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The 2008 presidential campaigns have already been notable for several "firsts" in their use of technology, and on Monday a new one was added to the list when Yahoo, Slate and The Huffington Post announced they will host the first-ever online-only debates this fall. PBS host Charlie Rose will moderat...
The maker of the popular BlackBerry mobile e-mail device, Research In Motion (RIM), plans to let Windows Mobile-based devices run virtual BlackBerry applications. RIM will offer the new software solution later this year for select devices that run on Windows Mobile 6. Once installed, the software wi...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture will give free credit monitoring to tens of thousands of people whose social security numbers were inadvertently made public on a government Web site. The USDA said it is aware of no cases where the so-called private identification information was used for identity...
I've been spending a lot of time talking to folks who want to try the Dell Linux solution. I'm getting the sense that we have all been looking at Linux on the desktop wrong, and that products like Linspire are simply wrongheaded. Speaking of wrongheaded, last week, Research In Motion may have actual...
Especially as Earth Day 2007 approaches, working to mitigate the effects of global warming and greenhouse gases, as well as protecting the environment, are topics on everyone's lips these days. While lawmakers around the world wrangle over car and factory emissions, international treaties, fossil fu...
Via Technologies is shrinking the size of its motherboards again, this time showing off a new Pico-ITX design that is barely larger than a playing card. The Taiwan-based company on Thursday released details of its upcoming Pico-ITX motherboard, which it hopes will eventually lead to the design of a ...
In a case considered by many to be the first of its kind, the World Organization for Human Rights USA announced Thursday that it has filed a lawsuit against Yahoo and its subsidiaries for what it calls the Internet giant's complicity in human rights abuses and acts of torture in China. Plaintiffs in...
Dell has announced it is offering home PC buyers a choice between Microsoft's older XP operating system and Windows Vista when they purchase certain new machines. As with most computer makers, Dell stopped installing the XP operating system on its new PCs after Redmond in January launched Windows Vi...
The Nintendo Wii outsold both its competitors, the Sony PlayStation 3 and the Microsoft Xbox 360, in March, according to figures from the NPD Group. Nintendo continues to say it is having problems keeping up with demand for its units, citing "widespread shortages" for both the Wii and its handheld D...
The so-called "New Web" has been hailed as a great place for sharing and interacting, but data released Tuesday by Internet traffic researchers suggests most cybersurfers are watchers, not uploaders. In a presentation at the Web 2.0 Expo in San Francisco this week, Hitwise analyst Bill Tancer noted ...
Corporate intranets are becoming big business, both for the designers who put them together and companies that use them to empower their employees to participate in two-way discussions about corporate dealings. However, not all companies are eager to implement the new technologies that are redesigni...
Sony has released a new firmware update for its PlayStation 3 console and PlayStation Portable handheld that make the pair compatible with games for the original Playstation. The new firmware update will allow PS3 owners to buy and play downloadable PS1 games on their video console. Concurrently, th...
Internet shoppers who appreciate a good pun will be sorry to note the passing of Google's Froogle product search service, which the company said Wednesday it had decided to rename. In its place we now have Google Product Search -- not nearly as fun a moniker, but infinitely more descriptive. "Froogl...
Gamers around the world have begun limbering up their thumbs and forefingers following the announcement Wednesday that Microsoft and Namco Bandai Games will host the Xbox 360 Pac-Man World Championship. The competition honors the 1980s era video game for the crucial role it played in popularizing vi...
In the battle to bridge the world's digital divide, the world's largest software company will offer a special suite of Microsoft solutions to children in developing nations for a rock-bottom price of $3. The program is an expansion of Microsoft's Unlimited Potential initiative and its Partners in Le...
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