The winter of 2006 should have been a happy time for gamers.  Two new consoles launched, and a third, already established, had released its first marquee title (Gears of War).  Unfortunately, a sinister figure appeared amidst the holiday festivities, with the production-“Grinch” limiting the number of consoles to go around.  As a ...

“It’s going to be a battle” says Gartner business analyst Bob Hafner speaking of the upcoming struggle over Internet communications. Both Microsoft and Cisco have vested interest in the Internet future of telecomm. Microsoft is the newcomer believing that its software technologies will be the central focus in the new age of IP communications. ...

What’s your reason for not working out?  For some, it’s an addiction to video games or television, while others simply find the entire sweating process, “icky”.  However, most reasons for avoiding physical exercise surround work schedules.  Whether you’re an executive for a major bank or a waitress working two jobs, it can be hard ...

The Nintendo Wii sure doesn’t look like a computer.  The tiny console, which launched with much fanfare alongside the massive and massively unsuccessful PlayStation 3, features motion-sensitive gameplay – and little else.  Despite the console’s missing media features – what do you expect for $250 – it does include a web browser, and may ...

Robotics engineers say cars that drive themselves will be in use by the military by about 2015. These will be used primarily for convoys through war zones where it’s not necessary to put a human’s life in danger. Civilian use will probably come about as early as 2030. Last Saturday was the annual meeting of the American Association for the ...

Love or hate Microsoft it’s been one of the most influential forces of the last century. Microsoft took its motto: ''A PC on every desk and in every home'' from ambitious platitude to reality inside a decade. Although Gates will step down as Microsoft’s chief executive in 2008 the company will remain committed to his sweeping vision. He is one ...

NASA is holding a media briefing today where they’ll release details on a major announcement involving Google. In the announcement NASA is to discuss its Space Act Agreement with Google. The Space Act Agreement basically states a formal tie between Google and NASA in large scale data management collaborations. The potential is very deep for ...

Dr Oliver Curry is an evolutionary theorist at London School of Economics. For a broadcast on Bravo! Network, he gave a report on the future of human evolution - and it doesn’t look good for the long term. According to him, In the next 1000 years people’s height will swell to as high as seven feet, and they’ll live for some 120 ...

Next week hear from a very special guest blogger, Professor William Crossman author of VIVO (Voice-In / Voice-Out). Professor Crossman was named in New York Daily’s Millennium Edition as one of the six most influential people in science. In Professor Crossman’s book he outlines why advances in Voice-In / Voice-Out computer technology will ...

 Samsung has been doing tricks with flash memory all year. Early in 2006 at CeBIT the company demonstrated its 32 GB hard drive made entirely from solid state NAND flash memory. The device uses a 50 nanometer architecture and was shown off at CeBIT in a laptop. The storage device inside that laptop has already been introduced to the public, ...