Hansell goes on to give a reasonable explanation of the basic issues involved, and mentions the likely future of cable TV: digital video distributed over Internet-like network switches. Instead of always sending every TV channel to every house, a switched system sends only the data for the channels that are being watched. (While it’s [...]

This is not the first time Huang has said this. He said–now rather famously–last year that Nvidia was going to “open up a can of whoop-ass” on Intel when responding to a question about Intel’s upcoming Larrabee graphics technology. He has also said many times in many forums that Intel’s CPUs are “good enough”–not so [...]

Among home-theater enthusiasts, Logitech Harmony remotes have always rated fairly high. They’re easier to program than most (thanks to browser-based software), they’re packed with features (most notably built-in help), and they’re quite comfortable to use. However, the higher-end models tend to be pretty pricey: witness the Harmony 880, which originally sold for $249. If you [...]

Cicconi agreed, saying that the FCC has the opportunity to prove to Net neutrality supporters and Congress that it can enforce its own policies and keep the Internet open.
Jim Cicconi, senior executive and vice president for legislative affairs for AT&T, and Tom Tauke, executive vice president of public affairs and policy for Verizon, told an [...]

“But that was just the preamble, leading to Whitten’s discussion of Monday’s announcements.

In part, that’s likely because some of the news was a little abstract and the company probably thought that it would be good to reach out directly–especially because of the major redesign of the Xbox Live interface that is coming.

The rest of [...]

In November, Fossett’s wife filed a petition to have the court declare him legally dead. Her request was granted in February.
(Credit:
Virgin Atlantic)

Authorities may have found the wreckage of the plane that adventurer Steve Fossett was flying when he went missing last year.

There has been no word yet on whether a body was [...]

Also, basic mobile phones are growing more and more capable of handling simple music playback, said Ross Rubin, an analyst with The NPD Group. And at some point, the ability of manufacturers to add more and more capacity will outpace the growth of the average individual’s personal music library, he said.
As chips [...]

Turntables and cassettes are completely foreign to my 10- and 13-year-old sons. Before my guys hit the workforce, wired Ethernet and the venerable RJ-45 Ethernet jack may slide into a similar nostalgic category.
Sure, there are a lot of players in this market, and there is bound to be consolidation. I can certainly see Foundry, Juniper, [...]