http://www.miamiherald.com/business/technology/index.html http://media.miamiherald.com/images/logos/rss_sitelogo.gif http://www.miamiherald.com/business/technology/index.html 140 25 News, sports and entertainment from MiamiHerald.com en-us Copyright 2009 MiamiHerald.com Technology 60 Mon, 09 Nov 2009 17:56:10 EST http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss McClatchy Interactive's PubSys miamifeedback@miamiherald.com http://www.miamiherald.com/business/technology/story/1324442.html http://www.miamiherald.com/business/technology/story/1324442.html Mon, 09 Nov 2009 12:47 EST Google Inc. is buying mobile advertising network AdMob for $750 million, underscoring the Internet search leader's determination to ensure its marketing machine reaches the growing number of people surfing the Web on phones. http://www.miamiherald.com/business/technology/story/1324428.html http://www.miamiherald.com/business/technology/story/1324428.html Mon, 09 Nov 2009 12:47 EST The social networking Web site Tagged.com has adopted reforms on the use of invitation e-mails after being accused of essentially stealing the e-mail addresses of some 60 million Internet users, state Attorney General Andrew Cuomo announced Monday. http://www.miamiherald.com/business/technology/story/1324807.html http://www.miamiherald.com/business/technology/story/1324807.html Mon, 09 Nov 2009 16:32 EST Electronic Arts plans to cut its work force by 17 percent as it tries to align its business with a transforming video game industry. http://www.miamiherald.com/business/technology/story/1323112.html http://www.miamiherald.com/business/technology/story/1323112.html Sun, 08 Nov 2009 12:10 EST In a bid to sell living room electronics and spur buzz for "Cloudy with A Chance of Meatballs," Sony Corp. is offering the movie for free to U.S. buyers of its Internet-connected TVs and Blu-ray players starting Monday. http://www.miamiherald.com/business/technology/story/1321698.html http://www.miamiherald.com/business/technology/story/1321698.html Sat, 07 Nov 2009 11:55 EST With the technology industry looking on, the Supreme Court on Monday will explore what types of inventions should be eligible for a patent in a pivotal case that could undermine such legal protections for software. http://www.miamiherald.com/business/technology/story/1320645.html http://www.miamiherald.com/business/technology/story/1320645.html Fri, 06 Nov 2009 16:48 EST AT&T Inc. said Friday that its acquisition of smaller wireless carrier Centennial Communications Corp., has closed after several delays due to the regulatory process. http://www.miamiherald.com/business/technology/story/1320537.html http://www.miamiherald.com/business/technology/story/1320537.html Fri, 06 Nov 2009 16:03 EST Video game publisher Electronic Arts Inc. reports earnings for its fiscal second quarter, which ended in September, on Monday after the market closes. The following is a summary of key developments and analyst opinion related to the period. http://www.miamiherald.com/business/technology/story/1320513.html http://www.miamiherald.com/business/technology/story/1320513.html Fri, 06 Nov 2009 15:48 EST Massachusetts has received about $2 million in federal stimulus funding to help identify the speed and location of broadband services in the state over the next five years. http://www.miamiherald.com/business/technology/story/1320410.html http://www.miamiherald.com/business/technology/story/1320410.html Fri, 06 Nov 2009 15:19 EST A federal judge has temporarily blocked two music-sharing Web sites from selling songs by The Beatles and other artists for 25 cents apiece. http://www.miamiherald.com/business/technology/story/1320356.html http://www.miamiherald.com/business/technology/story/1320356.html Fri, 06 Nov 2009 14:49 EST Windstream Corp.'s acquisition of D&E Communications Inc. phone and Internet company has the approval of Pennsylvania state utility regulators. http://www.miamiherald.com/business/technology/story/1320150.html http://www.miamiherald.com/business/technology/story/1320150.html Fri, 06 Nov 2009 12:39 EST EBay Inc. has settled a legal skirmish with the founders of Skype that threatened to complicate eBay's plans to sell most of the Internet phone service to a group of investors for $2 billion. http://www.miamiherald.com/business/technology/story/1320117.html http://www.miamiherald.com/business/technology/story/1320117.html Fri, 06 Nov 2009 13:09 EST Disabled with