- Open-source gaming Wiz finds its niche
- CNET News - August 27, 2008
- Wiz unlikely to make a mainstream splash, but if it can teach game manufacturers how to invite a community into the development process, it will have succeeded.
- Peek: The $100 E-mail-Only Device
- Digital Trends News - August 22, 2008
- Smartphones may be all about piling every feature possible into one device these days, but one manufacturer seems to be running against that tide with a new mobile device that does just one thing: e-mail. Call it a unitasker or divergence device if m...
- Google, Apple See Satisfaction Gains
- Digital Trends News - August 19, 2008
- The American Consumer Satisfaction Index is a long-running study, conducted every quarter, that measures U.S. consumers' perceptions of the quality of services and products. The ASCI is one of the mide widely-cited and most respected measures of perc...
- NPD: Americans Buying Fewer Cell Phones
- Digital Trends News - August 19, 2008
- It might seem that American culture is currently obsessed with everything mobile: mobile phones, mobile media, mobile advertising, and mobile connectivity. But that obsession might not be as strong as some people think: according to the NPD Group, sa...
- EA revises Take-Two acquisition offer, again
- CNET News - August 18, 2008
- The takeover saga between the two video game manufacturers isn't over yet, with EA giving Take-Two a new deadline of Monday night.
- iPhone 3G Glitches Stem from Hardware?
- Digital Trends News - August 14, 2008
- Since going on sale in the U.S. on July 11, some users of Apple's new iPhone 3G have complained of weak and even non-existent 3G service, even in areas where 3G phones from other manufacturers have access to strong connectivity. Although many iPhon...
- Lenovo ThinkPad W700 Sports Wacom Digitizer
- Digital Trends News - August 12, 2008
- Lenovo is entering new territory with its ThinkPad W700 catering to the needs of creative professionals who demand high-performance systems and big displays."Lenovo has engineered a new breed of mobile workstation with the ThinkPad W700," said Lenovo...
- Kingston Mini Slim Trims Excess USB Fat
- Digital Trends News - August 5, 2008
- We’ve seen plenty of attempts at turning USB thumb drives from geek-chic to just plain chic, but so far none have quite been able to get past that chunky metal USB connector. Rather than hiding it with sliding designs like many other manufactur...
- Chrysalis Acoustics Chrysalis Photon-8 Powered Subwoofer
- Audioholics - August 5, 2008
- Chrysalis Acoustics is a subsidiary of well known and well regarded subwoofer manufacturer Velodyne. Despite its small size, the Photon-8 can output some unexpectedly deep bass at very respectable SPL levels while still maintaining a characteristica...
- Intel's Larrabee chip--in pictures
- CNET News - August 5, 2008
- A depiction of Intel's future Larrabee graphics chip, one of the most important projects inside the world's largest chip manufacturer.
- For Just a Few Clicks, a Chance at a $2000 Amazon Shopping Spree
- PC World News - August 1, 2008
- Taking a 15-minute survey gets you a shot at some big-time shopping at Amazon, and helps us get the straight dope on the reliability and service of tech products and manufacturers.
- EA: Hack took Facebook 'Scrabble' down
- CNET News - July 30, 2008
- Irritated fans assumed that inaccessibility of the game was due to server demand, but the manufacturer has said that it was the target of a malicious attack.
- LED maker Lamina acquired by Lighting Science
- CNET News - July 29, 2008
- In a sign of a consolidating, maturing market, seven-year-old LED maker Lamina sells its assets manufacturer Lighting Science Group for less than its venture funding.
- 'Scrabulous' disappears from Facebook after Hasbro suit
- CNET News - July 29, 2008
- One of the social network's most popular developer-created games is AWOL after the manufacturer of classic board game Scrabble points out the obvious: it's a rip-off.
- Nokia Axes BlackBerry Connect From E71, E66
- Digital Trends News - July 28, 2008
- BlackBerry does work with a number of smartphone manufacturers, letting them use the BlackBerry Connect e-mail system. But Nokia might well have had enough of that setup, as the company told ZDNet that its new E66 and E71 series phones will drop Blac...
