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Nintendo's intellectual property right to the technology in its Wii Remote -- or "Wiimote" -- was challenged this week by Interlink Electronics, which was granted a patent last year for a trigger-operated electronic device that can be operated with a pointer sensor Interlink claims Nintendo's Wii game console, which has been on store shelves for le...
Antitrust regulators in the U.S., South Korea and Japan are investigating whether major providers of liquid crystal display (LCD) technology engaged in anti-competitive behavior Shares of LCD makers such as LG.Philips and Samsung Electronics plummeted in overseas trading after news broke that both Japanese and U.S. regulators were looking into comp...
HP has partnered with Cingular to develop a new notebook computer with built-in global mobile broadband capabilities The HP Compaq nc6400 Notebook PC with integrated Cingular Wireless UMTS/HSDPA (Universal Mobile Telecommunications System/High Speed Downlink Packet Access)-based technology aims to let business professionals connect to corporate net...
When Hollywood studios found floating on the Internet copies of "screeners" sent to Oscar voters, they turned to Royal Philips Electronics of the Netherlands for a solution. Philips' answer: digital watermarking Digital watermarking has been around for some time, but with the spread of video distribution through online services, such as YouTube a...
Opportunities for using new media for the public good have been overlooked in the excitement surrounding the rise of new media itself. Traditional public service ad campaigns are designed for television, a media form that is quickly waning The fading of television as a traditional media form, the end of television sets as distinct single-function d...
With the formation of the PCI Security Standards Council, multichannel merchants, online retailers, consultants, payment processors, and virtually every organization that touches online payments should find it much easier to comply with the PCI Data Security Standard (DSS) The newly formed council also will make it possible for merchants, acquiring...
If you asked each member of yoursales team what problem your company solves, what value you provide, and how you differentiate yourselves from your competitors, would their answers be clear, consistent and compelling? Most likely, you would receive a range of inconsistent responses. Today's salespeople are dealing with unprecedented levels of compl...
Fortify Software and theFindBugs Java error detection project this week unveileda collaborative effort aimed at zapping the bugs of open source softwarecode written in Java The Java Open Review (JOR) Project is designed to help open sourcesoftware projects identify and fix security and other software errorsbefore they affect application performance...
There may be a shortage of the latest and greatest video game consoles this holiday season, but there is certainly no lack of new games from which to choose Part 1 of this two-part series looks at five of the hottest new game titles: "Gears of War," "Guitar Hero II," "Resistance: Fall of Man," "Elite Beat Agents" and the controversial "Bully."
Hewlett-Packard said Monday longtime Chief Financial Officer and Vice President Bob Wayman will retire at the end of the year, cutting another tie from the original HP Wayman, 61, joined HP in 1969, serving first as an accountant before making his way up the ranks. He's held the CFO title since 1984 and served as interim CEO after the departure of ...
Dell on Monday introduced Blu-ray Disc technology into its product line, offering the next-generation optical disc format as an option on its high-endXPS M1710 consumer notebook computer For Dell, it's a move to offer customers PCs that can function as a single platform for digital entertainment throughout the home. For Blu-ray supporters, which in...
Four major media companies are reportedly in discussions about launching their own Web-based video sharing site to compete with Google's YouTube CBS, Viacom, NBC Universal and News Corp. are said to have held discussions about creating a rival to the wildly popular video sharing site, which Google purchased in October for US$1.65 billion....
A new chip technology could encroach on flash memory and hard-disk drive market share, as a group of companies led by IBM explore phase-change memory Big Blue,Macronix andQimonda on Monday announced joint research results that give a major boost to this new type of computer memory, which they are touting as the successor to flash memory chips. Flas...
For many online merchants, the holidays account for almost half their yearly sales. Small and medium-sized online merchants have a prime opportunity this gift-giving season to attract new customers and keep them coming back throughout the year From browsing to buying, the Internet will play a larger role than ever in holiday shopping this year acco...
There is no limit, it seems, to what the research anddevelopment banks and other financial institutions arewilling to spend to ensure that their customers' moneyis safe. The latest twist? Biometric safeguards, suchas voice imprints or iris scans. To be sure, thistechnology already exists and is used in all sorts ofhigh-end applications. It is likely just amatter of time before it filters down to retail use...
Linux has long been a contender in the corporate world to Windows. In addition, consumer interest is on the rise for this free, open source alternative to Windows or the Macintosh OS In the days before the graphical user interface (GUI), which was first made popular by Apple and then cloned by Microsoft., the computing world was ruled by the comma...
Before starting, I think it appropriate to pause and remember one of our passing friends. Cnet's James Kimpassed last week, and in an industry often defined by over-bright superstars with bad people skills, he was a true hero who was well-liked and respected by all who knew him Giving his life for his family, he left us with the memory of what he ...
The British Airport Authority (BAA) on Wednesday announced that it has launched a limited scale trial of three integrated, biometric-driven security systems at London's Heathrow airport. The miSense, miSenseplus and miSenseallclear systems are designed to speed up and simplify passenger check-in, boarding and arrival procedures while at the same time strengthen security...
As the next generation of video game consoles duke it out in the marketplace, game publishers are anxious to see how their titles fare in the fray From war games to music games, there is no lack of variety to satisfy gaming enthusiasts of all ages this year. There are plenty of options for the Nintendo Wii, Sony PlayStation 2 and 3, and Microsoft X...
Hoping to boost confidence in electronic voting, the U.S. Election Assistance Commission (EAC) has voted to create standards for the certification testing of the often-controversial e-voting machines The commission voted Thursday to adopt the Voting Systems Testing and Certification Program, a manual focused on evaluating and certifying e-voting ma...
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