severe cerebral palsy, 32-year-old Anne Lamic spends her days in southeastern France mostly in bed, surrounded by stuffed animals and dolls. She cannot speak or walk, and she sometimes has seizures. http://www.miamiherald.com/business/technology/story/1320105.html http://www.miamiherald.com/business/technology/story/1320105.html Fri, 06 Nov 2009 12:19 EST Internet speeds in more than four-fifths of Minnesota are too slow to support technologies that could draw new jobs, take cars off the roads and bring new services to people in their homes, a new report said Friday. http://www.miamiherald.com/business/technology/story/1320008.html http://www.miamiherald.com/business/technology/story/1320008.html Fri, 06 Nov 2009 11:39 EST This holiday season's biggest entertainment blockbuster likely will be a sequel to a popular franchise, with jarring depictions of war and an intricate story of good versus evil. It could easily rake in more than last year's record $155 million opening weekend for "The Dark Knight." http://www.miamiherald.com/business/technology/reviews/story/1324124.html http://www.miamiherald.com/business/technology/reviews/story/1324124.html Mon, 09 Nov 2009 08:37 EST WHAT: Motorola Droid, sold by Verizon<p/>FEATURES: Runs on Google's Android 2.0 mobile operating system. Has 16 gigabytes of memory, a 5-megapixel camera with flash and options for photo effects, and slides open to reveal a full QWERTY keyboard. http://www.miamiherald.com/business/technology/reviews/story/1314213.html http://www.miamiherald.com/business/technology/reviews/story/1314213.html Tue, 03 Nov 2009 15:52 EST The software and equipment lets users insert themselves into short movie clips -- such as Forrest Gump, The Godfather and Ferris Bueller's Day Off -- with the original actor removed from the scene. http://www.miamiherald.com/business/technology/reviews/story/1301813.html http://www.miamiherald.com/business/technology/reviews/story/1301813.html Tue, 27 Oct 2009 01:00 EDT PRODUCT: Garmin Nüvifone G60, sold by AT&T<p/>FEATURES: GPS navigation with preloaded maps, e-mail and texting, 3-megapixel camera, Internet browser. It comes with a car mount, but no car charger. http://www.miamiherald.com/business/technology/reviews/story/1290973.html http://www.miamiherald.com/business/technology/reviews/story/1290973.html Tue, 20 Oct 2009 08:07 EDT Product: Windows 7 operating system<p/>Features: Several new features, including libraries, taskbar icons instead of tabs, jump lists instead of recent documents, and XP Mode, which allows users to run a virtual version of Windows XP in the background. If you have other Windows 7 computers, you can set up Homegroups to share whatever documents you want between computers without having to move files into public folders. http://www.miamiherald.com/business/technology/reviews/story/1245269.html http://www.miamiherald.com/business/technology/reviews/story/1245269.html Tue, 22 Sep 2009 01:00 EDT Instead of typing in your credit card information when shopping online, swipe a credit card through the SmartSwipe while at the payment screen, and the forms for credit card information will be filled out and encrypted. http://www.miamiherald.com/business/technology/reviews/story/1244541.html http://www.miamiherald.com/business/technology/reviews/story/1244541.html Mon, 21 Sep 2009 16:27 EDT Product: NetSecure SmartSwipe, a personal USB credit card reader for online shopping<p/>Features: Instead of typing in your credit card information when shopping online, swipe a credit card through the SmartSwipe while at the payment screen, and the forms for credit card information will be filled out and encrypted. http://www.miamiherald.com/business/technology/reviews/story/1211756.html http://www.miamiherald.com/business/technology/reviews/story/1211756.html Tue, 01 Sep 2009 01:00 EDT This is the ideal gadget for parents wanting to monitor teen drivers . . . or good for spying on anyone, for that matter. http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/video-games/story/1071234.html http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/video-games/story/1071234.html Sat, 30 May 2009 03:01 EDT The video-game store looks more like a multiplex during the summer months, with just about every blockbuster action movie getting an interactive tie-in. More than half of the films on last week's box-office top 10 list have related games. Next weekend, you'll be able to watch Pixar's Up on