Tech News: Page 5

Wikipedia Accountability Complaints (December 1, 2005): One of the potential problems with Wikipedia, a user-created encyclopedia, is that the information on its only as reliable as the people who enter and update it.

Electronic Newspaper Still Years Away (November 8, 2005): What has been going on with the development of electronic paper.

Digital Camera Megapixel War Ending (November 2, 2005): The megapixel war going on between digital camera manufacturers has ended with cheap 5-megapixel cameras.

Video iPod: A Threat to Podcasting and TV? (October 24, 2005): The new video iPod is receiving some positive reviews from around the blogosphere.

New Magazine for Robot Enthusiasts (October 18, 2005): A new magazine, Robot magazine, has launched to cover the robotics industry.

Apple to Release Video iPod Next Week (October 12, 2005): The BBC reports that Apple has now confirmed the launch of the much-rumored Video iPod.

Web-based Word Processor Written in C (October 6, 2005): The O'Reilly Rader has an interesting blog post about the code and platform behind Writerly, a new web-based word processor.

MIT Media Lab Developing $100 Laptop (October 3, 2005): MIT is working on a project to develop a $100 laptop To achieve this goal, a new, non-profit association, One Laptop per Child (OLPC), has been created.

What's Old is New Again (September 28, 2005): The BBC has an interesting article about a comparison between the design of the 1954 Regency TR-1 transistor radio and today's iPod Mini.

Fujitsu Begins Limited Sales of Service Bots (September 15, 2005): Gizmag reports that Fujitsu is ready to beging selling a small service robot called enon.

Could Flash Memory Replace Hard Drives? (September 14, 2005): CNET reports that Samsung has a developed a more powerful flash memory device.

eBay Buys Skype (September 12, 2005): The rumors that eBay is buying Skype have turned out to be true.

Japan National Project: 3D TV by 2020 (August 25, 2005): Japan has announced an ambitious national project to create a high-defnition 3D television by 2020 that can be viewed from any angle and also allow people to touch and smell the objects.

Google Launches Google Talk (August 24, 2005): Google has launched Google Talk a instant messenger and internet phone tool.

Tivo To Let Users Download Shows From the Web (August 15, 2005): Tivo has plans to allow customers to download tv shows from their Tivo set-top box to the Internet.

Personal Outsourcing (August 4, 2005): Offshoring, where companies outsource work to cheaper overseas labor, is a growing business trend that is causing major problems for tech workers in many western countries.

PBS to Launch Nerd TV (July 22, 2005): PBS is targeting nerds with a new downloadable video show called Nerd TV.

Web is the New Battleground for Digital Entertainment (July 18, 2005): The Internet is the new battleground for digital entertainment.

Wearable Camera Records Your Day (July 13, 2005): Microsoft has a project called SenseCam, which is a wearable camera that takes 2,000 photographs a day of the wearer's surroundings so that they can be examined later.

US Retains Control of Internet's Root Servers (July 11, 2005): The Register reports that a statement by the United States government sent shockwaves around the Internet world.







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