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Nintendo Tops Hardware, Software Sales for April 2007-05-19 10:09:00 The Nintendo DS and Wii owned the video games market during AprilResearch firm NPD Funworld has released video game sales figures for April 2007, which once again belong much to Nintendo. The Wii and the DS continued to be top sellers, with Nintendo?s handheld taking top spot at 471,000 units and the home console selling 360,000 units. Sony ruled the two spots after Nintendo, though it is the last-generation PlayStation 2 that takes third at 194,000 units and the PlayStation Portable at fourth at 183,000. The PlayStation 3 places three spots below the PSP at seventh, selling 82,000.In fifth is Microsoft?s only entry, the Xbox 360, with 174,000 units. Nintendo?s Game Boy Advance, with 84,000 units, placed just above the PS3, while the GameCube held sat at the bottom with 13,000 units sold.On the software side, Nintendo ruled the top four spots with the two new Pokemon games taking first and second. Pokemon Diamond sold an astounding 1.045 million units, while the less popular Pokemon Pe ...

802.11n Draft 2.0 Hits Store Shelves this June 2007-05-19 10:06:00 802.11n draft 2 is 5 times faster and goes 2 times farther than existing productsRoughly a year ago when the 802.11n standard was still in its infancy, companies decided to ship products based on the pre-standard anyway. The result was that customers were able to get their hands on 108Mbps Wi-Fi technology before the standard was officially approved. The risk for consumers at that point was whether or not their pre-standard 802.11n gear would still work once the standard reached its final stages.Consumers already using 802.11n devices this week receive a bit of good news. The Wi-Fi Alliance announced that starting in June, 802.11n will enter draft 2.0, which means products will undergo a new certification. Despite the news from the Wi-Fi Alliance, 802.11n products will not reach final revisions for some time. The initiative is simply to ensure that there is interoperability between products on store shelves.Draft 2.0 will bring along two significant differences. First, 802.11n draft 2. ...

Apple iPhone Gets FCC Approval 2007-05-19 10:03:00 The Apple iPhone got official FCC approval for sale on the U.S. marketApple recently announced that it has officially received FCC approval to sell the iPhone, its much anticipated entry into the mobile phone market. Along with getting FCC approval, the iPhone is ready to ship next month, Apple spokespeople said. All mobile phones offered in the United States must receive a "grant of equipment authorization," which means it has receivedthe green light from the FCC."We're on track to release it in late June," Cingular spokesman Mark Siegel said. "Nothing has changed."FCC documents confirmed the iPhone will have WiFi and Bluetooth capabilities. Apple requested the FCC keep several details secret from the public, including the official launch date of the device. Apple also requested the FCC not release external or internal photographs and user manual of the iPhone for 45 days -- which means the material will likely not be made available until the iPhone is on the market.FCC approval came ... Apple  Iphone

Google Moves Closer to Universal Search 2007-05-19 10:00:00 Google changes its homepage as well as its mechanism for delivering resultsThis week marked another milestone for search giant Google. The company's simplistic homepage received a rather discrete update, moving the navigation options up to the top of the screen rather than docked at the search field. The move says Google, is to move closer to the goal of having universal search -- that is, one search providing all categories of results.To achieve this, Google is taking first steps to introduce users to more of its features. Google Blog Search, Book Search, Groups, code and other tools are now more readily accessible. Even Google's office productivity tools are more up front too. For instance, Google's Docs & Spreadsheets as well as its photo management application Picasa Web Albums are now easier to get to.The biggest improvement for Google is the method in which it now conducts searches. Previously, results were derived from website page ranking, a system that Google itself pioneer ... Google

Apple Sued for Deceptive MacBook and MacBook Pro Advertising 2007-05-19 09:53:00 Lawsuit claims LCD screens on Apple's current notebooks are not capable of millions of colorsApple Inc. has been in and out of the courtroom a number of times this year for patent infringements, product defects and mostly to defend its iPhone. This week, Apple finds itself in the courtroom again, this time facing a class action lawsuit alleging the LCD screens on its MacBook and MacBook Pro laptops are substandard. The claim also alleges Apple advertised its screens as being superior, but knowingly shipped screens that did not meet its original claims.The class action lawsuit points out the glossy screens Apple introduced with the launched of its MacBook last year. Apple advertised that the new glossy screens provided users with deeper blacks and whites that are more vibrant. However, many customers experienced graininess and sparkling effects common to dithering techniques, according to the lawsuit.According to the complaint:Many such dissatisfied purchasers were chastised by Apple a ... Advertising  Apple

