- Sonos upgrades multi-room audio gear
- High-end multi-room audio maker Sonos launches the second generation of its wireless mesh-based audio system, which lets users listen to music around the house.
5 August 2008
- Nissan's new high-tech cars
- IDG News Service reporter Martyn Williams takes a test drive of Nissan's new automobile technology, which includes accident avoidance and the new "eco pedal".
5 August 2008
- Final Fantasy fans get sneak peek at new game
- Japanese game publisher Square Enix updated fans on several of its new titles at an event in Tokyo over the weekend.
5 August 2008
- Sonos upgrades multi-room audio gear
- High-end multi-room audio maker Sonos launches the second generation of its wireless mesh-based audio system, which lets users listen to music around the house.
5 August 2008
- Japanese maids aim to cool down tech district
- In an annual summer tradition, maids from Akihabara's maid cafes get together to cool down Tokyo's electronics district.
3 August 2008
- Toyota unveils the Winglet personal robotic transporter
- Toyota is taking aim at the Segway with its new Winglet transporter.
1 August 2008
- Week in Review - 8/1
- Cuil tries to compete with Google, kids program their own computer games, Intel's Classmate gets a big order, the IOC admits to a censorship deal, Asus's Eee Box launches and more.
1 August 2008
- Kids Programming with Scratch
- High powered programmers may soon be moving over for an unlikely source, kids. At a recent conference at MIT students and educators came from around the world to discuss the uses, benefits, and possible improvements for Scratch, a programming (...)
25 July 2008
- Cell phones help you keep fit, pick a new 'do
- Cell phones have always been about helping you keep in touch and now they're helping you stay healthly. Martyn Williams checks in from the Wireless Japan expo.
25 July 2008
- Week in Review - 7/25
- Hackers descend on New York City, a new service sends you directly to voicemail, Microsoft’s online services head departs, NTT DoCoMo shows off Super 3G and more!
25 July 2008
- How enterprise search differs from traditional web search
- Implementing search in the enterprise presents many more challenges than a standard Web search engine. Attivio's Sid Probstein compares and contrasts the two setups.
24 July 2008
- Interacting with 3D characters on your desktop
- It's the latest in augmented reality - where computer images and the real world mix - but for many Japanese otaku, or geeks, it's destined to become another way they can interact with virtual girls.
24 July 2008
- How enterprise search differs from traditional web search
- Implementing search in the enterprise presents many more challenges than a standard Web search engine. Attivio's Sid Probstein compares and contrasts the two setups.
24 July 2008
- Anomos P2P sharing at HOPE
- Among the art projects and games at the Last HOPE were two young hackers who are developing an encrypted Bit Torrent program.
23 July 2008
- DoCoMo demonstrates Super 3G
- The carrier has brought its Super 3G test truck to the event and is showing the system sending data at 25 megabits per second and receiving data at 100 megabits per second.
23 July 2008
- HOPE hackers tracked by RFID
- If you were at the recent Last Hope hackers conference in New York, you were being tracked. And it wasn’t by hackers trying to steal your email password, but by show organizers.
23 July 2008
- Hackers learn lock-picking skills
- New York’s recent Last HOPE hackers conference offered sessions on lock picking, escaping high-security handcuffs and a lockpicking village.
23 July 2008
- Gamers play without hands at HOPE
- The Aether is a hands free table top gaming platform designed by 3 recent college graduates.
23 July 2008
- Best ten games of E3
- The big E3 video games blow-out is coming to an end in Los Angeles and to cap off the week, here's a look at the best ten games of E3 as ranked by Gamepro.
21 July 2008
- Fun apps for your iPhone 3G
- Keith give brings you six fun iPhone Apps that will surely help you get through boring meetings.
17 July 2008
- Pinnacle makes Video Transfer a breeze
- Pinnacle's Video Transfer device lets you copy non-protected video from a camera or other source direct to a hard disk or iPod without a PC in the middle.
10 July 2008
- Wii-Fit Challenge adds gadgets to keep momentum
- Half way through his Wii Fit Challenge, the lighter Keith brings in a few tech goodies to keep the weight loss pace, including a scale that does just about everything.
