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Why can't tech companies go green? With such luminaries as Google, IBM and HP forming the vanguard of the clean tech movement, it may seem a silly question to ask. Headlines trumpeting these companies' initiatives -- not to mention the nonstop announcements of new energy-saving IT products -- would ...
Google on Wednesday announced version 2.0 of Google Maps for mobile featuring a beta version of its new "My Location" service that serves as an alternative to GPS technology. Rather than relying on global positioning satellites for identifying a mobile user's location, My Location uses cell tower ID...
Google may be able to add storage to the list of services it provides for businesses and consumers, according to a report. The service would further the current push toward cloud computing or network-hosted applications. The service would allow users to store files normally kept on their PCs on Goog...
Eight contenders for the Republican presidential nomination will be debating each other Wednesday night, courtesy of YouTube and CNN. To be sure, the debate itself will be quite telling, with some pundits already laying odds that front-runner Rudy Giuliani may be dislodged from his perch by the even...
The third Service Pack for Microsoft Windows XP, expected to be publicly released next year, might boost the operating system's speed to the point where it is substantially faster than Vista, its successor OS, according to a new study. In a benchmarking comparison between a beta version of XP Servic...
The video gaming industry has seen huge growth over the past few years with the emergence of the massive multiplayer online model. These video games, examples of which include "World of Warcraft" and "Everquest II," allow thousands of players to interact simultaneously over the Internet in a persist...
AT&T released its new Shine phone from LG Electronics just in time for Black Friday. The Shine by LG, offered exclusively through AT&T, is a sliding form-factor device that features a silver exterior and comes with video, music and camera features and a 2.2-inch mirror LCD screen. AT&T s...
The debut last week of "Rock Band" from MTV and EA has turned the holiday shopping season into the staging ground for an historic battle of the music video game bands, with "Rock Band" going up against the current industry heavyweight, Activision's "Guitar Hero III." The competition will be steep, w...
ABC wants to increase its network news viewers by tapping Facebook's constituency -- a younger crowd than the usual audience for its evening news program. The social networking site, for its part, is always on the prowl for new features to keep its 56-million and growing user base happy -- and stick...
The potential health and environmental consequences of nanotechnology are a source of greater concern to scientists than to the public at large, according to a new study. The research, which was funded by the National Science Foundation and conducted by researchers at the University of Wisconsin at ...
Last week was a short week, and while you know the outcome of Black Friday, that is still in my future. We did have two big announcements, though. Amazon made a run at the eBook market with what is the best eBook in the world; in addition, the Dell XPS One, which follows the Gateway One to market, i...
When billionaire Charles Simonyi blasted off into space for a visit to the International Space Station last month, he not only made history as the fifth private citizen to fly into orbit. He also fulfilled what for many is a lifelong dream: To explore the final frontier. The prospect of traveling in...
With the one-year anniversary of the launch of its Windows Vista operating system on the horizon, Microsoft for the past 10 months or so has been able to turn its attention to other projects. In particular, the software maker has been working to put out Vista's first service pack and a third service...
Personal data on roughly 25 million individuals and 7.25 million families in the United Kingdom have been lost, Chancellor Alistair Darling of Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs office announced Tuesday. The lost data includes the names, addresses, dates of birth, national insurance numbers and bank ...
The capability gap between personal computers and mobile phones continues to narrow and, from a convenience and productivity point of view, that's a good thing. But along with the benefits come risks, according to Symantec. The Cupertino, Calif. company -- known mainly for its Norton brand of comput...
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