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• Pocket Credit Card Reader Takes Transactions on the Go The ProPay MicroSecure Card Reader weighs in at a scant 1.4 ounces, fits into a shirt pocket, and securely stores up to 71 transactions at a time.
• New SD Standard Will Allow for 2TB Cards The SD Association released a new memory card specification that could drive storage of SD media to 2TB.
• After Years of Delays, China Finally Issues 3G Licenses China finally issues 3G licenses after years of delay.
• DRM-free News Is Music to Consumers' Ears Maybe Phil Schiller didn't introduce a new Mac mini, or the mythical iPhone nano, but for my money the most important...
• Sony Beefs Up Low-End Cyber-shot Cameras At the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas today, Sony announced two slimmed-down additions to the Cyber-shot digital camera line that don't skimp on specs.
• Sony's First Flash-Based Camcorders Among Sony's CES 2009 camcorder offerings are the company's first flash-memory camcorders--namely, five new models that incorporate solid-state drives.
• Sony Unleashes 60X-Optical-Zoom Camcorders At CES Sony announced seven standard-definition camcorders that offer optical zoom ranges of up to 60X.
• New Sony Hard-Drive HD Camcorders At the top tier of Sony's CES 2009 camcorder announcements is the high-definition, hard-drive-based XR series.
• New Sony Camcorders Do GPS, Too Three new Sony Handycam camcorders announced at CES offer a few GPS applications that might be useful for roaming videographers.
• Sony Enters the Pocket-Camcorder Ring At CES today, Sony's biggest camcorder announcements concerned a new line of easy-to-use, pocketable, YouTube-friendly camcorders that looks to be Sony's answer to the Flip Mino HD.
• Latest IntelliScanner Offerings Get Small, Go to Work IntelliScanner added a pair of products to its line of scanner-based organization tools--one that shrinks down the scanner and...
• Nine Inch Nails: The First Open-Source Band? What do you do after the album you released as a free download topped the 2008 Amazon sales charts for bestselling MP3 album? If you're Nine Inch Nails frontman Trent Reznor, you dump 400GB of HD concert footage into fans' laps and let them remix away.
• Up Close With LG's TruMotion 480Hz LCD TV Panel LG Display shows off ultra crisp image technology for reducing blur on LCD displays. Here is how it works.
• Livescribe Preps Mac Software for Pulse Smartpen Livescribe has announced the forthcoming release of Livescribe Desktop software for the Mac, companion software intended for...
• RadLight Media Player Stops Short at Certain Codecs Raaahk-zann, you can watch some media with RadLight. This easy-to-use player has excellent skins, but the lack of DirectShow support can be a showstopper.
• Things Task Management Software Helps You Organize Cultured Code has released the shipping version of its Things task management software. Made available during this week’s...
• Will Microsoft Corner the Desktop Security Market? The company's decision to offer a free antivirus product may not change the names of the security products on your desktop.
• OLPC Aims for Free Laptop, Lays off Staff The head of OLPC said he wants to make the group's XO laptops free, on the same day the nonprofit laid off half of its staff.
• Posting Negative Reviews Could Get You Sued A doctor is suing his patient after he discovered the man posted a negative review of his practice on Yelp.
• Panasonic Adds Six New HD Camcorders Among other models announced at CES in Las Vegas, Panasonic unveiled today six new high-definition camcorders for its 2009 lineup.
• Panasonic Joins the Pocket-Camcorder Party In what's shaping up to be one of CES's major trends of the year, Panasonic is the latest big-name vendor to announce a new line of ultraportable camcorders.
• New CIO Hopes to Perk Up Starbucks Ambitious, digitally inclined and young, Starbucks' Stephen Gillett is a new breed of CIO who hopes to turn around the coffee giant.
• Panasonic Announces 70X-Optical-Zoom Camcorders At CES, Panasonic revealed three new standard-definition camcorders that, at the time of the announcement, set a new bar for optical-zoom range on a video camera.
• Outsourcing Will Flourish During Recession Recessions drive cost cutting initiatives and offshoring and IT outsourcing are obvious solutions for many companies. So what's the hang up?
• First Impressions of the 17-inch MacBook Pro We just had a little hands-on time with Apple's new 17-inch MacBook Pros, both the glossy and matte variants, and I'm here to...