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TI develops new digital video technology
Sep 7 2005 11:41PM (CT)
DALLAS (AP) - Texas Instruments Inc. says it has developed semiconductor technology that will let manufacturers quickly produce digital video devices with more power and features.
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Duplication rife in online relief efforts
Sep 7 2005 9:26PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Ritchie Priddy opted not to watch football last weekend, parking himself instead in front of his computer and entering data on Hurricane Katrina refugees who wound up in his small town of St. Francisville, La.
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Spanish city gets high-tech buggies
Sep 7 2005 7:58PM (CT)
MADRID, Spain (AP) - Attention, tourists: Forget about stumbling on cobblestone and fumbling through guide books in stifling heat. Entrepreneurs in the Spanish city of Cordoba have devised battery-powered sightseeing cars with computers that talk.
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Apple launches new iTunes phone and iPod
Sep 7 2005 7:57PM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Apple Computer Inc. Chief Executive Steve Jobs introduced a long-anticipated music-playing cell phone on Wednesday and surprised the faithful with a new pencil-thin iPod.
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Researchers create 'Human Pacman' game
Sep 7 2005 7:56PM (CT)
SINGAPORE (AP) - Though a quarter-century old, Pacman has classic appeal that persuaded a group of researchers to reinvent it in a format where the virtual world meets the real one.
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TiVo cuts prices to attract subscribers
Sep 7 2005 7:53PM (CT)
SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) - In an effort to attract more subscribers as competition heats up, TiVo Inc. has cut prices of its digital video recorders to as low as $50 after a rebate.
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NerdTV available by free Internet download
Sep 7 2005 7:51PM (CT)
BOSTON (AP) - NerdTV identifies its target audience with its very name and with its format: It's not available over the air but rather via a free Internet download.
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Ruling in Microsoft, Google case expected
Sep 7 2005 6:31PM (CT)
SEATTLE (AP) - A Washington state judge said he would rule on Tuesday whether a top Microsoft executive who defected to rival Google Inc. can perform the job Google hired him for until his case goes to trial in January.
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Google settles final piece of Geico case
Sep 7 2005 6:03PM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Google Inc. has settled the last part of a lawsuit alleging the online search engine leader's advertising network illegally exploited insurer Geico Inc.'s brand, avoiding a trial on an issue that threatened to bog down one of the Internet's biggest moneymaking machines.
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Apple introduces iTunes phone
Sep 7 2005 1:00PM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Apple Computer today introduced the iTunes Phone, a music-playing phone that Apple CEO Steve Jobs is comparing to the company's popular iPod shuffle music player.
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Ex-student sentenced for computer hacking
Sep 7 2005 8:07AM (CT)
AUSTIN (AP) - A former University of Texas at Austin student has been sentenced to five years of probation and ordered to pay more than $170,000 in restitution for hacking into the school's computer system and taking Social Security numbers and other personal information from tens of thousands of people.
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Microsoft files appeal against EU ruling
Sep 7 2005 8:07AM (CT)
BRUSSELS, Belgium (AP) - Microsoft Corp. has filed a second appeal against a European Union ruling that ordered it to share code with open-source software companies, officials said Wednesday.
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Software allows game use on many devices
Sep 7 2005 5:55AM (CT)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - South Korea has developed new software that would allow the same computer game to be played on multiple devices, not just personal computers, a government ministry said Wednesday.
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