Phonecasting.com lets you listen to podcasts over the phone

Sun, 07 Oct 2007 01:36:23 GMT
A Houston based company has come up with a unique way to listen to podcasts -- through the phone.

The new Tilt promises to be a feature packed phone

Thu, 04 Oct 2007 17:31:43 GMT
Just when you thought the wireless companies couldn't pack anymore features into a mobile phone, they somehow top themselves.

The Wii is hard to come by in some parts

Sat, 06 Oct 2007 16:11:06 GMT
We're not even at Halloween yet, but you might want to start thinking about Christmas. If you're not careful, the toys your kids want could be gone before you start looking.

Mother ordered to pay $222,000 in music-file sharing case

Fri, 05 Oct 2007 16:42:43 GMT
In the first lawsuit over file sharing to make it to court, a jury ordered a woman who record labels claimed illegally shared songs to pay the labels $222,000.

Startup offers 3-minute online dating

Thu, 04 Oct 2007 15:36:44 GMT
A new online dating service believes you can determine the love of your life after a three-minute video chat.

New AIM lets users share tunes

Thu, 04 Oct 2007 15:36:30 GMT
Now you can listen to the music your friends enjoy while chatting away online.

Microsoft launches HealthVault site for managing medical records, faces concerns over privacy

Thu, 04 Oct 2007 15:36:24 GMT
Microsoft Corp. launched a Web site Thursday for managing personal health and medical information, jumping into an industry whose digital future is clouded by privacy worries.

AG arrested 14 sex offenders for illegally using MySpace.com

Thu, 04 Oct 2007 18:44:52 GMT
More than a dozen sex offenders found themselves back behind bars, thanks to profiles on MySpace.com.

Verizon offering iPhone lookalike

Wed, 03 Oct 2007 15:52:56 GMT
With an eye toward the holidays, Verizon Wireless is launching a cell phone that looks a lot like the hottest phone so far this year: Apple's iPhone.

Now you can shop for toilet paper through your HD DVD player

Wed, 03 Oct 2007 15:10:42 GMT
Just watched "Evan Almighty"? Did its environmental message make you want to buy ecologically sound toilet paper?

Group renames asteroid for 'Star Trek' star George Takei

Wed, 03 Oct 2007 14:10:55 GMT
A piece of outer space named for George Takei is in kind of a rough neighborhood for somebody who steers a starship: an asteroid belt.

Fla. girl safe after running off with sex offender she met on Myspace.com

Tue, 02 Oct 2007 23:44:10 GMT
A teenage girl who ran away to rendezvous with a high-risk sex offender she met online was found safe at a store 400 miles from her home on Tuesday, while the search for the 46-year-old man continued, a sheriff said.

Yahoo soups up search engine to catch Google

Tue, 02 Oct 2007 15:18:40 GMT
Yahoo Inc. has retooled its online search engine to make it more helpful and engaging, joining an industrywide wave of improvements that so far haven't dented Google Inc.'s dominance.

Study finds emotional attachment between humans and robotic vacuums

Tue, 02 Oct 2007 17:31:44 GMT
They give them nicknames, worry when they signal for help and sometimes even treat them like a trusted pet.

Facebook warns of safety concerns

Tue, 02 Oct 2007 15:25:37 GMT
The social networking Web site Facebook has been warned that it could face a consumer fraud charge for failing to live up to claims that youngsters there are safer from sexual predators than at most sites and that it promptly responds to concerns, a spokesman for New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo said Sunday.

Breaking up with MySpace

Tue, 02 Oct 2007 15:34:53 GMT
The largest social networking Web site, Myspace.com, has 110 million members. But some former MySpace junkies are dumping their profiles.

Sony unveils ultra-thin TV

Tue, 02 Oct 2007 15:27:28 GMT
Sony today displayed the first television for the commercial market with an organic light-emitting diode display.

Incensed over iPhone $200 price cut, woman sues Apple for $1M

Tue, 02 Oct 2007 12:06:58 GMT
A New York woman is so angry at Apple Inc. for lopping $200 off the price of the iPhone that she's filed a lawsuit seeking $1 million in damages.

Learning, saving and avoid crashing

Mon, 01 Oct 2007 15:14:43 GMT
Over the past few months, we've come across a lot of educational websites for kids, but we've now found one for teachers.

New site lets you dish about your neighbors

Fri, 28 Sep 2007 06:56:39 GMT
Have a neighbor who drives you nuts? Well now you have a place to vent your complaints in a web site that's attracted a quarter million visitors in its two months of existence, all by word-of-mouth.

Yahoo! to shutdown podcast service

Fri, 28 Sep 2007 07:00:12 GMT
Yahoo Inc. will jettison a little-used service for finding and rating audio programs known as "podcasts," the latest casualty of the Internet company's rejuvenation effort.

NASA launches spacecraft on double-encounter mission in asteroid belt

Thu, 27 Sep 2007 13:00:57 GMT
NASA's Dawn spacecraft rocketed away Thursday toward an unprecedented double encounter in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter.

YouTube meets Monster in video resume play

Thu, 27 Sep 2007 02:13:45 GMT
If you're looking for a new job or for a new employee, there's a website you should know about.

Digg adds filtering options

Thu, 27 Sep 2007 01:56:42 GMT
As the news-recommendation site Digg grows in usage and content, its developers are adding features to help users filter what they might want to read.

HD camera brings Hi-Def recording home

Thu, 27 Sep 2007 02:13:12 GMT
Consumers are racing to replace their aging televisions with high-definition TVs. Trouble is, many are still using devices and services that can't fill those HDTVs with enough visual information to make them look their best.

One in three parents say kids online too much

Thu, 27 Sep 2007 01:58:24 GMT
A third of parents believe children spend too much time online, and mothers worry far more than fathers about whether certain Internet sites are appropriate for kids, according to a new survey.

'Halo 3' hits stores prompting all-night lines

Wed, 26 Sep 2007 05:04:10 GMT
Just who was willing to stand in line for hours waiting until the clock struck midnight to buy the new video game "Halo 3"? There was a pediatrician, a restaurant manager, several patient parents buying it for their children and plenty of teenagers who confessed they would be late for school - or probably simply play hookey to stay home until they had beaten the game.

Computer nerds hope to auction themselves to sorority women

Tue, 25 Sep 2007 22:33:40 GMT
In hopes of finding some dates, self-described computer nerds are hoping to swing a deal with some sorority women -- get tech support and help makeover a nerd!

Some Halo 3 disks scratched by packaging

Wed, 26 Sep 2007 04:59:30 GMT
Within hours after die-hard fans finally got their hands on a copy of "Halo 3," blogs brimmed with reports that special limited-edition packaging is scratching the video game disks.

Apple warns about hacking iPhone

Wed, 26 Sep 2007 05:00:27 GMT
Apple has a word for those who are thinking about hacking their iPhones so they can be used on other wireless carriers: don't.

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