The Consumer Electronics Association said Tuesday that sales of gadgets are thriving as people hunker down in their homes to weather the brutal economic storm battering world markets. Sales of flat-panel televisions are up an unwavering 40 percent
Archive for October, 2008
Talk about a back-seat driver! Ford Motor Co. has created a device which allows parents to control how fast their teenagers drive, limits the volume on the car radio and makes sure their seat belts are fastened. It’s called “MyKey,” and Ford announced…
Categories: Automobiles
Google has adapted its free email service to help those letting loose after a few evening cocktails or succumbing to lovelorn moments from firing off messages they might regret in the morning. Mail Goggles software comes to life after dark and on week…
Categories: Internet
A Japanese professor announced Tuesday he was introducing robot suits for paralysed people, helping them to walk again by detecting their next move and lifting their muscles. “The time has come to introduce this technology to the world,” Yoshiyuki San…
Categories: Electronics, Science
Nintendo unveiled new games slated for the upcoming holiday shopping season. As AP Correspondent Haven Daley reports, Nintendo is also announcing increased supplies of the Wii video game console and Nintendo DS portable game system.
Categories: Entertainment, Games
The world’s mobile handset maker is launching a ‘free’ music package and its first touch phone in a challenge to Apple’s dominance of the digital music market.
Categories: Mobile
The world’s biggest car show has opened in Paris, but the razzmatazz was largely overshadowed by economic storm clouds looming over the industry.
Categories: Automobiles
China’s Shenzhou VII space capsule has returned to Earth after a successful mission orbiting the planet.
Categories: Science
Eric Nofsinger is betting that Nintendo’s hot family-friendly Wii video game consoles can win the hearts of “hardcore gamers” that lust for battle in action-packed virtual worlds.
Categories: Entertainment, Games, Wii
Google has launched an enhanced blog tracking service that helps people mine a growing mountain of online commentary for gems worth reading. The Google Blog Search tool rolled out this week competes with Techmeme, Polymeme, Wikio and other
Categories: Internet
