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Fears that traffic demands on the Internet are outstripping the Net's capacity to handle them may be premature, though continuous Net growth will necessitate new networking techniques and technologies in the future. According TeleGeography Research, the research division of PriMetrica, average world...
Sonos, which sells wireless, multi-room home audio systems, has introduced new software that allows users to access Sirius Internet Radio. Called "Sonos System Software v 2.3," the new offering enables Sonos owners with Sirius subscriptions to access Sirius programming and control their listening wi...
Electronic Arts appears to have scored a touchdown with its "Madden NFL '08," the latest iteration of the 18-year-old video game franchise that hit store shelves Tuesday. Reviewers have generally lauded "'08" as a marked improvement over the last few editions of the game, but some give an edge to ga...
Satellite TV provider DirecTV is making a move on the high-speed broadband over powerline market. The company announced a wholesale distribution agreement with BPL provider Current Group Wednesday. In addition to letting DirecTV sell Current's broadband services, the agreement also lets DirecTV rese...
Portable hard disk drives aren't the sexiest computer peripherals in the world. They're pretty much a small box with an LED or two on them. Most disk makers have been content staying inside that box when they design their drives, but not SimpleTech. The company, which was purchased in February by Fa...
The face of the Internet is rapidly changing. For instance, Web maps are no longer about finding your house online. A few years ago, map-making power remained in the hands of specialists. Today, map-making power is within everyone's grasp. In the past two years, Web giants like Google, Microsoft and...
Clunky old batteries may soon be a thing of the past thanks to a new energy-storage device that looks and feels like a scrap of paper. Developed by a team of researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, the nanoengineered battery is 90 percent cellulose, made up of the same plant cells used in n...
After a suffering a setback last month when the Federal Communications Commission found flaws in a new Microsoft-produced wireless broadband device that could enable the use of the so-called white spaces in radio spectrum airwaves for high-speed Internet traffic, the Redmond-based software giant is ...
Last week, I was in San Francisco on a panel moderated by Rackable Systems at LinuxWorld, and not only did I walk away alive, I was impressed by the solid work that was being done at the event and amazed at how well Microsoft was fitting in. The new iMacs were announced, and it is becoming increasin...
The casual gaming industry appears to be passing "Go" and preparing to collect its figurative $200 with a new partnership announced Friday by Electronic Arts and Hasbro to create digital versions of many of the classic board games generations have grown up on. The agreement grants EA the exclusive w...
More than 1 million gamers have plunked down their $60 to preorder one of the most anticipated video games this year, "Halo 3," Microsoft announced Thursday. With a little more than one month to go before the game's release Sept. 25 on the Xbox 360, the latest installment in the "Halo" franchise has...
President Bush signed into law Thursday the America Competes Act, designed to boost research and education in math and the sciences through a funding package of about $42 billion. The bill aims to bolster basic research in the physical sciences, to improve instruction in math at the elementary and m...
This week, Dr. Gordon Lithgow, associate professor at the Buck Institute, showed up in San Francisco and spoke to a packed house on aging, new technologies and why interdisciplinary connections are helping to unravel the mysteries of growing old. While politics often slows down progress, computer sc...
The same week the world learned Microsoft had shaved $50 off the price of its Xbox 360 next-generation gaming console, the company also rolled out refreshed versions of its Xbox 360 Premium models. Consumers picking up the consoles from now on will receive a high-definition multimedia interface port...
It's now a well-known fact that on the Internet, no one knows you're a dog, but when it comes to Internet telephony, the bigger concern is that no one might know where you are either. Dial 911 for emergency assistance, and you could be out of luck, as some well-publicized lawsuits have shown. Voice ...