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  • Baidu deal may be first step in linking to licensed music
    An announcement earlier this week that seemed to indicate that China's Baidu would start linking to licensed music downloads may not have been the major step it first appeared to be for the search company.
  • Telepresence interoperability tests bode well for Cisco
    Interoperability issues, one of the downsides of Cisco telepresence, could fade in the background with the company’s purchase of Tandberg based on public interoperability tests this week.
  • Cisco telepresence cuts near $1M in travel costs for law firm
    Sprawling international law firm DLA Piper has upgraded from videoconferencing to telepresence that will save the firm nearly $1 million dollars per year in reduced travel costs and lost productivity.
  • Sanyo Xacti VPC-FH1
    The Sanyo Xacti VPC-FH1 is a low-priced digital camcorder ($500 as of 9/25/2009) that delivers good-looking video and stills, with image quality just slightly trailing that of HD camcorders priced nearly three times as much.
  • Standard eyed for connecting gadgets to high-def TVs
    Several major consumer electronics companies have started working together to develop a common interface for hooking up cell phones and portable gadgets to TV sets.
  • Kobe Bryant motivates tech companies in China
    NBA star Kobe Bryant, who is hugely popular in China, shared motivational words with Chinese technology start-ups and other small businesses at a forum in the country on Friday.
  • OpenTV opens way to behavioral advertising on the TV
    OpenTV will open up its TV measurement platform to third parties, which it hopes will developers will embrace for next-generation set-top boxes that track detailed information about viewers' behavior, it said on Tuesday.
  • Sony's Party-shot can aim the camera, snap pictures for you
    Auto focus, auto flash, scene selection and even smile detection. Today's cameras have automated just about everything involved in snapping a picture but still require someone to point them. Not any longer. Sony has developed a base unit for cameras that swivels them around through 360 degrees and tilts them up and down to follow people in a room and, when the time is right, snap a picture.
  • Barnes & Noble: Please Avoid These Kindle Mistakes
    Now that Barnes & Noble has unveiled its plans for an e-book reader and an e-book store to take on rivals such as Amazon.com and Sony, we want to get them out the door on the right track.
  • World of Warcraft awaits China's approval to relaunch
    The relaunch of the popular online game World of Warcraft in China, where it has already been offline for six weeks, still faces an indefinite delay as it awaits government approval for its content.
  • US video game sales sink in June, biggest drop in 9 years
    Sales of video game hardware and software were down by around one-third in June compared to the same month last year, according to data released late Thursday. After initially showing positive growth as the U.S. slid into recession, the latest figures mark the fourth month of declines and the largest year-on-year decline in almost 9 years.
  • Bowlingual dog-emotion translator is back
    The Bowlingual, a gadget that analyzes a dog's bark to detect its emotion, is being relaunched.
  • Star Trek-like universal translator a step closer
    The first iterations of something akin to the universal translators used on Star Trek may soon be arriving via your smartphone.
  • IBM, Qwest team on managed services
    IBM and Qwest have signed a five-year agreement that will give Qwest customers access to several IBM managed services targeted at medium-sized businesses.
  • Casio's latest Exilim snaps 1,000 pictures before a recharge
    Swimwear and suntan lotion? Check. Camera? Check. Camera charger? No need. There's a lot to remember when packing for vacation but a new digital camera from Casio could mean one less thing in your baggage.
  • Play Wii Games From a Hard Drive? Here's How
    Warning, I haven't personally transmogrified my Wii into a spindle-free digital data bucket (without holes, Dear Liza, Dear Liza) but it's one heck of a bold little hack if it works. Per this Gawker Media tipster, who got it from a guy who either owns or actually is Che Guevera reincarnated as a bulldog, if you're feeling equally intrepid, here's the do-it-yourself scoop.
  • Air Force responds to GPS outage concerns
    The sky isn't falling and neither is the Global Positioning System, the U.S. Air Force said during a Twitter news conference. "No, the GPS will not go down," tweeted Col. Dave Buckman of the Air Force's Space Command. "GAO points out, there is potential risk associated with a degradation in GPS performance."
  • Microsoft adds Netflix to Windows Media Center
    Microsoft is adding Netflix to the list of content providers in its Windows Media Center feature for Vista PCs as part of the company's drive to give people more entertainment options on their computers.
  • Toshiba sues Imation and others over DVD patents
    Toshiba filed suit Thursday in a U.S. court against Imation and several manufacturers and distributors of recordable DVD media for the alleged infringement of its patents.
  • Video game sales plummet 17% in April?
    So there's bad news, and then there's some more bad news. First, the bad news: April video game sales are poised to clock in around US$550 million, down 17% year-over-year, says Wedbush Morgan analyst Michael Pachter.
  • Pioneer sets out plan to return to profitability
    Struggling electronics company Pioneer has outlined a number of ventures and investments as part of its plan to turn its business around and return to profitability.
  • EarthLink suffers Earth Day crash
    EarthLink was hit with a major outage today, with EarthLink users unable to access their e-mail or any Web pages hosted by the company.
  • Wii console sales hit 8 million in Japan as growth slows
    Sales of Nintendo's Wii console have passed 8 million in Japan, according to data released on Wednesday.
  • 3D LCD TVs that don't require glasses coming soon
    Within the next few years, companies from Taiwan may begin selling LCD TVs with 3D (three-dimensional) viewing technology that does not require the special glasses normally used in movie theaters to show 3D films.
  • Dell expands managed service for SMBs
    Dell has announced the nationwide availability of a managed service offering for SMBs, designed to remotely monitor and fix IT problems.

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