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Gone are the days when "fringe technologies" meant things like solar energy and wind power. Those and other alternative energy approaches have all gone mainstream, to one degree or another, and they're gaining more steam. However, the fringe is still out there -- so-called alternative-alternative en...
Hybrid cars now produced by Toyota, Honda and other mainstream automakers are veritable gas hogs, says Felix Kramer, founder of California Cars Initiative. Not that he doesn't appreciate the technology that has led to mileage ratings in the range of 40 to 50 miles per gallon of gasoline. Still, that...
Last spring, Sony appeared to score a decisive blow in the high-definition video sweepstakes when its Blu-ray video format won the endorsement of Hollywood studios and major retailers, claiming victory over Toshiba's rival HD-DVD format. It seemed it would only be a matter of time before the buying ...
The winter holidays are over, and brittle Christmas trees and empty champagne bottles aren't alone in many consumers' trash heaps. There are also used computers, televisions, cell phones and other gizmos that have been replaced with fancier models. Those piles may be somewhat larger than in recent y...
Unlike computers, software and other gadgetry, the hot brand names in digital photography never seem to change. However, what they offer continues to evolve, both in terms of features and price range. "Cameras are following the silicon curve in many ways," said Jack Gold, principal analyst with J.Go...
Some "applications" are misnomers of a sort. "Oddly enough, I'm not sure that true cloud innovation is happening quite yet at the application level," said Charles King, principal with Pund-IT. "Instead, we're seeing a variety of what people call 'cloud-enabled' or 'cloud-oriented' apps and services ...
"Cloud computing is not magical, but it is more economical, more easily scaled and more easily managed," said Lance Walley, chief executive officer of Engine Yard, a hosting and infrastructure support company for Ruby on Rails applications. It's getting more so, too. That's because it's so practical...
Cloud storage opportunities for consumers are increasing rapidly. Those looking to store photos, music libraries and other personal data online have a number of choices, including both free and fee-based services. Large-capacity free e-mail services such as Gmail have become personal storage vaults ...
For most businesses, data security is a mission-critical undertaking, and a summer of weather calamities drove home that point. "As the recent hurricanes reminded us, off-premise backup solutions can make the difference between being out of business for good and being on hiatus for a few months," Ro...
Yahoo has launched its next-generation mobile search service and also appears determined to get a jump on competitors by making it readily available to third-party developers. Yahoo's oneSearch 2.0, the new iteration of the company's year-old mobile search service, will deliver a number of improveme...
Surface, Microsoft's newly developed touch-screen interactive tabletop display, will be available beginning April 17 in select AT&T stores, including those in New York, Atlanta, San Francisco and San Antonio The success of the initial appearance of the technology will determine how many of AT&am...
Sony won the high-definition DVD format war with Blu-ray. Now, Blu-ray is becoming more mainstream by edging into a budget-friendly Dell laptop. Dell is now offering a Blu-ray-equipped laptop -- the Inspiron 1525 model -- starting at $879. The 1525 features a 15.4-inch high-definition wide-aspect di...
YouTube, which Google purchased in 2006 for $1.65 billion, on Thursday launched a new analytics service, YouTube Insight. The service includes free software that provides statistical breakdowns of who is watching a particular video, as well as when and where they're viewing the material. "For exampl...
Sun Microsystems has locked down a $44.29 million research deal with which it could develop a "macrochip" that speeds up ultra-complex computing processes through laser technology. The Santa Clara, Calif.-based company has finalized a 5 1/2-year contract with the Defense Advanced Research Projects A...
Google, Yahoo and MySpace are forming the nonprofit OpenSocial Foundation to support Google's OpenSocial platform, which allows developers to build software that can run on different social networks. The companies want to "ensure the neutrality and longevity of OpenSocial as an open, community-gover...
There's a winner in the high-stakes mobile TV market in Europe, although the issue is far from decided in other global markets. On Monday, the European Commission said it was backing Finland-based Nokia's Digital Video Broadcasting Handheld as its choice for mobile TV technology across Europe. DVB-H...
Microsoft has licensed Adobe's Flash Lite and Reader software for users of its mobile phone technology. "People want vibrant Web experiences and access to entertainment and information anywhere, anytime," said John O'Rourke, general manager of Microsoft's mobile communications unit. "Bringing Flash ...
The IT security front is like any war: Secure one battle line and a breach may occur on another. Red flags about malware have become almost a daily occurrence in the virtual world, and the malware lexicon has mushroomed in recent years. Terms like "zombie," "rootkit," "worm," "Trojan," "spyware," "b...
Google's Street View, a mapping feature that has caught flak over privacy issues in the past, apparently has crossed forbidden security boundaries. The Pentagon has banned Google street mapping teams from taking photographs inside military bases after street images from inside Fort Sam Houston in Te...
Research In Motion has opted to intensify its challenge to rivals in the smartphone competition by calling in some celebrity help in the effort. Looking to increase its consumer retail market share for its BlackBerry devices, Canada-based RIM said in published reports that it is aligning with Dipdiv...
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