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School children will have to take the "P" out of whatever mnemonic they use to help them remember the solar system's planet lineup. That's because astronomers decided on Thursday to nix Pluto from the group of nine planets under historic new guidelines that downsize the solar system. The Internation...
Cisco sealed a deal this week to buy another consumer-oriented technology company, this time acquiring video-on-demand player Arroyo Video Solutions for US$92 million. The Arroyo buy is representative of the dominant networking gear maker's overall effort to connect to homes the way it has to busine...
Samsung Electronics on Sunday announced the first 70-inch LCD panel aimed at the consumer marketplace. Until now, Sharp offered the largest LCD TV screen, at 65 inches. Samsung will demonstrate its 70-inch LCD HDTV at the International Meeting on Information Displays 2006, which will open in Daegu, ...
SanDisk on Monday unveiled the 8-gigabyte Sansa e280, which offers audio, photo viewing and video clip playback capabilities at a price tag of US$249.99. The e280 is the latest in SanDisk's product lineup designed to compete with Apple's market-leading iPod. The device sports a microSD expansion slo...
Last week had its share of crazy news in what has become a very interesting period for the PC business. You only have to go to the Web to see the warning signs of an apocalyptic event, like spoofing on Apple and Intel, Microsoft and Lawrence Lessig launching a new open copyright tool, and an Apple u...
Sony will continue to rule the video game kingdom through 2011 with its Playstation 3 console, research firm Yankee Group forecast this week. However, it will be sharing more of the market with Microsoft and Nintendo as growth slows for unit shipments among consoles overall. With 44 percent of the c...
U.S. District Judge Anna Diggs Taylor of Detroit has ruled that the Bush Administration's warrantless wiretapping program -- uncovered by a media investigation some eight months ago -- is unconstitutional. Civil libertarians are hailing the decision as a major victory. The suit, brought by the Ameri...
This week, the U.S. State Department began rolling out "e-passports," new high-tech documents that bolster border security through identity safeguards. In a dangerous world, upgrading passports is prudent policy that serves the interests of Americans at home and abroad, but not everyone is happy wit...
AOL continued its string of acquisitions this week with its purchase of video game publisher GameDaily. The move prompted speculation on AOL's larger strategy, as well as confusion over how the technology and content pieces will fit together for the venerable Internet company. The GameDaily deal, f...
New developments are shaping the high definition DVD landscape. The latest news in the evolving Blu-ray vs. HD DVD format battle comes from Sony, which this week said Japan and the United States will share the same region code for Blu-ray disc players. The company also announced that it has started ...
The United States government began issuing new electronic passports this week that include radio frequency identification technology (RFID) to store citizens' personal information. The U.S. State Department referred in its announcement to the use of biometric technology and "a contactless chip," the...
Is identity theft on the rise, or is it a problem that has been vastly overhyped? Recent incidents of lost or stolen laptops have focused public attention on the huge amount of personal information that can very easily make its way outside the control of corporate IT. However, in spite of so many in...
In what appears to be a victory for plaintiffs, a decision was made last week to consolidate seventeen class action lawsuits against telecom providers that are cooperating with the U.S. government's widespread surveillance of its customers. These cases will be moved to the California federal court w...
In the wake of a foiled terrorism plot targeting aircraft departing from Great Britain, European researchers are pushing hard to create a non-hijackable plane. The security program could combat on-board threats by 2008. The non-hijackable plane would feature technology designed to serve as a last ba...
Microsoft announced on Monday a new set of development tools aimed at allowing the average user to create game content for its Xbox 360 console. The software giant hopes its new XNA Game Studio Express software and support will spur games innovation, develop new talent and generally change the way v...
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