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Sony reveals PlayStation movie download service Wed, 16 Jul 2008 08:43:56 -0400
LOS ANGELES - Sony is raising the curtain on a PlayStation 3 movie download service. The company announced at the E3 Business and Media Summit it will launch a downloadable...

YouTube, Viacom agree to mask viewer data Tue, 15 Jul 2008 12:10:04 -0400
NEW YORK - In a nod to privacy complaints, Viacom Inc. won't be told the identities of individuals who watch video clips on the popular video-sharing site YouTube. Viacom...

Microsoft's Xbox 360 to stream Netflix movies Mon, 14 Jul 2008 14:34:10 -0400
LOS ANGELES - Microsoft's Xbox 360 video game console will be able to stream thousands of movies over the Internet, thanks to a deal with Netflix. The arrangement...

Icahn: Replace Yahoo board to get Microsoft deal Mon, 14 Jul 2008 10:56:32 -0400
NEW YORK - Activist investor Carl Icahn said today that replacing Yahoo Inc.'s current board of directors would ensure an acquisition deal with Microsoft Corp. In...

Palm launches new Treo on Sprint network Mon, 14 Jul 2008 10:54:17 -0400
NEW YORK - Palm Inc., which has been struggling to maintain its position in the hot market for "smart" phones, introduced a new Treo model today with Wi-Fi and GPS...

Apple sells 1 million iPhones in first 3 days Mon, 14 Jul 2008 10:10:57 -0400
NEW YORK - Apple Inc. said Monday it has sold 1 million iPhones in the three days following the release of the latest model on Friday. "IPhone 3G had a stunning opening...

Polaroid's PoGo neat, but prints are poor Mon, 14 Jul 2008 04:54:20 -0400
Tired of waiting to download those snapshots from your cell phone onto your laptop in order to print them? The company that gave you pictures in an instant with its slogan...

Cell phone companies scramble to halt trafficking Sun, 13 Jul 2008 16:01:06 -0400
MIAMI - For less than $15, you can buy a cell phone loaded with minutes. You can buy more as you go whenever those minutes run out. Best of all, you aren't locked into...

Yahoo spurns Microsoft again as bad blood boils Sun, 13 Jul 2008 10:50:19 -0400
SAN FRANCISCO - Yahoo Inc. has rejected Microsoft's latest attempt to buy its online search operations in a "take or leave it" proposal that Yahoo said would...

EMC 2Q profit jumps 13 pct, tops Wall Street views Wed, 23 Jul 2008 11:51:42 -0400
SAN FRANCISCO - EMC Corp. said today its second-quarter profit climbed 13 percent, topping Wall Street's forecasts, as the data storage specialist rang up record sales...

RichardSolo battery packs iPhone power in a small package Wed, 23 Jul 2008 09:14:38 -0400
Sharper Image founder Richard Thalheimer has a first hit for his new venture - an online store that sells a lot of items that seem to belong in a catalog from his former,...

Hours of power with Kensington's 'big' iPhone battery Wed, 23 Jul 2008 08:23:28 -0400
Two features set Kensington's Battery Pack and Charger for iPhone and iPod apart from other...

Electronics giants to create wireless HD standard Wed, 23 Jul 2008 07:39:32 -0400
NEW YORK - Sony, Samsung and other consumer-electronics heavyweights are uniting to support a technology that could send high-definition video signals wirelessly from a single...

MLB.com At Bat: A long way from a diamond Wed, 23 Jul 2008 07:16:05 -0400
Baseball - the game of inches - is now a game of seconds for iPhone owners who want to keep up with any game at any moment. At Bat is a $4.99 application (for 2008 MLB...

Battery choices are limited for iPhones Wed, 23 Jul 2008 05:39:47 -0400
While the new iPhone tops its predecessor in nearly every category, there's one area in which it fails to measure up: battery performance. PC World's Test Center...

AAA-powered pack is slow to charge iPhone Wed, 23 Jul 2008 02:12:59 -0400
There's a certain convenience to carrying a battery pack that relies on store-bought batteries to recharge an iPhone. External batteries that need to be charged by USB...

Web buyers beware Tue, 22 Jul 2008 14:43:08 -0400
In a sluggish economy, consumers hunting for big deals can be even more vulnerable to online scams that are just a little too good to be true. "We catch a lot of...

