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Nintendo investigating Wii strap problem
Dec 7 2006 9:15PM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - The maker of the new Wii video game consoles said Thursday it is investigating reports of problems with a strap that secures the machines' wandlike remote-controller to the player's wrist.
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Agency toughen voting security program
Dec 7 2006 6:54PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - The nation's top election oversight board approved guidelines for electronic voting machines, putting in place the first federal standards but stopping short of requiring states to follow them.
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Agency toughen voting security program
Dec 7 2006 6:54PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - The nation's top election oversight board approved guidelines for electronic voting machines, putting in place the first federal standards but stopping short of requiring states to follow them.
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Poll: 'IM-ing' divides teens, adults
Dec 7 2006 6:50PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Teenager Michelle Rome can't imagine life without instant messaging. Baby boomer Steve Wilson doesn't care that it even exists. They're part of an "instant messaging gap" between teens and adults. And the division is wide, says an AP-AOL survey on how Americans use or snub those Internet bursts of gossip, happy date-making and teen tragedies that young people exchange by the hour while supposedly doing homework.
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Google begins testing radio ad service
Dec 7 2006 6:49PM (CT)
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. (AP) - Google Inc. has started testing a long-awaited radio advertising service that represents the Internet search leader's most elaborate attempt yet at expanding its financial clout beyond the Web.
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Yahoo shakeup highlights Web video shift
Dec 7 2006 6:49PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - The departure of television veteran Lloyd Braun from Yahoo Inc. underscores a shift, or at least a major hiccup, by Internet companies away from creating costly original content.
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Group advocates video game rating system
Dec 7 2006 6:06PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - With the holiday shopping season underway, an industry group for video games is trying to encourage parents to use its voluntary ratings to protect children from graphic images of sex and violence.
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Data format approved as int'l standard
Dec 7 2006 5:55PM (CT)
BOSTON (AP) - A data format used in Microsoft Corp.'s prevalent Office software line has been approved as an international standard _ a move aimed at preserving access to documents created with the package for years to come.
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Sales joining home values online
Dec 7 2006 2:04PM (CT)
SEATTLE (AP) - A real-estate site that publishes estimated values for about 70 million U.S. homes began letting homeowners and real-estate agents post sale offers online Thursday.
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NTT DoCoMo recalls 1.3M Sanyo batteries
Dec 7 2006 11:14AM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - Japan's largest mobile-phone provider said Thursday it is recalling 1.3 million battery packs because some of them could generate excessive heat and rupture.
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Nintendo investigating Wii strap problem
Dec 7 2006 6:58AM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - Nintendo's president acknowledged Thursday the just-launched Wii video-game machine may have a problem with a strap that secures its trademark wandlike remote-controller to the player's wrist.
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Major labels to offer unrestricted MP3s
Dec 7 2006 3:40AM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - After years of selling online music digitally wrapped with copy and playback restrictions designed to hinder piracy, major music labels are beginning to make some songs available in the unrestricted MP3 file format.
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3 convicted in Microsoft software scam
Dec 7 2006 12:43AM (CT)
SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) - Three people accused of scamming Microsoft Corp. by buying sharply discounted software intended for educational institutions and reselling it to nonacademic customers were convicted on conspiracy and fraud charges, federal prosecutors said.
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