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...

In the first major move since its acquisition of BellSouth, AT&T is folding the 6-year-old Cingular wireless brand name into its 100-plus-year-old telecommunications brand. AT&T purchased all rights to Cingular with its US$86 billion acquisition of BellSouth last month. Beginning Jan. 15, th...

In the first major move since its acquisition of BellSouth, AT&T is folding the 6-year-old Cingular wireless brand name into its 100-plus-year-old telecommunications brand. AT&T purchased all rights to Cingular with its US$86 billion acquisition of BellSouth last month. Beginning Jan. 15, th...

In the first major move since its acquisition of BellSouth, AT&T is folding the 6-year-old Cingular wireless brand name into its 100-plus-year-old telecommunications brand. AT&T purchased all rights to Cingular with its US$86 billion acquisition of BellSouth last month. Beginning Jan. 15, th...

In a testimony to the subscription-based video game model, Blizzard Entertainment on Thursday announced that "World of Warcraft," its massively multiplayer online role-playing game, has reached the 8 million subscriber mark. "World of Warcraft" has also achieved new regional subscriber milestones, w...

Sony Computer Entertainment is backpedaling on a Monday announcement that claimed award-winning status for its Sixaxis wireless controller for the PlayStation 3. As it turns out, the video game maker did not win a Technology and Engineering Emmy award from the National Academy of Television Arts &am...

In the latest development in the Hewlett-Packard boardroom spying scandal, U.S. Attorney Kevin V. Ryan on Wednesday filed criminal charges in San Jose, Calif., federal court against a private investigator accused of illegally accessing a reporter's private phone records. Bryan Wagner was charged wit...

Eons, the media company launched by Monster.com creator Jeff Taylor, on Tuesday unveiled a search engine aimed at baby boomers and seniors. Dubbed "Cranky.com," the age-relevant search engine is designed to deliver targeted search results for the over-50 crowd, combining expert reviews with user rat...

The average person spends nearly an hour a day driving to and from work, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. So-called "extreme commuters" spend four hours or more -- that's the equivalent of spending over a month per year sitting in a car. Long commute times are one factor driving the demand for t...

Visa and Nokia on Tuesday launched a mobile payment platform that aims to turn digital devices into digital wallets. The system allows consumers to swipe a phone across a credit card scanner, which then reads the credit card information on a microchip that is embedded in the handset. Customers autho...

In the midst of a Consumer Electronics Show that has featured a slew of high-definition products and announcements, Warner Home Video unveiled its "Total Hi Def" disc late Tuesday. The company boasts support from major retailers for its innovation, which it hopes will alleviate consumer confusion ov...

Eons, the media company launched by Monster.com creator Jeff Taylor, on Tuesday unveiled a search engine aimed at baby boomers and seniors. Dubbed "Cranky.com," the age-relevant search engine is designed to deliver targeted search results for the over-50 crowd, combining expert reviews with user rat...

Appearing to hedge its search bets, electronics giant Samsung on Monday announced partnerships with competing search engines Google and Yahoo. Samsung will preload Yahoo services, including a content personalization feature called Yahoo Go for Mobile 2.0, Yahoo Mail, Yahoo Messenger, and Yahoo oneSe...

Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates took center stage at International CES Sunday night in Las Vegas, kicking off the computer industry's largest annual convention with a keynote speech that described what he called the "Digital Decade." Gates was quick to cite plenty of stats to back up his assertions: m...

Many analysts believe Apple is set to unveil a set-top box that could bear the name "iTV" at this week's Macworld Conference and Expo. Netgear, however, beat Apple to the punch Sunday at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, where the company debuted its Digital Entertainer HD media receiver, ...

Hitachi on Friday announced a pair of 1 terabyte hard drives and a new software technology targeted at digital video recording applications. The one-two disk drive punch aims to tap into what the company sees as users' insatiable desire for storage. Hitachi's Deskstar 7K1000 and CinemaStar hard driv...

SanDisk has taken another swing in its memory match against Samsung with the introduction of a 32 GB, 1.8-inch solid state drive drop-in replacement for the standard mechanical hard disk drive. SanDisk's latest NAND flash-based SSD counters Samsung's announcement promising 16 GB memory that taps adv...

In another move toward digital movie distribution, Hollywood studios on Thursday announced they are backing a new technology that will make more movie titles available for consumers to download from the Internet and burn to DVD. Sonic Solutions' industry-approved system, a licensing and certificatio...

The Blu-ray versus HD DVD battle is headed to Las Vegas, with new high-definition products rolling out at International CES next week. However, at least two manufacturers are extending an olive branch, of sorts, in the form of hybrid products. LG Electronics on Wednesday said it plans to sell a DVD ...

An online movie distributor on Friday filed suit against Apple, Google and Napster for alleged patent infringement. The plaintiff, Intertainer, claims the companies are treading on its intellectual property by infringing on a patented method for distributing digital entertainment over the Internet.