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Roughly two weeks and 2 million viewings since the controversial "Hillary 1984" video was posted on YouTube, its maker has stepped forward: It's Phil de Vellis, an Internet professional, and he's "proud of it." In a post on the Huffington Post Web site on Wednesday afternoon, de Vellis -- a strategi...
For some, it may seem like a dream come true. For others, it may feel like an April Fools' Day joke come early, but make no mistake about it: The beer-launching fridge has arrived. John Cornwell, who graduated last year from Duke University with a degree in electrical and computer engineering, is th...
Consumer reaction to downloading movies and TV programming from the Internet has been less than enthusiastic. Some say one of the major reasons for that is people find that moving entertainment content from their PCs to their living rooms is a hassle. In recent months, the gadget industry has focuse...
Customers of AT&T's Homezone service will now be able to control their digital video recorders with their Web-enabled cell phones. The company, based in San Antonio, first promised the feature in January. Similar services are also being developed by other communication companies -- as they striv...
The networked home -- complete with "smart" appliances and a range of security and entertainment options -- is becoming increasingly common. Many new homes come equipped with centrally controlled entertainment, security and climate systems, and more existing homes are being retrofitted with home the...
Like many home keyboard jockeys, I view my wireless network as a black box. I set it up to share my broadband Internet connection. It does that. So I leave well enough alone. That doesn't mean, though, that my curiosity isn't aroused from time to time, and I feel an urge to poke around with the netw...
Sony fired the latest salvo in the ongoing high-definition format war Monday when it announced that it will release its second Blu-ray Disc player for about US$400 less than its current one. Priced at about $600, the new BDP-S300 model will sport a new design, advanced audio codecs, Bravia Theater S...
Google on Monday confirmed that it has signed on several new, big-name partners in its program to distribute video content along with advertising over its AdSense online network. Included among the new partners are the NBA, CondeNet's Epicurious.com and Style.com, The Wall Street Journal Online and ...
Adobe and Photobucket.com have teamed up to give the site's 35 million subscribers free access to basic video remixing and editing technology online. Users will be abel to incorporate music, effects, transitions and titles into their videos. "At Photobucket, we're committed to helping our users get...
Millions are choosing to build smart homes from scratch each year, while many others are adding networking features to their existing homes. For example, home-builder Lennar recently began offering a networked home option for buyers. From the living room, where the PC is capable of becoming an enter...
Home network users could be vulnerable to attacks from hackers who can alter the configuration of a broadband router or wireless access point. Symantec released its "Drive-By Pharming" attacks report Thursday, roughly two months after security researchers at Symantec and Indiana University first pub...
The use of a home network largely as a broadband-sharing mechanism is just the first of several stages in the evolution of connectivity. For example, while we predict that by year-end 2010, nearly 40 million U.S. households -- and an estimated 180 million worldwide households -- will have data netwo...
Everywhere you turn these days, someone is pushing video -- on the Internet, on portable media players, even on cell phones. What's omitted by many enthusiastic purveyors of this electronic marvel, though, is that the digital video scene is a jungle of befuddling and confusing formats, a system more...
It's easy to see how some gamers end up spending so much money on accessories when you add up all the special controllers, high-powered headsets, memory upgrades and multiplayer network subscriptions that players use to enhance the experience. "Through the years, gamers have demonstrated a willingne...
If Henry Ford were alive today, his jaw might very well drop to the floor. Though Ford's cars were innovative for the time, the automaker probably never could have imagined that the company that bears his name would one day ink a deal with Microsoft for hands-free Bluetooth technology in-vehicle ope...
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