Microsoft Acquires Ad Firm aQuantive for $6 Billion 2007-05-19 09:53:00 Microsoft picks up an internet ad firm for a hefty sum Microsoft Corp. announced today it will acquire aQuantive, Inc. for $6 billion, roughly $66.50 per share in an all cash transaction. This will be the largest purchase the software giant has ever made, spending roughly three times as much money as it has on any other company. The company?s goal is to provide the advertising industry with an internet-wide advertising platform and a set of tools and services that help its constituents bring in the highest possible return.The acquisition of aQuantive will allow Microsoft to build and strengthen its relationships with advertisers, agencies, and publishers. It will also help the software giant build and support next generation advertising solutions and environments such as cross media planning, video-on-demand and IPTV. The combined technologies and portfolio provide for constituencies as follows:Advertisers and ad agencies will benefit from a world-class media planning, buying and campa ... Microsoft

Report: Dell DisplayPort LCD Coming this Year 2007-05-19 09:44:00 DisplayPort takes the lead over UDI and HDMI for computer displaysConsumers have made one thing clear about the tech industry over the past several years: format wars are confusing and often times deliver more issues than solutions. Display technologies consisting of DisplayPort, HDMI and UDI have all been ferociously vying for industry support over the past two years. Despite a strong push from all three standards, DisplayPort crossed a major milestone in April when it received approval by VESA to be an industry standard.The big question on most consumers' minds however, is the proliferation of products that actually use the DisplayPort standard. This week at a business strategy meeting at Dell, the company showed off what it calls the next generation in LCD displays. Dell demonstrated a prototype LCD panel based on DisplayPort. DisplayPort has several advantages that will allow manufacturers to design thinner LCD panels, Dell's chief technology officer Kevin Kettler said.Kettler sh ... Dell

Spintronics Breaks the Silicon Barrier 2007-05-18 06:00:00 A breakthrough in this promising field of nanoelectronics could revolutionize the design of digital devicesA new generation of electronics that are vastly smaller, faster, and more power-efficient came closer to fruition this month thanks to the work of a team of U.S. scientists.As described in this month's academic journal Nature (subscription required), professors Ian Appelbaum and Biqin Huang of the University of Delaware and Douwe Monsma of Massachusetts-based Cambridge NanoTech have succeeded in creating a working spintronic device based on conventional silicon.Spintronics is a promising approach to creating electronic devices that store information based on the spin of electrons, rather than the more cumbersome conventional method of relying on the electron's charge.An electron's spin refers to its directional rotation. Unlike a spinning tire or a toy top, an electron's spin is a quantum property, and thus a constant value that does not change. Scientists are working to harn ...

Sony Sees Bigger Fiscal Q4 Loss 2007-05-18 05:57:00 Sony sees its biggest quarterly loss in four yearsSony saw its quarterly losses grow for the fourth fiscal quarter (January 2007 to March 2007). Not surprisingly, the company cited that its overall $563 million USD loss ? the company?s biggest quarterly loss in four years -- can be directly attributed to costs associated with the PlayStation 3 console. The company?s Games division witnessed a $1.9 billion USD loss."In the Game segment, there was a significant operating loss as a result of the sale of PS3 at strategic price points lower than its production cost during the introductory period," said the company.The PS3 comes packed with plenty of technology including the complex Cell processor, Blu-ray drive, integrated 60GB HDD, WiFi and Bluetooth. In mid-November, iSuppli estimated that Sony was losing $240 USD on each 60GB PS3 it sold and $300 USD on each 20GB PS3 that it sold. Sony was able to stem those losses somewhat by dropping the 20GB PS3 from its product mix in North America. ... Sony

Calculators to Help Teachers Connect to Students 2007-05-18 05:51:00 Texas Instruments found a way to help instructors better connect with their students and to better identify students problemsTexas Instruments said on Monday that it has found a way to connect teachers with students, allowing teachers to quickly identify students failing in math. The TI-Navigator technology sends wireless signals from pupil's handheld calculators to a teacher's personal-computer screen, which will allow the teacher to analyze and correct student errors in real time.According to CNET, the new system allows instructors to receive answers from all students and aids them in better helping students who need help but are too afraid to ask. Instructors can also correct common mistakes and adjust lessons as they teach."The teachers can understand who's not getting it. It's about how you help teachers understand the effectiveness of how they are teaching lessons and how students are following along," Chief Executive Rich Templeton said at the Reuters Global Technology, Med ...

