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A Chicago man faces the possibility of three years in prison for leaking four episodes of the Fox show "24" onto the Internet before they had aired on prime-time TV. Jorge Romero, 24, is accused of uploading the first two episodes of this season's "24" onto LiveDigital.com on Jan. 6, and doing the s...
The high-def DVD format wars took a turn Monday when Sony, backer of Blu-ray DVD technology, announced it has cut the price of a Blu-ray disc player by $100. The company's latest model, the second-generation BDP-S300 available next week, will now sell for $499. "The BD format gained great momentum i...
Last week, history was made. Steve Jobs and Bill Gates were physically on stage together -- for just the second time ever -- in what many have described as something of a love fest, with Bill repeatedly praising the Mac. Kind of makes you wonder what the two of them could have done as close partners...
NASA Administrator Michael Griffin stirred up a maelstrom Thursday when he said he's not convinced global warming is a problem humans should try to solve. On the very same day that President Bush announced his widely disparaged proposal for tackling global warming -- a plan many have called a delay ...
Just a week ahead of the Group of Eight summit to be held in Germany next week, President Bush Thursday outlined his own proposal to combat global warming. A group of 15 or so nations will be invited to a meeting in the United States this fall as part of a plan to agree upon a global target for redu...
Many technology analysts and gadget lovers found themselves this week scratching their heads, rubbing their chins, squinting their eyes and exhibiting other signs of uncertainty about the need for, and future of Palm's latest device, the Foleo. Billed by Palm as a "smartphone companion product," the...
At $30 million a ticket for orbital space travel and about $200,000 for suborbital trips, demand can only go so far. Before space tourism can really take off -- so to speak -- prices are going to have to come down, and that may require a new business model. While many early efforts have been single-...
Microsoft has taken the touchscreen PC concept in a new direction, amping it up with a 30-inch screen, giving it five eyes and turning it horizontal to create a coffee table that can sense multiple touches at the same time. Based on Windows Vista and called "Microsoft Surface," the new computer can ...
Antispyware legislation awaiting Senate action offers little promise of meaningful prosecution against violators, said Ron O'Brien, a senior security analyst with antispyware firm Sophos. The U.S. House of Representatives has passed an antispyware bill that would impose specific penalties for scamme...
Microsoft garnered a lot of buzz this week after reports broke the software giant had shipped its 1 millionth Zune -- putting it ahead of a company goal set shortly after it launched its MP3 player in November. However, those reports apparently were jumping the gun. Microsoft exec Robbie Bach was er...
Sony has developed a display screen so thin it can bend like a piece of paper while at the same time showing full-color video. In the continuing race to shrink the size of gadgets while increasing the amount of cutting-edge technology crammed inside, Sony has topped its competitors with the release ...
Demand is high for a super system that can promise protection from external threats while organizations' networks, data and software applications become increasingly interconnected. Since Cisco Systems coined the term and released its first "network access control" system in 2003, interest in NACs h...
The PS3 hasn't been doing well. It has been getting thrashed by the Xbox 360 and the Wii. To add insult to injury, even the PS2 has outsold it -- and it's obsolete. It now looks like Sony is executing a comeback plan, and that the PS3 may be looking interesting again. The Microsoft patent thing tha...
Recent press reports have indicated that a managed copy specification -- supported by the Advanced Access Content System that provides the copy-prevention system on HD DVD and Blu-ray discs -- may be nearing reality. Details, however, are few and far between. The AACS has acknowledged that it is tal...
Web surfers all too familiar with the distorted-letter tests that accompany so many site registration forms today can now take heart -- the time they spend on those tests is being put to good use. Thanks to a project at Carnegie Mellon University, a new version of those pesky CAPTCHA tests makes the...
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