Consumer Electronics Show goes spry-tech
High-tech gadgets aimed at older people are becoming more mainstream. This year, a section of the floor at the massive International Consumer Electronics Show featured products and services aimed at...
View ArticleMotorola Announces MOTO W7 Active Edition With Gesture Controls
Shake things up with MOTO W7 Active Edition, a motion-enabled 3G mobile device announced today by Motorola. Designed for those who want a "moving" phone experience, MOTO W7 is equipped with an...
View ArticleiPod Nano to come with video camera
Apple announced on Wednesday that it was adding a video camera to its iPod Nano and cutting prices of its wildly popular music players.
View ArticleNano changes make it a fun little gadget
There really wasn't much Apple needed to do to its iPod nano, which the company claims is the world's best-selling MP3 player.
View ArticleSamsung Launches M5650 Music Phone
Samsung Electronics today unveiled the Samsung M5650, a music-focused addition to its popular lineup of full touch screen handsets for young mobile users.
View ArticleGadgets: BlackBerry speakerphone clips to car's visor
BlackBerry has a solution for those wanting to go cell phone hands-free without a headset.
View ArticleInnovation doesn't always carry a big brand name
The giants of the electronics industry make the big splash at the Consumer Electronics Show, as usual, with towering displays, celebrity spokespeople (Taylor Swift sang for Sony, live and in 3-D) and...
View ArticleNokia launches bike-powered handset
(AP) -- Want to talk more? Keep pedaling, says Nokia.
View ArticleVodafone brings solar power mobile phone to India
(AP) -- Vodafone Essar Ltd. has unveiled a solar-powered mobile handset in India to better serve the nation's energy-starved rural masses.
View ArticleGadgets: Truly great sound from Brick dock
Typically, when a brick and an expensive media player are combined, it's not a great combination.
View ArticleMusic royalty talks consider cell phone mandate
(AP) -- A proposed settlement to a long-running dispute over music royalties could include a federal mandate that all new cell phones and other wireless devices contain an FM radio tuner.
View ArticleNokia launches its cheapest phones at $30-$35
(AP) -- Nokia on Thursday unveiled its two cheapest cellphones to date aimed at attracting users in the low end market as it fights increasing competition from Asian manufacturers.
View ArticleMIT African teen guest fashions battery, plans windmill (w/ video)
(Phys.org)—An inventor in his teen years has been on a three-week visit to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) as a guest resident. From university officers to labs workers, to bloggers,...
View ArticleStreaming music gains in US market
Streaming music services like Pandora online radio are gaining fast among US listeners under age 35, a survey showed Tuesday.
View ArticleFirst Firefox smartphone launches in Spain
The world's first consumer sales of a smartphone powered by the Firefox operating system have launched in Spain.
View ArticleInternet radio becoming more mainstream, survey says
Internet radio's drumbeat is getting louder. More than half of Americans who go online listen to Internet radio services, and consumers who use them are using them more often, indicating the industry...
View ArticleEngineers make world's smallest FM radio transmitter
A team of Columbia Engineering researchers, led by Mechanical Engineering Professor James Hone and Electrical Engineering Professor Kenneth Shepard, has taken advantage of graphene's special...
View ArticleGoogle making low-cost smartphone for emerging markets (Update)
Google announced Wednesday it was working on a low-cost smartphone aimed at emerging markets as part of an initiative called Android One.
View ArticleHow to leak sensitive data from an isolated computer (air-gap) to a near by...
Tomorrow at MALCON 2014, security researcher Mordechai Guri with guidance of Prof. Yuval Elovici from the cyber security labs at Ben Gurion University in Israel will present a breakthrough method...
View ArticleLast.fm to start charging some music users
Last.fm, which provides music to online users like a jukebox, will start charging fans outside Britain, the United States and Germany from the end of the month, the London-based site's co-founder said.
View ArticleSonoro Elements W Wi-Fi Internet radio works without a computer
The Sonoro Elements W Wi-Fi Internet radio ($499.99, sonoro-audio.com) is a smallish, glossy black or white clock radio with some standout features.
View ArticleNorway blazes global path from FM to digital-only radio
Norway is tuning out FM radio for good, and becoming the world's first country to put a date on the switchover to digital-only transmissions.
View ArticleWi-FM listens to FM signals to determine best times to send and receive data
One minute your wireless Internet is working fine. The next minute, it takes an infuriatingly slow five seconds to load a single Web page. You paid for the fastest Internet speed available but during...
View ArticleRadio rebels: Berlin group makes tiny transmitters for Syria
On the top floor of an old brick building in the heart of Berlin, a group of journalists and tech enthusiasts are working to spur the Syrian media revolution.
View ArticleNorway prepares for controversial FM radio shutdown
Norway on Wednesday will become the first country in the world to start shutting down its FM radio network in favour of digital radio, a bold move watched closely by other countries around Europe.
View ArticleNorway starts tuning out analog radio in favor of digital
Norway began shutting down analog radio technology Wednesday as the Scandinavian country becomes the first in the world to phase out the FM signal for national and some regional broadcasting.
View ArticleSinging posters and talking shirts: Engineers turn objects into FM stations
Imagine you're waiting in your car and a poster for a concert from a local band catches your eye. What if you could just tune your car to a radio station and actually listen to that band's music? Or...
View ArticleApps for surviving disasters
When the next big earthquake strikes the Bay Area, millions will likely be stranded without the high-tech comforts provided by Silicon Valley.
View ArticleDiscovery clears way for human body to work as robust communication network...
A group of Purdue University researchers have discovered a new way to use the human body as a robust communication medium for networking electronic devices in and on the body that promises to be far...
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