Broadcasts to mobile devices to start in 22 cities

TV stations in 22 U.S. cities announced Thursday that they will start broadcasting their signals this year in a format designed to be received by mobile devices like cell phones, MP3 players, GPS units and in-car entertainment systems. Complete Story...

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Low times for high tech as CES opens

LAS VEGAS - Bill Gates isn’t at the International Consumer Electronics Show.

Dish Network unveils `Slingloaded' TV recorder

Satellite TV provider Dish Network Corp. on Thursday unveiled a digital video recorder that can send TV signals to a computer screen or mobile phone.

Dell to slash Ireland work force, shift to Poland

U.S. computer maker Dell Inc. announced Thursday it will slash its Irish work force and shift its European manufacturing operations to Poland in a move certain to undermine Ireland's recession-hit economy.

China's Lenovo to cut 11 percent of work force

Shares of Lenovo Group tumbled Thursday after the world's fourth-largest computer maker warned it expects a loss for its latest quarter and will lay off 11 percent of its work force and cut executive pay.

Review: The Polaroid camera is back, in digital

A strange little ritual used to go along with Polaroid cameras. The shooter would grab the print as it came out of the camera and wave it in the air, as if that would stimulate the chemicals and make the picture appear faster. It didn't. Yet it felt dumb to just stand there, waiting for the picture to develop.

Cisco offers home hub for media sharing

Banking on the idea that consumers want new ways to tap their ever-growing collections of music, photos and videos, Cisco Systems Inc. unveiled a media hub Wednesday that lets people access and share songs, pictures and movies all over the home — and from afar, over the Internet.

Microsoft's Ballmer: Windows 7 is nearly final

Microsoft Corp.'s next version of the Windows operating system is almost ready for prime time. That's one message Chief Executive Steve Ballmer delivered on the eve of the official opening of the International Consumer Electronics Show.

China's Lenovo to slash 11 percent of work force

Lenovo Group said Wednesday it will lay off 2,500 workers, or about 11 percent of its work force, as part of a plan aimed at helping the computer maker remain competitive amid the global economic downturn.

Apple's Jobs takes $1 salary, but holdings suffer

As he's done for the last decade, Apple Inc. Chief Executive Steve Jobs took home his customary $1 annual salary in 2008, but the economic meltdown and Apple's falling stock price whacked half a billion dollars off the value of his personal holdings in the company.

Obama, security aides, still debating Blackberry

For President-elect Barack Obama, parting with his Blackberry is such sweet sorrow.

Google cuts temporary workers but murky on details

Google Inc. has jettisoned a substantial number of temporary workers in a recent austerity drive spurred by the recession, although the Internet search leader still intends to spend billions of dollars during the next two years on product research, development and acquisitions.

Audiovox to expand availability of TV on the road

More options for watching TV in the car are on the way.

Toyota to roll out safety, driver assist services

Toyota said Wednesday that it plans to roll out new safety and driver-assist programs on certain Toyota and Lexus models beginning late this summer.

Toshiba to expand the powers of the TV set-top box

Toshiba Corp. is planning to use the Cell processor, the brain of Sony Corp.'s PlayStation 3 game console, to create an ultra-powerful TV set-top box that can record up to six high-definition channels at once and improve the look of any video.

PBS chief pushes for digital conversion action

PBS chief Paula Kerger said it's inexcusable that people seeking coupons for the looming digital TV conversion are being put on a waiting list, and she called for immediate federal action.

SlotPhones combine a headset with a MP3 player

A new model of headphones can play MP3s themselves, without connecting to a separate device.

Disney to rebrand cable channel with 'Aaron Stone'

Hannah Montana, meet Aaron Stone.

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Aussie's eBay paydirt
Source: Australian News Network

ONLINE auction giant eBay has invited a small Australian company to offer payment services on its US website, opening the door to a $US25 billion ($34.6 billion) market.

Nokia stops making only WiMax device
Source: MSNBC

The world's top mobile phone maker Nokia said on Thursday it had ended production of its only mobile device using the U.S.-centered WiMax technology, another blow for the struggling wireless technology.

Palm strikes back with new OS, pré handset at CES
Source: Ars Technica

As nice as the pré's hardware is, Palm's webOS is where the real action is. As a dedicated iPhone user, I experienced something very strange and quite unexpected while watching Palm demo the new OS: my iPhone suddenly felt old and played out.

SD and Memory Stick cards to hit 2TB: What you need to know
Source: Crave / CNET

The SD Association -- a global organisation founded by Panasonic, SanDisk and Toshiba that sets standards for, and promotes, Secure Digital technologies (read: SD cards) -- has announced SDXC (Secure Digital Extended Capacity) technology, which promises SD cards for devices like  …

Classic board games go digital
Source: MSNBC

Pass go - and click. Classic board games like Monopoly are going virtual under a partnership between Electronic Arts and Hasbro.

Microsoft's Ballmer touts 'best version of Windows ever'
Source: CNN

Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer kicked off the 2009 International Consumer Electronics Show on Wednesday with an impassioned endorsement of PCs and a sneak peek at the company's future Windows 7 operating system.

Sustainable Dave - Learn - How Much Energy Goes Into Making A Soda Can?
Source: sustainabledave.squarespace.com

Excerpt: Drinking the cola takes a few minutes; throwing the can away takes a second. In England, consumers discard 84 percent of all cans, which means that the overall rate of aluminum waste, after counting production losses, is 88 percent.

Microsoft Releases Windows 7 Beta as a Free Download
Source: Wired News

LAS VEGAS -- Microsoft's excitable CEO Steve Ballmer showed off Windows 7 -- the slick, fast, user-friendly successor to the much-maligned Windows Vista -- and said it will be available as a public beta on Friday.

Hard drive destruction 'crucial'
Source: BBC News

The only way to stop fraudsters stealing information from old computer hard drives is by destroying them completely, a study has found.

Commercial Equipment Manufacturers Have Come Up with a New Line of Energy Efficient Commercial Ice Machines
Source: PRWeb

New Research Indicates that Energy Efficient Commercial Ice Machines May Save Businesses 10-20% More Energy; Hundreds of Dollars in Utility Bills

Microsoft Unleashes Windows 7 into Public Beta
Source: Yahoo! Tech - Daily Features

As was widely expected, at last night's CES keynote speech, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer gave Windows 7 the full dog and pony show, formally announcing the availability of the upcoming operating system as a public beta.

Air Algae: U.S. Biofuel Flight Relies on Weeds and Pond Scum
Source: Sciam

This sciam article metions the biofuel flight today. It mentions "By 2010, at current wheat prices [of $5.50 per bushel], we can supply oil at $2 per gallon [and] … we could make north of 50 million gallons." My observation is...

Garage Invention Turns Restaurants Into Power Plants
Source: Wired News

Would you like power with those fries? A new garage-engineered generator burns the waste oil from restaurants' deep fryers to generate electricity and hot water.

iTunes finally goes DRM-free … does anyone really care?
Source: blogs.zdnet.com

Is anyone who is concerned about DRM buying music from iTunes? Yo! That would be me. First and foremost, I think AKH is pretty worthless when it comes to his commentary re: Apple, but even for him he asks a pretty silly question, in this case. He states:

Motorola unveils mobile phone made from recycled water bottles
Source: Yahoo! News

Motorola, seeking to capitalize on the trend towards more environmentally friendly products, has unveiled the first mobile phone made from recycled water bottles.

Making Connections, Gadget to Gadget
Source: The New York Times

Nearly everything is a little computer that wants to seek out and connect to other computerized devices, no matter who makes them. Then they will send your music, photos and video around your home, and get even more from the Internet.

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