NY law adds restrictions on violent video games Tue, 22 Jul 2008 13:26:17 -0400
ALBANY, N.Y. - New York Gov. David Paterson says a bill he signed will help limit video game violence. The law creates an advisory council to study the effects of violent...

Study: Med students sharing a bit too much info on Facebook Tue, 22 Jul 2008 12:34:40 -0400
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - Would you visit a doctor who dresses like a pimp or wears a lab coat labeled "Kevorkian Medical Clinic?" University of Florida researchers...

Fun at the pump? TV entertains, distracts Tue, 22 Jul 2008 06:54:44 -0400
MIAMI - In the midst of a cruel summer for America's drivers, there's a diversion: TV at the gas station. The number of televisions atop gas pumps have skyrocketed...

Man wins divorce from angry wife in YouTube video Mon, 21 Jul 2008 17:45:38 -0400
NEW YORK - A Broadway mogul whose actress wife trashes him in a widely viewed Internet video has been granted a divorce from her. A Manhattan judge granted Philip Smith...

Apple 3Q profit jumps 31 percent Mon, 21 Jul 2008 17:29:18 -0400
Apple Inc. says its most recent quarterly profit jumped 31 percent and beat Wall Street's forecasts. It was helped by demand for Macintosh computers and iPod media players. ...

Yahoo settles with Icahn to avert control battle Mon, 21 Jul 2008 07:48:04 -0400
SUNNYVALE, Calif. - Yahoo has reached a settlement with activist investor Carl Icahn to avoid a battle for control of the company. The agreement announced Monday will avert...

Satellite radio companies to pay $19.7 million Thu, 24 Jul 2008 09:38:47 -0400
WASHINGTON - The nation's two satellite radio companies have agreed to pay $19.7 million to settle rules violations, a move that is expected to lead to quick approval...

Portugal to sell 500,000 of Intel's Classmate PCs Wed, 30 Jul 2008 13:00:41 -0400
SEATTLE - Intel Corp.'s low-cost laptop initiative is set to get a boost today from Portugal's government, which is pledging to provide elementary school students...

Faux Scrabble game knocked off Facebook Wed, 30 Jul 2008 12:40:16 -0400
NEW YORK - The creators of a Scrabble knockoff responsible for countless hours at the online hangout Facebook suspended their word game yesterday after being hit with a lawsuit,...

SanDisk's Eli Harari helped launch digital revolution Wed, 30 Jul 2008 06:53:25 -0400
SAN JOSE, Calif. - If it hadn't been for his wife, Britt, as SanDisk co-founder Eli Harari tells it, the restless young physicist that he was in the 1970s might have...

More Internet providers agree to block child porn Tue, 29 Jul 2008 16:54:58 -0400
WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. - New York's attorney general says several more Internet service providers have agreed to limit access to child pornography. Andrew Cuomo says Comcast...

XM Satellite and Sirius complete merger Tue, 29 Jul 2008 09:03:41 -0400
NEW YORK - XM Satellite Radio and Sirius Satellite Radio said Tuesday they have completed their long-pending merger. The combined company plans to use the name Sirius XM...

Man pleads guilty to peeking at stars' IRS files Mon, 28 Jul 2008 14:58:40 -0400
COVINGTON, Ky. - An Internal Revenue Service employee in Kentucky says he's guilty of improperly accessing the IRS accounts of celebrities and sports figures. John...

Virgin Galactic shows off mothership aircraft Mon, 28 Jul 2008 13:45:14 -0400
MOJAVE, Calif. - Virgin Galactic is giving the world a glimpse of its secret space tourism program. Sir Richard Branson's space company today trotted out the mothership...

Facebook fends off attack of the clones Mon, 28 Jul 2008 10:47:23 -0400
MOSCOW - In its bid to go global, Facebook is facing off against itself. Clones of the wunderkind social-networking Web site - some of which resemble Facebook right down...

TV change yields cable complaints Mon, 28 Jul 2008 03:56:42 -0400
The confusion has begun. The state's Department of Telecommunications and Cable is starting to receive complaints from customers as cable companies move to convert...