the big screen, then grab the game on your way home. http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/video-games/story/540387.html http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/video-games/story/540387.html Tue, 20 May 2008 16:29 EDT The Nintendo Wii has already done what video game naysayers said couldn't be done -- get children and adults off the couch with active games such as Wii Sports. The innovative Wii Fit takes it a step farther by creating a virtual gym in your living room that helps families incorporate fitness, as well as the escapist fun of video games, into their daily routine. http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/video-games/story/516647.html http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/video-games/story/516647.html Fri, 02 May 2008 03:01 EDT Grand Theft Auto IV is all about the American Dream. An immigrant comes to this country with dreams of escaping his past and building his fortunes. But instead of finding streets paved in gold, he finds a city where hookers and hustlers work the streets and crime is a way of life and the only way to survive. http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/video-games/story/249801.html http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/video-games/story/249801.html Fri, 05 Oct 2007 18:05 EDT The gamers stood in line for hours, from Los Angeles to Miami. Three years without a Halo fix and the day finally arrived. At 12:01 a.m. Tuesday, thousands of fans rushed inside stores across the nation to reach the holy grail of video games - a copy of Halo 3. Was it worth the wait? http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/video-games/story/248649.html http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/video-games/story/248649.html Mon, 24 Sep 2007 13:00 EDT The week belongs to Halo 3. Does it really matter what else is out in stores? For those few gamers without the Halo fever, CSI 4: Hard Evidence is also debuting. http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/video-games/story/241194.html http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/video-games/story/241194.html Mon, 17 Sep 2007 20:10 EDT This week the Sims franchise comes to the Wii, street racing gets Juiced and composer Frederic Chopin stars in Eternal Sonata. http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/video-games/story/232885.html http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/video-games/story/232885.html Mon, 10 Sep 2007 19:35 EDT Gamers are in for a tough choice this week: competing NHL titles, a promising action-adventure game for the Playstation 3 and a skateboarding simulator. Decisions, decisions, decisions. http://www.miamiherald.com/business/technology/story/1324250.html http://www.miamiherald.com/business/technology/story/1324250.html Mon, 09 Nov 2009 10:37 EST A judge has given Google Inc. more time to revise a legal settlement that has drawn government scrutiny because it would give the Internet search leader the digital rights to millions of out-of-print books. http://www.miamiherald.com/business/technology/story/1324232.html http://www.miamiherald.com/business/technology/story/1324232.html Mon, 09 Nov 2009 12:47 EST As its packaged video games business lags, Electronic Arts Inc. has snapped up Playfish Inc., the creator of popular social networking games such as "Who Has the Biggest Brain" and "Pet Society," for $275 million in cash. http://www.miamiherald.com/business/technology/story/1324124.html http://www.miamiherald.com/business/technology/story/1324124.html Mon, 09 Nov 2009 08:37 EST WHAT: Motorola Droid, sold by Verizon<p/>FEATURES: Runs on Google's Android 2.0 mobile operating system. Has 16 gigabytes of memory, a 5-megapixel camera with flash and options for photo effects, and slides open to reveal a full QWERTY keyboard. http://www.miamiherald.com/business/technology/story/1323128.html http://www.miamiherald.com/business/technology/story/1323128.html Sun, 08 Nov 2009 12:25 EST Of all the sinister things that Internet viruses do, this might be the worst: They can make you an unsuspecting collector of child pornography. http://www.miamiherald.com/business/technology/story/1323128.html http://www.miamiherald.com/business/technology/story/1323128.html Sun, 08 Nov 2009 12:25 EST Of all the sinister things that Internet viruses do, this might be the worst: They can make you an unsuspecting collector of child pornography.