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Although it was rumored three years ago that Sony would be the first consumer electronics vendor to make a Blu-ray Disc camcorder, Hitachi won the race this week when it unveiled two models Both units, the DZ-BD70A and the DZ-BD7HA, record about an hour's worth of 1920x1080 high definition video on 8cm Blu-ray discs. However, the "flagship" DZ-BD7H...

A federal grand jury in San Diego has indicted 18 people involved in an Internet pharmacy that took in US$126 million from the illegal sale of prescription drugs, Assistant Attorney General Alice Fisher of the Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of California Karen Hewitt announced Thursday Among those charged in the 313-c...

Technology has finally made its impact on medical practices. In order to achieve greater efficiencies within their office and administrative staff, many physicians have now gone from paper to computer. Additionally, diagnoses and delivery of quality patient care are greatly enhanced with the assistance of technology But the use of technology has no...

For mobile advertising to truly work, the mobile Web must work The promise of mobile advertising is obvious and immediate. We have all heard the mouthwatering stats by now:...

Online fraud scams continue to grow by 15 percent per quarter, targeting financial institutions of all sizes as well as e-commerce venues. The direct cost to financial and e-commerce industries is significant -- estimated by some analysts in the billions of dollars in 2006 alone One type of phishing attack has been particularly effective -- the roc...

Using the latest advances in genetics, two biofuel companies have developed a way to turn plant matter into fuel that can meet the nation's energy needs In a process similar to brewing beer, the firms use genetically engineered microbes to turn a broth of plant material, water and sugar into a biofuel that can be used to run today's automobiles....

A tech association representing such industry stalwarts as Google and Microsoft is taking aim at what it sees as a stealth campaign to intimidate consumers from exercising their fair use rights with respect to copyrighted material TheComputer & Communications Industry Association has filed a complaint with the Federal Trade Commission stating that ...

American Airlines will begin offering high-speed, in-flight Internet access on select airplanes next year, the company announced Thursday Through an agreement with AirCell, the airline will provide on a test basis high-speed broadband connectivity on its Boeing 767-200 aircraft, which fly primarily transcontinental routes, the company said. Passeng...

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents raided more than 30 businesses, storefronts and homes in 16 states Wednesday as part of an investigation into the alleged sale and distribution of modified chips and other devices that enable gamers to circumvent copyright protections and play pirated software on their Wii, PlayStation and Xbox consoles...

The persistent rumors surrounding a Google "Gphone" have been stoked again, this time by a Wall Street Journal article that reports that Google is courting wireless operators to provide an ad-supported mobile phone service to Google-customized handsets The Journal article does not directly identify sources of this information, only that it's coming...

Club Penguin, a quickly growing virtual world targeted at children, is now part of the Disney empire Disney grabbed the company for US$350 million in cash plus up to $350 million more based on the site's earnings over the next two years....

After a special court made a secret ruling sometime in the last few months limiting the government's authority to eavesdrop on phone calls and e-mails, the Bush administration and Congressional Democrats are now at odds on how best to protect the privacy of Americans while maintaining national security Citing a heightened terrorist threat, Presiden...

Gadget freaks can finally drop their US$500 to $600 on the long-awaited iPhone. One of the largest product launches in electronics history, the sleek device has stirred huge expectations among consumers -- higher, certainly, than for standard cell phones you get for free with a two-year agreement. After all, the iPhone is "the Internet in your pocket" combined with an iPod and, of course, a phone...

Shoshanna Berman, an intern in New York City, is happily dating her ideal future husband: a nice, young -- and tall -- Orthodox Jewish man who is also outgoing and easygoing On date two, they bonded while scalping tickets at a Knicks game. Date ten, she remembers, was an all-night drive to Philadelphia....

Not content to win the hearts and minds of gamers, Sony is apparently aiming to take over living rooms around the world by adding digital TV tuner functionality to its currently underperforming PlayStation 3 (PS3) game console The revelation came in an interview with Warwick Light, sales and marketing manager for Sony Computer Entertainment New Zea...

A report commissioned by the Florida Department of State has found flaws in Diebold's e-voting software that could compromise the integrity of its optical scan and touch screen machines. Although Diebold corrected many flaws previously identified, significant vulnerabilities remain, found researchers at Florida State University's Security and Assurance in Information Technology Laboratory...

As part of its ongoing Project Big Green initiative, IBM announced Wednesday that it is replacing 3,900 computer servers in its datacenters with 30 System z mainframes running Linux, for an expected energy reduction of 80 percent over the next five years The move represents one of the most significant transformations in a generation for the company...

Time Warner's profits for the second quarter were up about 5.2 percent, thanks largely to the strength of its cable division, the company reported Wednesday Net profit for the quarter was US$1.067 billion, or 28 cents per share, up from $1.014 billion, or 24 cents per share, a year earlier, the company reported. Revenue was up 6 percent to almost $...

Some laser printers release minute particles into the air that can become lodged into the deepest parts of the lung, possibly causing serious illnesses, according to scientists studying indoor air pollutants at offices The findings were reported in a study published in the American Chemical Society's Environmental Science & Technology (ES&T) journa...

The world has seven new wonders, but democracy, apparently, isn't one of them In a ceremony -- held on 7/7/07 -- that featured Ben Kingsley, Hilary Swank and Jennifer Lopez, Swiss filmmaker Bernard Weber named the New Seven Wonders of the world. It was hailed as an exercise in global democracy, because the selection process was opened up to electro...