Ex-Google engineers debut 'Cuil' way to search Mon, 28 Jul 2008 03:51:45 -0400
SAN FRANCISCO - Anna Patterson's last Internet search engine was so impressive that industry leader Google Inc. bought the technology in 2004 to upgrade its own system. She...

Discovery uses solar power 24/7 Thu, 31 Jul 2008 22:16:37 -0400
In what is being hailed as a major breakthrough in solar energy, researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have found a way to use the sun's abundant,...

Astronaut technology could prevent elderly falls Thu, 31 Jul 2008 09:05:15 -0400
BOSTON - Scientists working to help astronauts regain balance after extended flights in zero gravity say they've found a way to use the research to help elderly people...

FCC rules Comcast violated Internet access policy Fri, 01 Aug 2008 12:59:19 -0400
WASHINGTON - A divided Federal Communications Commission has ruled that Comcast Corp. violated federal policy when it blocked Internet traffic for some subscribers and has...

Yahoo expected to spar with peeved shareholders Fri, 01 Aug 2008 10:05:32 -0400
SAN FRANCISCO - After spending weeks ridiculing Yahoo Inc.'s board of directors, nettlesome investor Carl Icahn has piped down and won't even be at the Internet...

SKorean firm delivers commercial dog clones Tue, 05 Aug 2008 13:03:02 -0400
SEOUL, South Korea - Booger is back. An American woman received five puppies today that were cloned from her beloved late pitbull, becoming the inaugural customer of a...

Designers on quest to build $12 computer Mon, 04 Aug 2008 15:27:51 -0400
Derek Lomas, Jesse Austin-Breneman and other designers want to create a computer that Third World residents can buy for less than you probably spend on lunch. "We...

Inventions to save day Mon, 04 Aug 2008 11:17:47 -0400
If humanity wants to build a better world, the folks at this summer's MIT International Development Design Symposium are ready to draw up the blueprints. The four-week...

Motorola names Sanjay Jha head of handset division Mon, 04 Aug 2008 09:46:04 -0400
SCHAUMBURG, Illinois - Motorola Inc. today named Sanjay Jha, the chief operating officer of Qualcomm, to head its handset division. The unit is being prepared for a spin-off...

Shazam: Give your iPhone superhuman song recognition powers Mon, 04 Aug 2008 06:06:44 -0400
If you watch much television, it's probably happened to you: the background song of a commercial sticks in your head long after you forget the product being pitched. Some...

BP to invest $90M into Verenium Corp. Wed, 06 Aug 2008 22:35:27 -0400
Cambridge's Verenium Corp. has more money to burn. The "cellulosic" ethanol company announced yesterday that BP PLC will invest $90 million over the next...

Science's awesome challenge: Creating artificial life Wed, 06 Aug 2008 14:40:50 -0400
WASHINGTON - Scientists are advancing slowly toward one of the most audacious goals humans have ever set for themselves: creating artificial life. They've already...

Giant online security hole getting fixed, slowly Wed, 06 Aug 2008 12:41:33 -0400
SAN FRANCISCO - A giant vulnerability in the Internet's design is allowing criminals to silently redirect traffic to Web sites under their control. The problem is being...

iPhone could finally reach Vermont Wed, 06 Aug 2008 07:48:22 -0400
BURLINGTON, Vt. - Vermonters may get to take advantage of Apple's iPhone after all. The Federal Communications Commission's approval of Verizon Wireless'...

Toronto FC star Maurice Edu to grace cover of 'FIFA Soccer 09' Wed, 06 Aug 2008 05:59:14 -0400
REDWOOD CITY, Calif. - Toronto FC midfielder Maurice Edu is going from the pitch to pixels. Edu will grace the cover of EA Sports' "FIFA Soccer 09" video...

Lexington's Arbor Networks tracks cyber war against Georgia Thu, 14 Aug 2008 12:35:46 -0400
The Russian-Georgian war has spread to the United States - at least in cyberspace. A Lexington network-security company, Arbor Networks, has been closely monitoring the...

The Top 20 iPhone games, so far Thu, 14 Aug 2008 07:29:03 -0400
It's been a month and countless hours of play since Apple Inc. began selling games and other applications for the iPhone and iPod touch. It's high time for Herald...

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