A small device that looks like a microphone–but with something on top of it that looks like a ping pong ball with an LED inside–Move is Sony’s bid to gain control over the motion controller wars that are currently led by Nintendo, with its Wii controller, and which many think will be dominated by Microsoft [...]
If you’re looking forward to a future of streaming movies, gargantuan Internet file exchanges, and other high-bandwidth activities, cheer up.
Broadband service providers in most of the major markets around the country will soon be able to deliver 100 Mbps broadband service with no problem. That’s enough to download a music album in as little as [...]
First, there was the Macintosh. Then it was the iPod, the iPhone, and now the iPad. Next up in Apple’s arsenal: The lawyers.
No doubt, when Apple announced Tuesday that it was suing HTC for allegedly infringing on its patents, only one company may have been named, but Jobs & Co. were issuing a legal warning [...]
Picnik, which makes an online photo editor, announced on its blog Monday that the company is being acquired by Google.
The editor works directly with online photo libraries like Flickr, Facebook, and Picasa Web Albums. Users can also upload files to the service and download them again when they are done. The editing capabilities it offers are a natural complement [...]
Sony’s PlayStation Network is on the fritz. Microsoft’s Xbox Live networkhas had its problems. And there was that one Wii system software update that was turning consoles into pretty looking paperweights.
It’s times like this, as we dissect failures in digital entertainment technology, when we have to ask the question: Is it too soon to blame digital rights [...]
Netbook fans have had their share of ups and downs recently–for example, getting better battery life from the new Intel Atom N450 CPUs, but being herded toward the limited Starter edition of Windows 7 at the same time. Another frustrating problem was the absence of Nvidia’s Ion GPU from the latest generation of Netbooks–a situation [...]
Intel plans to release a faster version of its “Pine Trail” Atom processor for Netbooks on Monday, bringing a little extra performance to this popular segment of the laptop market.
Major PC makers are expected to announce new products or product refreshes with the new processor, the N470, which will be identical to the current 1.66GHz [...]
A few days after the Opera 10.50 beta for Windows got its second revision, the first Mac beta for version 10.50finally has been released to the public. There has been a pre-alpha release available since late December, but it hasn’t received the multiple public upgrades that the Windows one had, until now.
Opera 10.50 beta 1 contains a [...]
o kick off its partnership with HP on a new line of cable and power conditioning products, Monster is offering up the HP Monster Digital PowerCenter 800G w/ Green Power in our Crave Giveaway of the week.
Like Belkin’s Conserve surge protector, instead of having your electronics sit there in standby mode and each sip a little bit of [...]
Will an Italian court’s decision to convict three Google executives of invasion of privacy have widespread effects on the Internet beyond Italian borders?
Google certainly thinks so, but it could take a significant change in thinking around the globe to prove Italy is not an outlier. Three Google executives, including head lawyer David Drummond and Chief [...]
