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Fla. city tests parking meter technology
Jun 15 2005 8:51PM (CT)
CORAL GABLES, Fla. (AP) - Drivers lacking coins now may use cell phones to feed parking meters in Coral Gables, purportedly the first city in the country to offer such a service.
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Inventor launches a longer-lasting camera
Jun 15 2005 8:51PM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - An inventor says he has come up with a better way to keep tabs on children, homes and other property: a wireless security camera that can go months without a change of batteries.
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Hackers run unauthorized programs on PSP
Jun 15 2005 8:48PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Gaming enthusiasts have figured out how to run unauthorized programs and games on the U.S. version of Sony Corp.'s new handheld game console.
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REVIEW: XM Traffic service data deficient
Jun 15 2005 8:43PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Acutely mindful that I would easily be doubling my commute time home to the suburbs, I nevertheless agreed to put to the test the first aftermarket roadway navigation system with XM Satellite Radio's traffic-monitoring service.
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BT unveils mobile phone-landline handset
Jun 15 2005 8:43PM (CT)
LONDON (AP) - BT Group PLC unveiled its attempt to bridge the landline and wireless divide Wednesday, launching a service that operates as a cell phone connection outside and automatically switches to an Internet-based call once a user enters the home or office.
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TV maker sees appliance as artwork
Jun 15 2005 8:41PM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Imagine owning a television set that looks and feels like a baseball, a cello or even the horse-drawn coach that whisked Cinderella to the ball. Hannspree Inc., a Taiwan-based TV maker, is preparing to offer such designs as it launches U.S. operations this summer.
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Sprint, Sirius unveil wireless music deal
Jun 15 2005 12:34PM (CT)
OVERLAND PARK, Kan. (AP) - Sprint Corp. and Sirius Satellite Radio Inc. have announced a deal that will allow some Sprint customers to receive satellite radio over their cell phones, possibly sometime this summer.
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Intermix Media to settle spyware lawsuit
Jun 15 2005 12:31PM (CT)
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer has reached an agreement in principle with web marketer Intermix Media Inc. in which the company has agreed to pay $7.5 million over three years to settle accusations that Intermix surreptitiously installed software on computers.
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Ericsson, Napster to launch music service
Jun 15 2005 10:03AM (CT)
STOCKHOLM, Sweden (AP) - Wireless equipment maker LM Ericsson and online music distributor Napster Inc. are launching a digital music service for mobile phones.
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Microsoft said to train Bangladesh youths
Jun 15 2005 9:00AM (CT)
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) - Microsoft Corp. will provide computer training to more than 2,000 disadvantaged youths in rural Bangladesh over the next year, a news report said Wednesday.
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Poll: Most want U.S. to make Internet safe
Jun 15 2005 12:22AM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Most Americans believe the government should do more to make the Internet safe, but they don't trust the federal institutions that are largely responsible for creating and enforcing laws online, according to a new industry survey.
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