Microsoft Constructs New Manufacturing Facility For Next Gen Zunes 2007-05-18 05:48:00 Microsoft readies slimmer HDD-based Zune and a new flash-based ZuneMicrosoft's answer to Apple's popular iPod family of players was first launched in mid-November 2006. The $249 player promised to change the way we socialize with portable audio devices while at the same time offering the Zune Marketplace which is Microsoft's equivalent to iTunes.The original Zune came in three colors (white, black and brown) and featured a 30GB HDD, 4" color screen, built-in FM tuner and WiFi connectivity for "3-day-or-3-play" wireless music sharing. At launch, Microsoft also made available 100 limited edition hot pink Zunes which quickly made the rounds on eBay for insane prices. Recently, Microsoft added a fourth official color to the Zune family: pink. While Apple is already celebrating 100 million iPods sold nearly six years into its initial launch, Microsoft has more sedate figures for its Zune. Microsoft expects to top the one million mark by next month and is right now holding on to roughly 2 ... Microsoft

New HD DVD, Blu-ray Disc Copy Protection Defeated Before Release 2007-05-18 05:27:00 AnyDVD HD software stillborns latest AACS high-def protections one week before launchEfforts that began in December 2006, and continued through February 2007, lead the way for the circumvention of the Advanced Access Content System (AACS) HD DVD and Blu-ray Disc copy-protection scheme.It started with the discovery of individual encryption keys for specific movies titles that would allow the decryption and backup of the protected media. Continued efforts eventually uncovered the Processing Key, essentially a silver bullet that is able to defeat the copy protection of all HD DVD and Blu-ray Disc media currently on the market.Advanced Access Content System Licensing Administration (AACS LA) acknowledged the effectiveness of the hack, but promised that it would soon patch up the hole in future releases. ?AACS LA has confirmed that AACS Title Keys have appeared on public web sites without authorization,? read a statement from the AACS website. ?AACS LA employs both technical and legal meas ... Dvd

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Apple Updates MacBook Lineup 2007-05-16 09:49:00 Apple bumps the specs on its MacBook, but Santa Rosa is MIAWith the release of Intel?s Santa Rosa platform last week, we saw a number of new notebooks be announced from the usual suspects like Sony and Dell. Conspicuously missing, however, was Apple. The company is known for operating on its own timetable, but many expected Apple to eventually make the switch to Intel's newest platform.Today, Apple announced an update to its MacBook lineup, but Santa Rosa is still MIA. Apple has updated the entry-level model to include a 2.0GHz Core 2 Duo processor, 1GB of RAM and an 80GB HDD (up from 1.83GHz, 512MB and 60GB). The range-topping black MacBook now features a 2.16GHz Core 2 Duo processor, 1GB of RAM and a 160GB HDD (up from 2.0GHz, 1GB and 120GB).All other features remain the same including the 13.3" (WXGA) glossy screen, slot-loading DL DVD burner (CD-RW combo drive on the entry-level model), Intel GMA950, GbE, 802.11n and Bluetooth 2.0+EDR.The new MacBooks are available now and range ... Apple

Fujitsu Announces Its FMV-U8240 UMPC 2007-05-16 09:43:00 Fujitsu launches the world's smallest UMPCFujitsu is jumping on the Ultra Mobile PC (UMPC) bandwagon with its FMV-U8240 UMPC. DailyTech first mentioned the Fujitsu UMPC back in April when all we had to go on was a single image of the device from IDF.The FMV-U8240 is billed as the world's smallest UMPC weighing in at just 1.3 pounds. The device also measures 6.73" x 5.24" x 1.26". Battery life is described as 4 hours with the standard battery and 8 hours with the extended battery."The Fujitsu UMPC combines Fujitsu's systems expertise with Intel's low power processor and chipset," said Intel Senior VP Anand Chandrasekher. "The emerging UMPC category delivers the functionality of the PC and full Internet to users who are constantly on the go in ultra light and small form factors."The FMV-U8240 features a 5.6" (1024x600) display and a built-in keyboard (14mm key pitch, 1.3mm keystroke). The device also comes standard with Intel A100 (800MHz) processor, 20GB HDD, a fingerprint scanner, ...