Oracle, Sun link up for new product; HP snubbed

With the fate of its proposed $7.4 billion takeover of Sun Microsystems Inc. uncertain amid antitrust scrutiny, Oracle Corp. is moving ahead with a new product incorporating both companies' technology, and snubbing Hewlett-Packard Co. in the process.

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Has the Mac lost its cachet?

Microsoft chief executive Steve Ballmer recently proclaimed "the tide has really turned back" against Apple computers. The straitened economy would seem to be a strong argument for PCs, which overall cost less than Macs for essentially the same hardware. But is the Mac — the darling of artists, designers and the generally stylish — really starting to lose its appeal? Will self-expression through brand affinity yield to raw economics?

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Microsoft blames leap year for Zune freeze

Many of Microsoft's Zune media players that froze up on the last day of 2008 because of a glitch involving their internal clock were functioning properly Thursday as the new year was ushered in, according to the company. However, a few people were still complaining of problems operating the devices Friday morning.

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Oracle to sell computer hardware for first time

Oracle Corp. is selling computer hardware for the first time in its 31-year history, signaling an ambition to become more than a one-stop shop for business software.

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The first Flash 10.1 desktop player beta has arrived, and AnandTech has put the new GPU-accelerated video playback to the test. And while the OS X version currently lacks graphics acceleration, Flash 10.1 still serves up improvements on the Mac.

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After a slight reprieve in September, U.S. video game sales slumped once again in October, hurt by the economic turmoil that's cutting into consumer spending.

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Anywhere between 600,000 and 2 million players who use Microsoft's Xbox Live gaming service will be cut off from the service because they have modified their game consoles.

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It supports Windows, Linux, and Macintosh operating systems, will retail for $74.99, and is not a joke.

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This console generation has been going on for quite some time. The Nintendo DS is almost five years old, while the Xbox 360 is almost finishing its fourth year of existence.

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Novartis and Proteus Biomedical are not the only companies hoping to implant microchips into patients so that their pill-popping habits can be monitored.

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Hurt by the recession and few hit game launches, U.S. retail sales of video games dropped sharply in July, market researcher NPD Group says.

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According to the leading global market research company NPD Group, video game sales dipped 17% in the month of March to $1.43 billion. This is the first reported decline in overall sales since September 2008.

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The Problem with Computers and Internet

What is wrong with the Internet and the information age? What is the source of the strange sickness making for a near total divide between the tech savvy and the "stupid users"?

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What if you could stream top-end games to your TV, just like a Youtube video that you can control? You'd never need to buy a console again.

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THAT expensive plasma or LCD will be obsolete from May 1 when Australia's TV population - about 16.5 million of them - and its digital TV system, becomes officially outdated.

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Can we build a world based on open source hardware and software?

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I'm sure a lot of you have asked yourself what could you do with $16,000, or what kind of PC you would be able to buy with that amount of money. Well someone has gone all out to answer your question.

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Amanda Kitts lost her left arm in a car accident three years ago, but these days she plays football with her 12-year-old son, and changes diapers and bearhugs children at the three Kiddie Cottage day care centers she owns in Knoxville, Tenn.

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Since I've been a computer geek, I've heard many horror stories of people buying a slow video card, thinking that they were getting a fast model.

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SEAGATE'S FLAGSHIP desktop Barracuda 7200.11 drives, in particular the 1TB (ST31000340AS) units, are failing at an alarming rate and prompting outrage from their faithful customers.

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It's no secret that your keyboard is one of the most germ-ridden portions of your office cubicle. That's been shown at least twice (probably more), in various studies.

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This is the last day of the Customer Electronics Show 2009, where Verbatim among other computer peripherals developers have managed to showcase their latest innovations in technology and design, creating high-end products dedicated to the customer sector.

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Generating digital content for the media you already own is a frustrating experience.

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For a long time now, Juniper has had one big ol' customer floating its bottom line: Google. It makes sense, as Juniper specializes in gigantically powerful boxes for routing traffic, and Google exists as one giant pool of information in a constant state of flux.

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Japanese electronics giant Sony has debuted a powerful, fashionable notebook computer small enough to fit in a purse or jacket pocket.

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Emerging prosthetic technologies promise not only greater power and flexibility but also pressure-sensitive artificial skin, and even limbs that are bonded to the body and controlled by the mind - and much of this within five years. More Articles

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It turns out, according to their research, that the PS2 was played the most nationwide with 31.7 percent of the total time spent playing games, from January 2008 - October 2008. Xbox 360 came in second with 17.2 percent of the time, with the Wii coming in at 13.4 percent.

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For those in love with music video games such as the award-winning Guitar Hero series, Rock Band and Rock Revolution, dreamGEAR launches this hot WarBeast guitar controller developed in collaboration with B.C. Rich, with support for the PlayStation 3 system.

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