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Let's face it, most software that's packaged with Windows PCs is junk. It's either too feeble to do much of anything, or a try-me version that, should you use it in earnest, will hold your data hostage when its trial period expires. One program that I've found to be an exception to that rule, though...
I know a lot of you will be spending time with your families and, if you are like me, you may be looking for some things to talk about that aren't religion or politics but just as likely to result in a heated holiday "discussion." Since the iPod, Apple's valuation has shot up like a rocket, while Mi...
With the introduction of the California Solar Initiative -- due to go into effect January 1 -- solar photovoltaic industry firms are scrambling to adjust to changes in application processes, rebate pricing, and energy efficiency and metering requirements. Some are using California as a test bed for ...
There are only 10 days left in 2006, ample time to review -- and hopefully learn from -- past mistakes, including at least five policy blunders that should not have happened in California this year. For example, by preemptively classifying nanotech products as "hazardous materials," Berkeley politic...
Microsoft has fixed at least one of the issues with the Zune digital media player: a compatibility problem with Windows Vista, its new operating system scheduled for release on Jan. 30. The patch may not be enough to turn around poor holiday sales of the software giant's so-called iPod-killer, thoug...
Sony BMG on Tuesday settled lawsuits with consumers in Texas and California whose computers were infected with spyware hidden on CDs. The attorneys general of both states filed lawsuits last year charging the music giant with unfair business practices and violations of anti-spyware statutes. Each st...
Coming to computer stores in the not-too-distant future will be a new type of PC. It will not have a hard drive, and the operating system will be burned onto a chip, making malware manipulations and viruses problems of the past. This trend toward solid-state PCs is being driven, in part, by security...
Nintendo is providing Wii users with a beta version of Opera's Web browser that has been specifically developed for Wii games and software. Wii's customer base -- a huge group, considering the product has been on the market for barely a month -- will be able to download the beta starting Friday in ...
Samsung Electronics' latest mobile phone sports a gaming element -- a joystick. The company on Tuesday released the SCH-V960, which features a unique "optical joystick" to help users navigate the wireless device's menu and user interface. Unlike most cellular devices -- which depend on the use of a ...
Two Republican lawmakers launched an initiative on Tuesday to overturn a voter-approved amendment protecting embryonic stem cell research in Missouri. Rep. Jim Lembke and Sen. Matt Bartlett hope to replace the amendment with a constitutional ban on a specific research method: embryonic cloning. Miss...
NASA Ames Research Center signed a Space Act Agreement with Google on Monday that may pave the way for the search giant to explore space. The organizations will collaborate on a variety of challenging technical problems ranging from large-scale data management and massively distributed computing to ...
Skype's founders, Janus Friis and Niklas Zennstrom, reportedly plan to launch a new Web-based broadband television service next year. The two have invested part of the US$2.6 billion they made from the sale of their VoIP company to eBay to develop the new service. Codenamed "the Venice Project," it ...
I spent much of last week in Brazil watching five South American University teams show prototypes of their ideas on what the majority of the world needs in personal computing hardware and services. In addition, last week Congress once again went after HP -- but this time seemed to step in front of t...
Some 450 leaders from the U.S. renewable industry's policy, financial and technology sectors assembled on Capitol Hill on November 29-30, meeting with members of Congress and government agency officials during the American Council on Renewable Energy's fifth annual national policy conference. Broadb...
Rep. Charles Rangel, D-N.Y., caused a political firestorm recently when he said he wanted to reinstate a military draft. His radical proposal brings to light a growing theme that both political parties should consider very closely. In a world where science provides better health and improves the pro...
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