Articles by Peter Suciu

There is no denying that serious cyclists adopt some very specificforms of fashion. The jerseys and shorts are tight-fitting to reducedrag, gloves are worn both to provide padding while gripping thehandlebars and to protect hands during a crash, and shoes are afashion statement all of their own. But one piece of equipment hasbecome somewhat ubiquitous among casual and hardcore riders alike these days-- the bicycle helmet...

Today nearly all professional road cyclists have one thing in common:They almost all ride bikes with carbon fiber frames. This space-agematerial, which is one of the most popular composites in the sportinggoods industry, has many features that it make it a popular choice It is lightweight and easier to manipulate into shapes than other materials,in...

Despite pending appeals, on Friday Twitter handed over an Occupy Wall Street protester's tweets to a New York criminal court judge. The capitulation comes after months of attempts by the social networking company to fight a subpoena from prosecutors by claiming that micro-blog posts were private conversations The case involves protester Malcolm Har...

There will be no shortageof two-wheeled vehicles at next week's Interbike trade show in Las Vegas. The largest bicycle trade show in North America remains very much about pedal power, but in addition to thehigh-end Tour de France-worthy road bikes, go-over-anything mountainbikes, and hipster- and messenger-friendly fixed gear bicycles, there arethose that are juiced up with electric motors and batteries...

It's been a long time since the video game faithful lined up for the midnight release of Nintendo's Wii video game console, which arrived back in November of 2006. Now Nintendo no doubt hopes its next-generation console will enjoy the same level of anticipation as its game-changing Wii ...

Microsoft apparently is looking to make so-called virtual reality anactual reality with what it calls an "immersive display experience," based on a patent application published last week ...

Seeing is believing, the old saying goes, but anyone who has attended a press conference typically knows that seeing isn't always enough to inspire belief. Nokia underscored this fact with last week's unveiling of its new Lumia 920 smartphone. As it turns out the impressive image-stabilized video that was supposedly shot using the handset's PureView camera system was actually obtained with a different camera...

Amazon launched its Kindle Paperwhite e-reader on Thursday, at an event that highlighted a slew of new Kindle e-reader and tablet devices. The Paperwhite will be available on Oct. 1, priced at US$119 for the WiFi-only version. It will offer an E-Ink XGA display with 62 percent higher resolution and features a display that will be readable in a variety of light settings...

While no one should expect to beam up to the starship Enterprise anytime soon -- or ever -- researchers from the University of Vienna and the Austrian Academy of Sciences announced Thursday that they have achieved a new record in quantum teleportation ...

Nokia unveiled its first mobile handsets powered by Microsoft's Windows Phone 8 OS on Wednesday, and its Symbian OS days now seem like ancient history The company raised the bar for mobile phone users' expectations with the debut of its new flagship device, the Lumia 920. This handset's standout feature is its PureView camera....

Nokia on Tuesday introduced a new music app that provides U.S. Lumia handset owners access to its free streaming music service. "Nokia Music," as it is called, offers more than 150 different playlists, which are reportedly compiled by a team of music experts. In addition to the range of genres provided in the lists, users can create their own list...

Whether it's on a piece of paper in a typewriter or a word processor on the desktop, writers typically begin with a blank white page. This white page has been the look of books for... ever. And beginning next week, Amazon's new Kindle should be presenting words -- perhaps jumping off the page to engage the reader -- on a similar "Paperwhite" display...

Hachette Book Group, HarperCollins Publishers and Simon & Schuster have agreed to pay a total of more than US$69million to consumers to resolve antitrust claims of alleged unlawfulconspiracy to fix the prices of electronic books. The three companiesfurther agreed to change the way their e-books will be priced The three publishers settled with 55 at...

Google is looking at its enterprise customers with greater integration of Google+ and Google Apps. On Wednesday the search giant introduced a preview of how Google+ features have been optimized for workplace users with specific integration of Google Apps and Gmail While Google+ hasn't caught on to the degree that it will soon eclipse social heavywe...

While consumers await the release of Windows 8 and theexpected announcement of Apple's iPhone 5, former desktop leader IBMannounced on Tuesday the release of a new line of mainframe computers.The new ZEnterprise EC12 was designed to handle the latest computingchores, including data center consolidation and cloud computing Mainframes actually remain...

There was rather an exact price offered and accepted for About.com. OnSunday The New York Times Company announced that it had sold thequestion and answer website to Barry Diller's InterActiveCorp (IAC)for US$300 million in cash The site's early expertise in search engine optimization and revenues from cost-per-click and display ads made it avaluabl...

While the upcoming Windows 8 promises big changes to the interface as well as the visual look of Microsoft's operating system, the company on Thursday opted to introduce another change -- to its Windows logo. This one is subtle, yet notable as it has been 25 years since the last change ...

While AT&T and Verizon have been busy moving to tiered shared data plans, rival carriers T-Mobile and MetroPCS on Wednesday joined Sprint in offering so-called all-you-can-eat data plans. Beginning on Sept. 5, T-Mobile will offer a new Unlimited Nationwide 4G plan that has no data caps or speed limits Under the new plans, customers can use a subsid...

In nature, glaciers are slow but steady masses of ice that flow as theymelt. They take many years to accumulate and often just as long todeform. In other words, a glacier is typically here for eons, andfittingly "Glacier" is the name of Amazon's new data archive service aimed at enterprise and small businesses This Glacier, which Amazon launched on...

The future of the cloud-based OnLive gaming service is looking cloudyindeed. On Monday the company confirmed that a restructuring plan willkeep the streaming video game service operating. However, all staff memberswere let go in the process -- although some may eventually be rehired This followed the company's filing last week of an Assignment forB...