2 July 2008
- Sprint Instinct almost an iPhone alternative
- Keith gets his hands on the new Sprint Instrinct from Samsung and while shares some iPhone similarities, it's not quite a full replacement for the popular Apple phone.
27 June 2008
- The difference between 3G and 4G wireless
- Farpoint Group's Craig Mathias explains the difference between the various generations of wireless technology and what you can expect for download speeds on that new iPhone 3G.
25 June 2008
- Dealing with security in an open network environment
- What can corporate IT shops, which are faced with increasing pressure to allow mobile devices and more open access, learn from a university environment? Boston College's David Escalante, director of computer policy and security, (...)
25 June 2008
- Mini-mobiles make me merry
- Keith gets a kick out of three new mini-notebook designs, including Lenovo's U110 IdeaPad, Motion's C5 (with a handle) and the HTC Shift.
20 June 2008
- An Internet-connected Grand Piano
- For those wanting to learn piano or just want a nice (really nice) player piano for their living room, Yamaha's Internet-connected Disklavier fits the bill. Maybe this time Keith will actually learn to play.
12 June 2008
- Airline boarding passes on your phone
- At a number of US airports Continental Airlines passengers can now carry their boarding passes with them on their smart phones.
10 June 2008
- Unified Communications deconstructed
- How does today's modern unified communications system compare to your stereo system components? Peter Greco of Siemens Communications outlines the piece that bring unified communications together in the enterprise.
3 June 2008
- Gadgets for summer fun
- Keith brings you five gadgets for summer that will light your way and bring music to your ears.
29 May 2008
- Wii Fit: Keith Fat
- Keith takes the Wii Fit Challenge: How much weight can he lose in 10 weeks using Nintendo's new game.
22 May 2008
- Advanced Web Access Management techniques
- In part 2 of our series, P2 Security's Jeff Gresham explains how the various layers of Web Access Management can be combined and simplified while still scaling to meet demand.
20 May 2008
- Wi-Fi-enabled camera makes picture upload a snap
- Keith tests out the Panasonic Lumix TZ50 and its wireless upload capabilities, which works well at in a home environment, but gets tricky at the office.
15 May 2008
- A beginner's guide to Web Access Management
- Web Access Management is about more than authentication and authorization. In this primer, Jeff Gresham of P2 Security explains how the technology works and what benefits it brings to Web applications.
13 May 2008
- Recovery lessons from Hurricane Katrina
- In a keynote at IT Roadmap, Marshall Lancaster talks about his IT staff weathered Hurrican Katrina without suffering any downtime.
6 May 2008
- Scanning the 5 GHz airwaves
- Ryan Woodings from Metageek shows Keith Shaw the prototype of the 5 GHz version of its Wi-Spy wireless spectrum analyzer, a $400 tool that scans the airwaves for troubleshooting wireless LANs and non-Wi-Fi interference sources.
1 May 2008
- Cool Tool: A SAN in your hand
- Keith Shaw chats with Dave Flynn from Fusion-io, who shows off the ioDrive, a storage area network system that can fit in the palm of your hand.
1 May 2008
- Cool Tool: Clickfree backup device
- Keith Shaw speaks with Storage Appliance's Quan Lung about its Clickfree backup device, which aims to make data backup for users and IT as easy as plugging in a USB cable.
30 April 2008
- Creating enterprise mashups
- Google Maps' extensibility help put mashups on the map, but how can you harness the power of mashups for business applications? John Crupi, CTO of JackBe, explains how enterprise mashups work and who can benefit.
22 April 2008
- GPS Snitch makes it easy to follow people
- Keith tries out the GPS Snitch, a device that can transmit its location over a GSM cell connection, making it easy to follow someone (as long as they're in the GSM coverage area.)
17 April 2008
- Testing challenges in a virtual environment
- John Michelsen, co-founder and chief scientist at iTKO, explains the challenges of testing applications in a virtual environment.
15 April 2008
- Mobile device attacks made easy
- In a rather chilling demo with Bluefire Security Technologies, Keith finds out how easy it is for someone to attack a mobile device.
