First, he took off on the Pittsburgh Penguins.  Now, it appears as though the very public co-CEO of Research in Motion, makers of the BlackBerry mobile device, has vacated his position as chairman of the company.  Jim Balsillie is giving up his post in the wake of massive accounting errors amounting to some $250 million USD, ...

There are few parts along the surface of the human body where one would appreciate physical injury.  However, there is one special area that must avoid abuse at all costs.  Ever watch a “free kick” in soccer?  It’ll give you a good idea of how critical Lenovo’s recent laptop recall is. The announcement surrounds Lenovo’s ...

Sick of Digital Rights Management and closed technology platforms? A new Fair Use Act will pay little more than lip service to the digital constipation suffered by media users today. The Digital Millennium Copyright Act of 1998 gave digital media users a black eye that has yet to heal. The intention of the act passed by Senate under the ...

Last year AMD bought the graphics chip designer responsible for the GPU in the Xbox 360 for $5.4 billion. Back then, visions of CPU wonder chips with built in graphics APIs danced in our heads. Now the merger’s first offering is a motherboard chipset. It may be far less sexy but had to happen first and here’s why: The new RS690 chipset will ...

While the video game industry has been abuzz with activity ever since the Nintendo Wii and Sony PlayStation 3 launched back in November, there is evidence that not all is well in the land of Mario, Master Chief, and even Tommy Vercetti.  In fact, two of the most impressive game companies – developer Ubisoft and publisher Take-Two – have ...

The disk format war is over according to Sony Computer Entertainment America and Blu-ray has won. January sales statistics look good for the Blu-ray Disk Association but the victory party is clearly on Crank. The snapshot in sales figures that has SECA so happy looks like this. As of January total Blu-ray sales are 439,000 while total HD DVD ...

Competing Satellite Radio providers XM and Sirius have announced an intent to merge. But the deal is far from done. The legal obstacle course involved in turning back a 1997 FCC decision is no small matter. But who is opposed to a merger between XM and Sirius? Possibly, anyone who has spent money on either one of the systems and likes things ...

Big box retailers Best Buy and Circuit City are clearly masters in the electronics business.  Say what you will about their products or personnel, but both have spread to just about every two-bit town in North America.  However, one tactic that has yet to be fully explored is the sale of used video games.  Although Best Buy tried ...

Without a doubt, the most necessary skill required in perusing the daily news – be it tech, world events, or heck, fashion – is the art of critical thinking.  This morning, Reuters is offering a story describing Bill Gates’ close watch over his children’s computer and video game time.  It’s a soft little read, not unlike something that ...

AOL’s financial site, money.aol.com, has recently named five gadgets you shouldn’t buy right now.  For those who’ve kept their ear to the ground in the tech industry, the results aren’t particularly surprising.  We thought we’d weigh in here on AOL’s opinions. Lame gadgets 5 through 3 include the 10 megapixel camera, Windows Vista, ...