- Remote XT Makes Stolen Phones Scream
- Digital Trends News - October 2, 2006
- Cell phone theft is a growing problem, with swiped phones being targeted by everybody from pickpockets and idle delinquents to roving, organized criminal gangs look for free calling, personal data (which could be used in identity theft operations), o...
- Netflix Offers $1 Mln for Good Movie Picks
- Digital Trends News - October 2, 2006
- Online DVD rental service Netflix has announced the Netflix Prize, a $1 million contest to improve the accuracy of the service's movie recommendation service."Recommendation systems covering a wide variety of categories will playan increasingly signi...
- McAfee Joins Symantec in Lambasting Vista
- Digital Trends News - October 2, 2006
- For the last several years, Microsoft's market-dominating Windows operating system has been continually (and successfully) browbeat with on persistent, continual problem: security. From flaws in email clients and Web browsers (which have cost untold ...
- Digital Trends Week in Review
- Digital Trends News - September 29, 2006
- Top News Story:Nokia Launches N95, N75 Multimedia Phones"The world's largest mobile handset maker, Nokia, has announced two new additions to its N series of its do-it-all "multimedia computers," the all-i-one N95 and the slimmer, more ...
Gateway DX420 Brings Home the Oomph- Digital Trends News - September 29, 2006
- Computer maker Gateway today took the wraps off its new DX420 line of desktop multimedia PCS aimed at home users, offeirng advanced features and power at budget-conscious home users just in time for the end-of-year holiday buying season."Multimedia e...
- Nokia and Intel Team for Wireless Broadband
- Digital Trends News - September 29, 2006
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- In-Flight Cell Services Not Profitable?
- Digital Trends News - September 29, 2006
- Some of us would be overjoyed to being able to use in-flight cellular services (high-speed internet, phone) while others would probably enjoy some quiet. In any event, Airlines are considering adding these services to their planes in an effort to att...
- Cleveland Gets Cingular 3G Service
- Digital Trends News - September 29, 2006
- Earlier this week we wrote about Cingular rolling out 3G service in Little Rock, and they seem to be standing behind their word of rolling our 3G into more U.S. cities with today's announcement.Cingular's BroadbandConnect service using HSPDA (High Sp...
- ICANN Edges Closer to Independence
- Digital Trends News - September 29, 2006
- The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) has signed a new agreement for the management of the Internet's core functions with the U.S. Department of Commerce which extends through 2009. Although the U.S. government is not ceding...
- HP Gets its Game On with VoodooPC
- Digital Trends News - September 29, 2006
- Hewlett-Packard announced yesterday that it plans to acquire boutique computer maker VoodooPC; financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. VoodooPC is well-regarded for its high-performance and spendy desktop and notebook systems catering to the...
- Yahoo Scores Bundling Deal with HP
- Digital Trends News - September 29, 2006
- Yahoo has scored another major bundling deal: just a couple weeks after inking a bundling deal with computer maker Acer, Internet giant Yahoo has found a new partner in Hewlett-Packard, which as agreed to install Yahoo search and a co-branded toolbar...
Velocity Micro Goes Retail- Digital Trends News - September 29, 2006
- Boutique computer maker Velocity Micro is moving into mainstream channels, announcing a deal which puts its high-end NoteMagix L80x Ultra notebook systems into select Best Buy retail stores."We are thrilled to offer this one-of-a-kind notebook to Bes...
- Sony to Recall Notebook Batteries Globally
- Digital Trends News - September 29, 2006
- First it was Dell, then Apple, then Toshiba, collectively issuing recalls for millions of Sony-made batteries used in selected notebook computer models. Now, electronics giant Sony has announced it is working with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Co...
Logitech Harmony 720 Review- Digital Trends News - September 29, 2006
- Snip from the review:"The Harmony 720 comes with a charging cradle, USB cord, software, and instruction manual. The remote itself sports a crisp, clear LCD screen surrounded by six silver hard buttons and two soft navigation buttons. Above the s...
Bluetooth Watch Connects to your Cell Phone- Digital Trends News - September 28, 2006
- Designed in partnership with Fossil, the new Sony Ericsson MBW-100 Bluetooth watch will connect to your phone so that you can discretely send a call to voicemail, be notifed of incoming text messages and more. What's even more suprising, is that the ...