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Xohm WiMax Service Zooms

When Sprint announced that Baltimore would be the location of the first rollout for Xohm, a new long-range wireless broadband technology known more lately as "Clear," I could hardly believe it. Baltimore is not particularly known as a hub of technology. Want crabs, we got 'em. Under Armor, we've got that too. But when it comes to releasing new technology, Baltimore is typically toward the bottom of the list. While most of the surrounding Baltimore County has Verizon's FiOS, residents in the city are still waiting...

Microsoft Metes Out Vista SP2 Beta to Wider Audience

Microsoft will broaden the testing base for the beta version of Windows Vista Service Pack 2 (SP2), the software maker said Tuesday. Initially announced in October, the pre-release code is currently available to TechNet and MSDN subscribers and will be widely available to the public on Thursday through Microsoft's Customer Preview Program ...

Making the Browser the First Stop

Good OS, developer of the gOS Linux operating system, announced its latest endeavor Monday, dubbed "Cloud." The new operating system, unlike most OSes, actually boots into a browser. From there, the user may surf the Web or go to a traditional Windows or Linux operating system ...

Nokia Shows Off Sociable, Spendy Smartphone

Nokia unveiled its latest smartphone in Barcelona, Spain, on Tuesday at the Nokia World 2008 conference. The N97, set for release in the first half of 2009, could challenge high-profile mobile devices such as Apple's iPhone, Research In Motion's Storm and T-Mobile's G1 for a share of the smartphone market ...

Facebook Aims to be Web’s Universal ID

Facebook said it will expand Facebook Connect, its universal log-in service, to integrate functionalities with more third-party Web sites. Originally announced at the social network's f8 conference in July, Facebook Connect is part of the next iteration of Facebook Platform and allows users to bring their Facebook account information, friends and privacy to other third-party sites, desktop applications and devices, according to Dave Morin, Facebook senior platform manager...

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Elbowing Into the Set-Top Scene: Q&A With Blockbuster CEO Jim Keyes

Blockbuster on Tuesday threw its hat into the increasingly crowded ring of set-top boxes with the announcement of a deal with hardware maker 2Wire. Blockbuster's system will bring video directly to viewers' televisions on demand via a broadband Internet connection ...

EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW

Elbowing Into the Set-Top Scene: Q&A With Blockbuster CEO Jim Keyes

Blockbuster on Tuesday threw its hat into the increasingly crowded ring of set-top boxes with the announcement of a deal with hardware maker 2Wire. Blockbuster's system will bring video directly to viewers' televisions on demand via a broadband Internet connection ...

EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW

Elbowing Into the Set-Top Scene: Q&A With Blockbuster CEO Jim Keyes

Blockbuster on Tuesday threw its hat into the increasingly crowded ring of set-top boxes with the announcement of a deal with hardware maker 2Wire. Blockbuster's system will bring video directly to viewers' televisions on demand via a broadband Internet connection ...

Watchdogs Give Video Game Raters, Vendors High Marks

The National Institute on Media and the Family (NIMF) released its 13th annual video game report card Tuesday. The report's findings this year are relatively upbeat, with improved grades for retailers and the ESRB (Entertainment Software Rating Board) for making changes that the institute thinks will decreased the chances that inappropriate games will make their way into the hands of young children...

‘Fallout 3’ Mod Pack to Let Gamers Redecorate the Post-Apocalypse

Bethesda Softworks announced Tuesday that it will software tools to allow gamers and developers to tinker with the publisher's recent PC and console release, "Fallout 3." ...

Blockbuster Pits a la Carte Menu Against Netflix’s Buffet

Movie rental giant Blockbuster announced Tuesday it has teamed with hardware maker 2Wire to launch a content delivery service on the 2Wire MediaPoint digital media player. The set-top box will provide users with direct access to Blockbuster OnDemand content via their televisions ...

Study: Gluttonous Gaming Machines Could Use Lesson in Power Management

As many industries focus on green technologies like hardware and devices that use less energy, a new report from the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) suggests that makers of video game consoles could do more to cut their hardware's hunger for electricity ...

Google’s New SearchWiki Tool Lets Users Give Their Two Bits

Google has released a new search editing tool that gives users more control over their results. SearchWiki enables users to customize their searches by re-ranking, deleting, adding and even commenting on their search results. Users will also be able to see how others have edited their searches; however, the edits will only apply to their personal searches...

Samsung Factories Pump Out Jumbo Solid State Drives

Samsung announced Thursday it has begun mass production of a 256 gigabyte (GB) solid state drive (SSD) designed for use in notebook an desktop PCs. The drives round out Samsung's line of SSDs, which includes 8, 16, and 32 GB SSD models for low-density designs and 64 and 128 GB for higher densities, the company said ...

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NASA Tests New Deep Space Cyber-Net

NASA has announced it has successfully tested the first deep-space communications network. The new network, modeled on the Internet, was able to transmit scores of space images between Earth and a NASA science spacecraft located more than 20 million miles away ...

GAME REVIEW

‘Animal Crossing: City Folk’: Slow, Boring, Lonely

Among the titles Nintendo highlighted during E3 this year, "Animal Crossing: City Folk" stood out. Previously a bestselling franchise on the Nintendo GameCube, the updated Wii version, Nintendo said, would take advantage of the console's Internet connection and new Wii Speak microphone accessory to connect gamers with other players near and far ...

A Decade-Plus of a Web Gone Worldwide

Perhaps the greatest invention of the 20th century is the hardware and software infrastructure that makes up the data communications system known as the Internet. It's led to revolutions in the way people and businesses communicate, advertise and sell ...

National Geographic’s First Gaming Adventure a Trip Into Herod’s Tomb

National Geographic, publisher of the iconic magazine of the same name, announced a new division Tuesday. National Geographic Games (NGG) will publish and develop games for consoles, handheld systems, mobile systems and online platforms. The games will be developed and published with partners Namco Bandai Games America and Sony Computer Entertainment...

New Specs to Allow Blazing-Fast USB Devices

The USB 3.0 Promoter Group has finalized specifications for the next-generation transfer technology. The completion of the roadmap for USB 3.0 means the technology is now ready for device manufacturers to bring the so-called SuperSpeed USB technology to the market ...

AMD to Open Up Graphics Processors’ Streaming Floodgates

AMD announced Thursday it will release an update to its ATI Catalyst driver in December. The free download will enable users to tap into their ATI Radeon graphics cards' heretofore hidden ATI Stream acceleration capabilities the company has already built into millions of the graphics cards ...

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