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When startup ZeeVee launched its ZvBox last month, it entered a fray in which high-profile contenders have already found success elusive. The ZvBox aims to let consumers watch any Internet TV, online video or computer content on their home high-definition TVs, and it marks one of the latest attempts...
A new microchip developed by researchers at the University of Michigan uses 30,000 times less power in sleep mode and 10 times less power in active mode than comparable chips now on the market, the university announced Friday. Intended for use in sensor-based devices such as medical implants, enviro...
The GPU universe grew Monday with releases from two major providers targeting distinct functions and markets. Nvidia announced the availability of the inaugural chips in its new Geforce GTX 200 line of graphic processors. The GTX 280 and GTX 260 have 1.4 billion transistors and 192 to 240 processor ...
With more than five months remaining before the U.S. presidential election, the general campaign period is just dawning. Yet more Americans have already gone online to get political news this year than in all of 2004. To some extent, that fact -- reported in the latest Pew Internet & American Li...
IBM is taking new steps to make greener energy generation more common. The company has unveiled plans to create more efficient and less expensive solar cell systems. It will work with Japan-based Tokyo Ohka Kogyo to build what it calls the "next generation" of CIGS -- or Copper-Indium-Gallium-Seleni...
Malware has yet to plague smartphones to anywhere near the extent it has PCs, but it's only a matter of time before cyber-criminals start targeting mobile networks. ESET, developer of the NOD32 antivirus solution for PCs and computer networks, is the latest IT security specialist to enter the fray. ...
Social networking sites such as MySpace and Facebook have become extremely fertile environments for product placement and branding. Marketers can reach consumers where they are spending significant amounts of time with compelling content that can potentially break through the marketing noise. Widget...
I started off the week with dueling events: the Apple WWDC, where they talked about Snow Leopard and the second generation iPhone, HP's massive product announcement, and Microsoft's TechEd, where I learned more about Unlimited Vista. I was taken by the fact that Apple missed with the iPhone with the...
Hoping to blunt the impact of an expected torrent of negative campaigning, the presidential campaign of presumptive Democratic nominee Barack Obama has launched a Web site dedicated to dispelling rumors and myths about him. Obama's campaign launched a site it calls "FightTheSmears" on Thursday, post...
A new report released by the RAND Corporation Thursday found that the U.S. has maintained its lead in the science and technology arena. The study was co-authored by Titus Galama, a management scientist at RAND, and James Hosek, a RAND senior economist. "The way this project began was that we looked ...
Now that you've done all this work to improve your technical support team, you need to let your customers know. The sales and marketing teams will do most of the work for you on this. While they may not run a campaign stating, "Hey, our support doesn't stink anymore," they do have a ton of automated...
The United States Federal Trade Commission recently began a formal antitrust investigation into Intel's business practices. This action is not simply a problem for Intel, but should serve as a wake-up call for the entire technology industry and anyone who values innovation. Some of the drivers behin...
Palm and Verizon Wireless announced a deal Thursday that brings the device maker's popular Centro smartphone to Verizon subscribers. The Centro's debut on Verizon comes some nine months after Palm launched the device on Sprint's wireless network and about five months after it became available to AT&...
Last week, a $30 million weapon made a transition from movie trilogy hero to video game star. Sierra Entertainment has now given gamers a "license to kill" with its newest release, "Robert Ludlum's The Bourne Conspiracy." Action, adventure, intrigue, deception and violence litter the Bourne landscap...
"Rock Band." "Guitar Hero." "SingStar." These music-oriented video games have become fixtures in popular culture, appearing in movies and on television, and sparking a new musical movement. Younger players are not only gaining exposure to a wider variety of genres and artists, but also getting a bas...
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