Google TV seeks to succeed in an arena--web-connected television--that have seen many major tech players try and fail. Does Google TV have what it takes to crack the market? I use the Mom Test and the Nerd Test to find out.READ»
The look and feel of electronics always coalesces into "standards": the beige PC, the pyramid-backed tube TV, the two-button mouse. At CES this year, we're seeing a new decade of visual language emerge--and it's all about touch. Sure, ...READ»
American industrial designers are the secret heroes of the marketplace, finessing products to make them easier to use and help them sell better. Here's how five top firms have been busy shaping our world.READ»
If you've got a hankering to watch your TV programs all over the globe, you already know the Slingbox by Sling Media is just about the best way to do it. Now the Sling folks are releasing two new 'Boxes, which have appeared on ...READ»
About a million-and-one Apple [NASDAQ:AAPL] patents are uncovered every year by ambitious fanboys, but few ever bear the fruit of products that actually come to market. Nevertheless, a lot can be said of Apple patent-scanning, ...READ»
If you think the changes in TV in the past five years--TiVo, digital cable and satellite, and video on demand--are radical, you haven't seen anything.READ»
The 2007 NFL season kicks off tonight, as Super Bowl MVP Peyton Manning and the Indianapolis Colts take the field against Reggie Bush and the New Orleans Saints. While fans across the country are rightfully eager for their own teams ...READ»
"The following appeared in the October 4th edition of the Boston Globe"
LAST WEEK, THERE was a successful terrorist attack in Boston. The perpetrators were Turner Broadcasting and the Cartoon Network, and they succeeded in hijacking ...READ»
Yahoo Launches Mobile Social-Networking Service
"Yahoo has quietly launched an experimental site that offers mobile-phone subscribers the ability to send text messages and share videos and pictures among friends. The service follows ...READ»
