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Drivers have become accustomed to security cameras that catch a license plate number when someone violates a traffic law at toll booths and even stoplights. However, the lowly traffic camera is sparking a whole new debate in its role as part of the homeland security initiative that the New York Poli...
Imagery on Google Earth has revealed a new Chinese submarine to the public eye for the first time, according to a strategic security blogger with the Federation of American Scientists. "A commercial satellite image appears to have captured China's new nuclear ballistic missile submarine," Hans Krist...
Ask Electronic Arts head John Riccitiello what he thinks about the game software development industry and you might be surprised by the answer. In an interview with the Wall Street Journal, EA's chief executive said games coming out from top game makers lack innovation and that the industry needs to...
After initially denying it had plans to cut the price of its PlayStation 3 gaming console, Sony on Sunday announced a hefty price reduction and announced a new PS3 model. As recently as Friday, Sony's president reportedly said there were no plans to cut the PS3 price, something observers expected wa...
Let's just say the iPhone is the best generation-one product I can recall in the tech market -- ever -- in terms of hardware design and execution. But, much as Japan did in World War II, Apple merely stung the heck out of a number of big companies -- and most of Asia as a geographical region. It was...
Three men in the UK, originally arrested on terrorism charges in October of 2005, were sentenced Thursday for a total of 24 years in prison after they admitted to using the Internet to incite murder. Younes Tsouli, Waseem Mughal and Tariq Al-Daour initially denied the terrorism charges. "The trial s...
Playing Electronic Art's line of sporting games just became a little easier for Wii console owners. The game maker has unwrapped its new EA Sports Family Play system, which will make it "easier for players of all ages and skill level to play its most popular EA Sports games" on the Wii, according t...
Conceding many Xbox 360 gaming consoles were built with a flaw that resulted in system crashes, Microsoft is tripling the system's warranty, upgrading its design and reimbursing those who paid for repairs. The initiative will cost up to $1.15 billion, the company said. A properly-running Xbox 360 di...
There's no denying that the Internet has changed the world for both good and bad, but few elements of its dark side inspire more fear than its use by terrorists. Observers around the world were horrified when a video of the 2002 beheading of American journalist Daniel Pearl was disseminated on the W...
An Irish technology development company Steorn claims it can produce free, clean and constant energy without taking the energy from an external source. In effect, the company claims it has produced an energy-making machine it calls Orbo. Despite apparently violating fundamental laws of physics, Steo...
The notorious Norwegian hacker, Jon Lech Johansen -- better known as "DVD Jon" for releasing code that broke DVD copy protection in the late 1990s -- has drawn first blood with the iPhone. Johansen has posted a workaround on the Internet that allows iPhone owners to use their devices in a limited fa...
Officials from Motorola are working with authorities in China to determine what caused a cell phone explosion that killed a 22-year-old Chinese man. Xiao Jinpeng, a welder in western China's Gansu province, was killed on June 19 when the battery in his cell phone exploded, according to reports. The ...
After scoring a hit among the senior citizen crowd with its "Brain Age" line of games, Nintendo has taken its quest to help the aging remain youthful to the next level -- the face. Named "Otona No DS Kao Training" or "Face Training," the game, according to reports, will include a camera that plugs i...
Years ago, endurance athletes spent a big chunk of their training energy mapping routes, measuring distances and figuring paces. That's because the only way to determine how long and fast they were running or cycling was to drive the distance in the car to establish mileage and then time the workout...
If one were to conduct a survey of technology publications over the past decade or so, it's a good bet there would be at least one instance in each of those years in which someone declared that "this is the year of biometrics." Full of promise but long constrained by a diverse set of obstacles, biom...
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