Summary box: Google gives give new reason to worry
RED FLAG: Although its growth rate remains impressive, Google's earnings missed analyst estimates and CEO Eric Schmidt acknowledged the economic climate is "challenging."
RED FLAG: Although its growth rate remains impressive, Google's earnings missed analyst estimates and CEO Eric Schmidt acknowledged the economic climate is "challenging."
Sea Launch Co. has launched a new satellite for Dish Network Corp.
Thirty years ago, as new computing and communications technology started to come to the fore, technology researchers and analysts began to talk confidently about the coming paperless society.
Do you still think of your personal computer as "The Computer?" If you do then chances are you're not taking advantage of what it really is.
A sanctioned version of Scrabble for Facebook, released this week by video game maker Electronic Arts Inc., boasts animated graphics and true-to-the-board-game design.
Fitting a DJ booth into a product the size of a Sony PSP requires some compromises in design and features, but the end result, the Tonium Pacemaker, is a new breed of DJ tech that is sure to make some fans. And the Pacemaker's minimal, matte black aesthetic is enough to make any red-blooded gadget hound salivate, regardless of DJ skill.
It's been over a year and a half since Sony launched its PS3 and it still hasn't released an official Bluetooth headset. What's a trash-talking, Internet-ready gamer to do? We round up some of the best third-party Bluetooth headsets and run them through the gauntlet to see which one deserves your hard-earned green.
A green roller coaster twists above the entrance to the Children's Museum of Pittsburgh. But this attraction isn't for human riders - the coaster's cars are filled with plants and a solar panel that triggers the ride to stop and start.
Blind people generally use computers with the help of screen-reader software, but those products can cost more than $1,000, so they're not exactly common on public PCs at libraries or Internet cafes. Now a free new Web-based program for the blind aims to improve the situation.
Congress has asked Embarq Corp. about its work with a company that tracks online subscribers' Web traffic for advertising purposes, part of growing concern about Internet privacy.
Worried that the ailing U.S. economy has spilled abroad and hurt global PC sales, investors had subdued expectations for Intel Corp. in the second quarter. Intel is the world's largest computer chip maker, and its fortunes rise and fall with swings in PC demand.
Purdue University scientists have taken a page from air conditioner technology in their quest for a new way to cool down ever-more powerful computer chips. Their experimental system, which flushes a refrigerant through tiny channels cut into chips, is intended for the high-power electronics found in radar and advanced weapons systems such as lasers, said Issam Mudawar, a mechanical engineering professor at Purdue.
Q. I'd like to know if wireless speakers are a good option for a surround sound system these days. I suspect the technology isn't there yet based on other articles I've read, but I thought I'd ask. Having the living room hard-wired seems likely to cost more money than I want to shell out given our hardwood floors, but for proper home theater sound you seem to need speakers in 5 different locations. We currently have a four-speaker system with two speakers "stacked" on either side of the entertainment system, but obviously this isn't ideal.
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution is cutting its staff by nearly 200 jobs, or about 8 percent of its work force, and eliminating some targeted news sections.
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The Eos wireless speaker system allows you to pump great sound from an iPod throughout a house or backyard without wires. Music can be broadcast up to 150 feet away - either in the house or outside without interference from anything.
With all the Apple frenzy dying down after the launch of the new iPhone 3G Friday, I'm finding it's the new iPhone 2.0 software upgrade that is the most impressive - allowing users to connect seamlessly to business e-mail and run hundreds of new games and programs.
The editors of Game Informer magazine rank the top 10 Wii titles for July:
A tough little blob must splash color over a town wallowing in gray. Bug-eyed rabbits do a dance routine. And then there's the "perfect equine farm" of wild horses for little girls to tame and train.