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Crash test videos becoming consumer tool
Aug 22 2007 6:27PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Car shopping? Maybe you should go to the videotape. Jarring images of vehicles crashing into test barriers are becoming more prevalent on the Internet, giving safety-conscious car shoppers another tool when searching for the right car.
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Trust program suspends comScore software
Aug 22 2007 5:08PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - An organization that certifies computer software as consumer-friendly and noninvasive has suspended comScore Inc. and one of its programs used to track Internet usage.
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Experts counter drunk driving with tech
Aug 22 2007 4:28PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Technology that prevents a drunken driver from starting a vehicle holds the promise of greatly reducing alcohol-related deaths, the government and auto safety groups said Wednesday.
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Experts counter drunk driving with tech
Aug 22 2007 4:28PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Technology that prevents a drunken driver from starting a vehicle holds the promise of greatly reducing alcohol-related deaths, the government and auto safety groups said Wednesday.
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Experts counter drunk driving with tech
Aug 22 2007 4:28PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Technology that prevents a drunken driver from starting a vehicle holds the promise of greatly reducing alcohol-related deaths, the government and auto safety groups said Wednesday.
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Experts counter drunk driving with tech
Aug 22 2007 4:28PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Technology that prevents a drunken driver from starting a vehicle holds the promise of greatly reducing alcohol-related deaths, the government and auto safety groups said Wednesday.
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Google Sky allows users to tour galaxies
Aug 22 2007 4:10PM (CT)
PITTSBURGH (AP) - The heavens are only a few mouse clicks away with Google Inc.'s latest free tool. A new feature in Google Earth, the company's satellite imagery-based mapping software, allows users to view the sky from their computers.
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Google Sky allows users to tour galaxies
Aug 22 2007 4:10PM (CT)
PITTSBURGH (AP) - The heavens are only a few mouse clicks away with Google Inc.'s latest free tool. A new feature in Google Earth, the company's satellite imagery-based mapping software, allows users to view the sky from their computers.
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Flash adopting high-def video technology
Aug 22 2007 4:08PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - The ubiquitous Flash video player will soon support the same technology behind next-generation, high-definition DVDs, but don't expect online clips to look great on giant television screens for some time.
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Flash adopting high-def video technology
Aug 22 2007 4:08PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - The ubiquitous Flash video player will soon support the same technology behind next-generation, high-definition DVDs, but don't expect online clips to look great on giant television screens for some time.
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Small webcasters offered royalty deal
Aug 22 2007 4:03PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Some small Internet radio broadcasters are rejecting a new offer from a music industry group to pay discounted royalty rates for streaming music online through 2010.
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Phishing attack plunders job site
Aug 22 2007 3:59PM (CT)
BOSTON (AP) - A recently disclosed fraud involving hundreds of thousands of people on the Monster.com jobs Web site reveals the perils of leaving detailed personal information online, security analysts say.
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Sharp shows thin, light TV
Aug 22 2007 3:36PM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - Sharp Corp. on Wednesday showed off what it calls the thinnest, lightest and most power-efficient TV ever.
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Sharp shows thin, light TV
Aug 22 2007 3:36PM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - Sharp Corp. on Wednesday showed off what it calls the thinnest, lightest and most power-efficient TV ever.
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Playboy fights slump with Web site
Aug 22 2007 3:04PM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - Playboy is heading back to school to boost the bottom line. Riding a wave of renewed popularity among consumers around the globe, Hugh Hefner's Playboy empire is set to launch a sexy social networking site dedicated solely to college students, its latest online venture as it tries to reinvigorate its stagnant finances.
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Playboy fights slump with Web site
Aug 22 2007 3:04PM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - Playboy is heading back to school to boost the bottom line. Riding a wave of renewed popularity among consumers around the globe, Hugh Hefner's Playboy empire is set to launch a sexy social networking site dedicated solely to college students, its latest online venture as it tries to reinvigorate its stagnant finances.
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Tech privacy issues remain confounding
Aug 22 2007 2:42PM (CT)
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) - In 1971, before most people had even used a computer, legal scholar Arthur R. Miller wrote that the rise of databases being harnessed by credit agencies, governments and corporations was creating a difficult problem: "balancing privacy and efficiency."
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Google reverses, to offer video refunds
Aug 22 2007 1:37PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Responding to customer complaints, Google Inc. has decided to offer full refunds to users who had bought video through a service it is shutting down.
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Robotic vacuum gets a redesign
Aug 22 2007 12:21PM (CT)
BOSTON (AP) - Nearly five years after rolling onto the market, the Roomba vacuum cleaner has undergone a ground-up redesign that has endowed the otherwise-brainy robot with the smarts to overcome rug tassels and electrical cords.
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Robotic vacuum gets a redesign
Aug 22 2007 12:21PM (CT)
BOSTON (AP) - Nearly five years after rolling onto the market, the Roomba vacuum cleaner has undergone a ground-up redesign that has endowed the otherwise-brainy robot with the smarts to overcome rug tassels and electrical cords.
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EU wants Europe-wide satellite operators
Aug 22 2007 10:19AM (CT)
BRUSSELS, Belgium (AP) - The European Union wants to let companies providing satellite-to-mobile phone services get one EU-wide license and avoid applying for authorization from each of the bloc's 27 nations.
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EU wants Europe-wide satellite operators
Aug 22 2007 10:19AM (CT)
BRUSSELS, Belgium (AP) - The European Union wants to let companies providing satellite-to-mobile phone services get one EU-wide license and avoid applying for authorization from each of the bloc's 27 nations.
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China: Bloggers should use real names
Aug 22 2007 9:25AM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - Blog service providers in China are "encouraged" to register users with their real names and contact information, according to a new government document that tones down an earlier proposal banning anonymous online blogging.
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YouTube videos to have 'overlay' ads
Aug 22 2007 6:50AM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Video advertising is coming to YouTube, but it won't be the type common at sites elsewhere. Starting Wednesday, the popular video-sharing site plans to feature semitransparent "overlay" ads at the bottom of selected video clips.
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