Personal Tech

GTA IV Helps Boost Sales of Video-Game Consoles

The popular Grand Theft Auto IV is proving to have strong coattails, driving sales of Sony’s PlayStation 3 and Microsoft’s Xbox 360 video-game consoles. Microsoft insists its Xbox 360 is getting the ...

by Michael Smith

Time Warner Trial Could Stifle Online Movies

The actual cost to Time Warner of additional bandwidth usage is unclear, since Net access providers do not provide a breakdown of costs, but some industry observers have said that the majority ...

by Michael Smith

Study: Online Games More Captivating

October 18, 2007 7:44AM Digg It! Bookmark to del.icio.us Joshua Smyth, a Syracuse University psychology professor, noted that most of the public debate on video games has centered on their often violent ...

by Michael Smith

Tomb Raider Coming to Nintendo Wii

The decision by SCi Entertainment to develop a version of Tomb Raider for the Wii is driven by the platform’s unique game controls, said Kathryn Clements, the senior brand manager for Tomb ...

by Michael Smith

New York Mulls iPod Ban on City Streets

New York Senator Carl Kruger’s proposal to ban gadget use on the streets of major New York cities is based on the notion that he calls “iPod oblivion,” which Kruger says leads ...

by Michael Smith

Samsung Develops Marathon Fuel Cell

Samsung expects to release the new fuel cell for mass production by the end of 2007, and has begun research on a second, smaller fuel cell that can use only a coffee ...

by Michael Smith

P2P Traffic Still Dominates the Net

A new study that looks at the impact of peer-to-peer traffic on service-provider networks shows file swapping forges on unabated. CacheLogic of Cambridge, England says the practice shows no sign of slowing ...

by Michael Smith

Google Unveils Personalized Search Beta

Google said that a fishing enthusiast, for example, would now get different results than a musician when entering the word “bass” as a search query. The service builds on the My Search ...

by Michael Smith