9 April 2008
- Thumbplay gets jump on open networks concept
- Thumbplay's media discovery subscription service is an early look at what open access will do for wireless networks and applications.
9 April 2008
- LogMeIn tackles mobile phone support
- Having trouble with your cell phone? LogMeIn's Rescue + Mobile enables tech support reps to control your phone remotely to diagnose problems and reset various settings.
9 April 2008
- Nokia adds Wimax to popular tablet
- In addition to launching two sleek-looking consumer phones, Nokia added Wimax capabilities to its N810 tablet. To demonstrate the wireless Internet technology, CTIA attendees were hoisted 180 feet in the air.
8 April 2008
- Nuance looks to translate e-mail to v-mail
- Nuance is showing off a new technology - based on its Dragon Naturally Speaking offering - that will transcribe voice mail into text for e-mail and/or SMS delivery.
8 April 2008
- Alcatel-Lucent wants to bring Femtocell home
- Keith gets a look at Alcatel-Lucent's new Femtocell-capable broadband router, which the compamy hopes will improve your cell coverage at home.
8 April 2008
- Utterz combines blogging, podcasting and images
- Social media is all the rage and Utterz is trying to capture that with a platform that merges audio captured through a phone call with video and images captured on the go. Keith gets the lowdown on the company and its technology.
8 April 2008
- Microvision's tiny projector
- Tired of craining your neck to watch video on your cell? Microvision's ultra-small projector might be the answer.
7 April 2008
- Blue Dasher gives 360 view of world
- Blue Dasher technology is hoping to map the 50 largest metropolitan areas this year with their 360-degree, spherical high-definition roving cameras - a technology that could help you find your next house.
7 April 2008
- LG gives AT&T an iPhone alternative
- Two new handsets from LG: The Envy 2 and iPhone-like Vue with AT&T's Mobile TV.
6 April 2008
- Put a T-Mobile Hot Spot in your house
- More than a router, more than VoIP - it's a Linksys router with a T-Mobile Hotspot built in. Plug your home phone in and go. No need for a landline.
6 April 2008
- More than just Instinct for Samsung at CTIA
- Three more new phones from Samsung, including the Soul with an OLED-powered touch pad, Access with AT&T's live TV service, and the Alias dual-hinge phone from Verizon.
6 April 2008
- HTC puts cool face on Windows Mobile
- HTC's Touch Dual puts a new face on Windows Mobile and comes with a 20-key keyboard for those that need to do more than simple text messages.
6 April 2008
- Sony Ericsson shows off Xperia X1
- Sony Ericsson showed off its iPhone-like clone, the Xperia X1, here at CTIA. As Keith discovers, the Xperia X1 puts a unique face on the Windows Mobile operating system and is bound to impress when it lands in North America.
3 April 2008
- Zero-install cell modem from Sprint
- Sprint's new Sierra Wireless Compass 597 is a USB cell modem that doesn't require a CD for install. Plus, it's got a built-in micro-SD slot and supports EV-DO Rev A.
3 April 2008
- Plantronics makes Bluetooth fashion statement
- Tired of wearing an ugly "thumb" on the side of your head? Keith shows off some stylish new Bluetooth headsets from Plantronics that will accessorize your wardrobe.
3 April 2008
- Sprint's got an Instinct for the iPhone
- Sprint unveiled Samsung's new Instinct phone here at CTIA and while it looks like a certain Apple phone, Keith finds out it's got some significant differences.
3 April 2008
- Transfer old data onto new drives
- Keith finds some old internal hard drives and extracts the data through a handy and inexpensive USB drive adapter from Newer Technology.
27 March 2008
- Femtocell explained
- Sonus Networks CTO Vikram Saksena explains Femtocell technology and how it can benefit both carriers and customers.
25 March 2008
- How to ensure disaster recovery systems are really working
- Gil Hecht, CEO of Continuity Software, shows where problems in disaster recovery systems can arise and what can be done to guarantee backup systems work when disaster strikes.
11 February 2008