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As wireless operator networks carry more and more multimedia traffic, they must solve a basic problem: how to ensure that each application receives the appropriate level of service. Each layer of a multilayer protocol is good for some applications but bad for others. Today, operators can use a new "...
Google has launched Google Voice Local Search, an experimental directory assistance service using speech recognition over telephones that allows people to search for local businesses. Callers could dial in from any phone to use the free, voice-activated service, which is available on the experimenta...
Environmentalists were jubilant last week when the Supreme Court ruled that the Environmental Protection Agency could regulate automobile emissions, and now a trial beginning Tuesday in Vermont could carry that momentum even further. Vermont is one of 10 other states that have chosen to follow Calif...
As part of its latest enhancement to the Xbox 360, Microsoft announced Monday it is bringing Windows Live Messenger instant messaging features to Xbox Live, letting gamers text chat with more than 200 million Windows Live Messenger users. The new IM feature, which will be delivered in a firmware upd...
Flash memory maker Sandisk has partnered with Yahoo to help provide music services for its Sansa Connect digital audio player. Unlike other players in an increasingly crowded music player market, Sansa Connect is a WiFi-enabled portable MP3 player that allows users to listen to Internet radio, downl...
Mountain View, Calif.-based Dash Navigation is recruiting 2,000 drivers to "road test" the company's Dash Express automotive GPS, a unit that automatically connects to the Internet to provide real-time traffic conditions and other information for motorists. Dash just finished a six-month field trial...
Sometimes it really is about competition and changing the game. In the business space, victory in the race to be the most green has been awarded to one company, while another -- with Al Gore on the board -- continues to come in last. Ever since Apple launched the iPod, companies have been trying to ...
Drought trends that have affected the American Southwest in recent years are likely to get worse in upcoming decades, according to a new study from Columbia University. Using projections from 19 different climate models, the study's authors found that there is widespread agreement that southwestern ...
Leading IT vendors have proposed a new Fiber Channel over Ethernet standard to the T11 Committee of the American National Standards Institute. The new FCoE specification is designed to let organizations transmit Storage Area Network traffic over Ethernet networks, which would give organizations more...
Hewlett-Packard's purchase last year of high-end gaming PC maker VoodooPC is beginning to bear fruit as the computing and printing giant is now offering previews of advanced game technologies it might soon bring to market. These are likely to include groundbreaking devices and applications such as a...
The Supreme Court's Massachusetts v. Environmental Protection Agency ruling has environmentalists jubilant, and if they are willing to admit it, Bush administration critics indulging in a bit of Schadenfreude. In a 5-4 decision, the Court found that the Environmental Protection Agency in fact does h...
A December 2006 geomagnetic storm from the sun wreaked havoc on the Global Positioning System, a satellite-based navigational system used widely by the U.S. military, scientists and civilians, researchers reported Wednesday. The solar storm interfered with a variety of technologies including wireles...
Although digital still camera makers are making great strides in improving the video capabilities of their products, they still have some distance to go before they catch up with conventional camcorders. Sure, we'd all like to haul around less tech when documenting our lives, but for now, two camera...
It didn't take long for the U.S. EPA to react to the Supreme Court's Massachusetts v. Environmental Protection Agency ruling. The agency announced that California can move forward with its plans to reduce tailpipe emissions from cars, light trucks and sport utility vehicles -- in effect, setting the...
Josh Wolf, an independent and freelance video blogger who refused to turn over his footage of a San Francisco street protest and testify about it to a grand jury, is now out of jail after spending a record-setting 226 days behind bars. Wolf spent more time in jail than any other journalist being hel...
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