Xbox 360 shortage blamed on chip

"A German company`s failure to produce enough memory chips at the right speed is being blamed for the U.S. shortage of Xbox 360 game consoles."

Nintendo to offer browser, TV tuner for DS handheld

Nintendo Co. Ltd. plans to boost the features of its Nintendo DS handheld game by offering a digital TV tuner and Internet browser for the device later this year, the company said Wednesday.

Connecting the capacity dots

Seagate Technology this year announced a new 160GB Portable Hard Drive, defined in the press release as "the industry's first portable drive built with perpendicular recording, an innovative technology that Seagate has employed to deliver the market's highest capacity in a 2.5-inch form factor."

Study: Nearly a Quarter Million PCs Turned Into 'Zombies' Daily

"The increase made December a record month of new zombie activity reaching 7,609,465 total infected IPs. The largest number of infected IPs continues to alternate between the U.S. and China, primarily due to the large number of computers coming online for the first time."

Fujitsu to start making 1.8-inch hard drives

"Japanese electronics maker Fujitsu said on Friday that it would start producing 1.8-inch hard disk drives used in portable music players and video cameras, entering a market dominated by Toshiba."

The world's greatest gadget show

Each year, in the first week of January, Las Vegas plays host to the International Consumer Electronics Show.

Taiwanese Researchers Breed Glowing Pigs

Pigs may not be able to fly just yet, but at least three of them glow. Taiwanese researchers said Friday they have bred the pigs with a fluorescent material in a move they hope will benefit the island's stem cell research effort.

How China Controls the Internet

The news that Microsoft (MSFT ) shut down a Chinese blogger's site at the request of Beijing officials is bringing a renewed focus on the role U.S. companies play in helping China control the Internet.

A (New) Chip on His Shoulder

Apple CEO Steve Jobs brought new Intel chips to his machines faster than anyone expected. What’s next for Macs and iPods?

Steve Jobs foiled the rumormongers once more at last week’s Macworld Expo.

Sony releases third PSP firmware upgrade in two months

With its usual minimum of fanfare, Sony has released the third firmware update to its PlayStation Portable in the last two months, this one including a new feature enabling consoles to serve as receiver units for Sony's LocationFree TV.

Russian Space Officials: Satellite Crashes

Russian space officials say a satellite designed to monitor changes in the polar ice caps has crashed into the Arctic Ocean.

Speculation rife on Apple’s video iPod launch

Apple Computer Inc revolutionized music with the iPod. Is video next?

Hackers jailed

Two computer hackers who helped spread a global virus have been jailed for a total of nine months.

Inaccuracies Abound as Media Digests Sun and Google Pact

The more that is written about the alliance between Sun and Google announced on Tuesday, the less it appears to resemble anything even close to the truth.

Microsoft announces imminent security release

The software giant has promised a beta of an enterprise security product by the end of 2005

ATI Launches X1000 Family of GPUs

ATI Technologies has launched the Radeon X1000 series, a new family of graphics processors. The company maintains that the top-to-bottom family built using 90-nanometer semiconductor fabrication technology, delivers better performance and image quality as compared to previous GPUs.

Google and Sun beat at the gates of Microsoft's PC empire

GOOGLE, the internet search king, has teamed with veteran Microsoft-hater Sun Microsystems to wrest control of the personal computer from Bill Gates's software colossus.

And How About Those Xbox 360 Games? A Preview From Amsterdam

Microsoft skeptics have withheld opinion about the Xbox 360 video game console because it hasn't shown a whole lot about the games coming for the Nov. 22 launch. Microsoft didn't clear up some issues, like which original Xbox games will be compatible with the Xbox 360. It didn't say how many consoles it will ship this fall. It didn't finalize which titles would come out on the first day of the console launch. And it didn't describe anything about "Halo 3," its one surefire blockbuster franchise.