Matt Hines

From Apple to Wal-Mart, the first round of results from the hotly anticipated holiday buying season point toward another banner year for consumer electronics retailers and e-commerce sites. A number of sources reported strong demand from consumers in the retail market on Monday as buyers flocked to stores and Web sites over the weekend. The […]

The creator of the BitTorrent file-sharing system has agreed to bar users of the service from trading unauthorized copies of materials owned by the members of the Motion Picture Association of America. At a press conference in Los Angeles on Tuesday, BitTorrent founder Bram Cohen appeared with executives representing the MPAA and announced a new […]

XM Satellite Radio and music download provider Napster launched a preview of their jointly operated service on Tuesday, promising new audio delivery options to existing satellite radio subscribers. The beta version of the offering, dubbed as XM + Napster, seeks to market Napsters array of digital music download services to XM customers in an effort […]

The Electronic Frontier Foundation filed a class-action lawsuit against Sony BMG Entertainment on Monday through which it is demanding that the company further address problems related to the controversial “rootkit”-style copy-protection mechanism that it shipped on an estimated 24 million music CDs. The suit, filed in Los Angeles County Superior court, alleges that two different […]

Apple Computer Inc. announced Monday that it signed new deals with the companies supplying flash memory components for its popular iPod digital music players ahead of the holiday buying season. The Cupertino, Calif., manufacturer said that it inked long-term contracts with partners Hynix Semiconductor Inc., Intel Corp., Micron Technology Inc., Samsung Electronics Co. and Toshiba […]

The open-source Mozilla Foundation released the latest iteration of its Firefox Web browsing software on Friday, promising faster navigation, increased customization and improved security in the third beta version of its upcoming application. Labelled Firefox 1.5 Release Candidate 3, the new installment of the Web browsing software claims many of the same types of improvements […]

Intel Corp. launched its newest chips designed for use in so-called smart phones on Thursday, introducing the latest version of its StrataFlash Cellular Memory, or M18, product lineup, which promises increased support for mobile devices that run multimedia applications. The Santa Clara, Calif., chip giant said the new M18s, built on the companys 90-nanometer fabrication […]

As the desktop once said to the cell phone, “Dont do anything that I wouldnt do.” According to a group of panelists gathered Wednesday for the Ziff Davis Wireless Solutions Virtual Tradeshow 2005, as mobile devices become more widely used and take on increasingly sophisticated applications, they will likely be faced with the same raft […]

The cabin crew asks kindly that all passengers remain seated throughout the flight and please refrain at all times from turning off their wireless devices. Such seamless connectivity will be part of the average consumer experience for many travelers in the near future if you believe what some proponents of the Wi-Fi wireless networking industry […]

The U.S. Department of Justice has filed a request with a federal court in Virginia asking the judge presiding over the patent suit between NTP Inc. and Research In Motion Ltd. to keep the device makers BlackBerry wireless e-mail service in operation. The Justice Department requested that the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District […]

As further evidence of the growing demand for video content designed for consumption outside of the traditional living room, the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences announced Monday that it has created an Emmy award for emerging programming formats. Dubbed the Emmy for Outstanding Achievement in Content for Non-Traditional Delivery Platforms, the prize will […]

The CTIA Wireless Association, with the support of the nations largest mobile carriers, has posted new guidelines to encourage network operators to label, filter and limit access to content considered inappropriate for children. Dubbed as the CTIAs Wireless Content Guidelines, the initiative aims to establish a set of voluntary rules to be followed by mobile […]