IDG has some interesting details on just how Google plans to work this whole free WiFi thing, including their efforts at interoperability with device makers such as Sony, Motorola, Nintendo, Siemens, and Philips. Apparently, a few development groups are even coming to Google “behind [their] CEO’s back” in instances of potential voice applications for the […]

Would the opening greeting on “Saturday Night Live” sound as compelling if it began “Live plus 24 hours from New York” or “Live plus seven days from New York”? That is the multibillion-dollar question being asked on Madison Avenue as agencies and advertisers consider the implications of new data from Nielsen Media Research on television […]

As part of Microsoft’s attempt to make the Web omnipresent, the company announced a new service that will connect boaters to the Internet. Seafaring Web surfers can stay connected 25 miles from land thanks to a partnership struck between Redmond, Wash.-based Microsoft and antenna maker KVH Industries. KVH’s Mobile Internet Receiver will connect users of […]

SAN FRANCISCO–In 1970, 20-year-old student Bill Sagan had his first real brush with rock and roll history at an early Led Zeppelin concert at Chicago’s fabled Aragon Ballroom. Now the entrepreneur owns one of rock’s biggest treasure troves of recorded shows by Zeppelin and other history-making bands, and he’s beginning to share it freely online. […]

MediaLooks releases Video Mixer - a DirectShow filter for real-time mixing of several video streams from various sources. The Video Mixer will be added to the family of high performance DirectShow filters by MediaLooks.

Microsoft has confirmed the existence of a flaw in its USB 2.0 drivers for Windows XP Service Pack 2 that can cause a notebook to consume power at a faster-than-expected rate when using a peripheral device. When a peripheral device was connected to a USB (universal serial bus) 2.0 port, the notebook’s battery life plunged […]

A wave of consolidation is sweeping the IT industry, and many open source business applications will be left behind when customers pare down their suppliers, an SAP executive predicted on Wednesday.

“Consumers Should Not Use New Google Desktop”, warns the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF). A new feature on Google’s new desktop version, called Search Across Computer “greatly increases the risk to consumer privacy”, according to the EFF, a non-profit organisation that aims to protect civil liberties in the networked world. The new tool will store copies […]

Microsoft has launched an attack on the European Commission, accusing it of disregarding evidence and denying due process. In a response filed to the European Commission on Wednesday afternoon, the software giant explained why it believes that it has complied with the 2004 antitrust ruling. In the filing, Microsoft claims that the EC had not […]

We’re all about any invention that gives our displays more realistic, brighter pictures, so a new technology called multi-primary by Israeli startup Genoa Color Technologies that promises a 40% increase in brightness over traditional LCDs along with what sounds like an impressive 35% expansion of the “visible color gamut” has us understandably excited. GCT has […]

This is quite a useful little device. The Belkin USB Anywhere allows you to you connect two USB devices to transfer files without the need for a PC.

It’s not just music that sells at iTunes, audio books have a sizeable chunk of the download market, with some of the biggest sellers actually being erotic material. Think about that next time you see someone with an iPod on a train! With this in mind, Audible has launched a monthly sex podcast hosted by “legendary […]

Mark your calendar for February 17, 2009. That’s the date set by Congress, as part of a sweeping budget-cutting bill, that broadcasters will be mandated to shut down their analog broadcasts (both the Senate and broadcasters had previously agreed to the date, so the bill now only awaits the President’s signature to become law). However, […]

Dell and Google confirmed on Tuesday they are testing a pre-installed package of Google software on Dell computers, in a potential blow to Microsoft’s dominance of desktop software. Bob Kaufman, a spokesman for Dell said his company is evaluating Google software that PC customers could use to search both the public Web and for local […]

Remember recently we told you about ShoZu? If you missed it, it’s a mobile utility that lets you send your mobile images straight to an online gallery, saving you money on distributing your latest snaps to your friends. Nice thing - and now it’s been improved with more functionality. ShoZu still lets you add your pictures […]