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Iran’s Revolutionary Guard had a problem. They needed a way to intimidate the West but with just three puny medium-range missiles, how could they...

Could an LCD panel glut be looming? Along with Wednesday’s strong second-quarter financial report from LG Display, the company mentioned that the outlook for...

Who said the megapixel wars are dead? Kodak announced today that it had developed a 50-megapixel CCD sensor. That’s 5-0. Now, before you cast...

If you can’t make the 12-Volt Summit to be held in Dallas July 16 and 17, you can still let your voice be heard....

There is an entire cast of people who hate Microsoft. While I don’t hate the company, I certainly can’t understand how its braintrust operates...

Tom Keating speculates that AT&T is pulling the plug on its CallVantage VoIP service: Just got this email stating that as of July 7th,...

Considering the state of consumer understanding around the DTV transition, this (via DSLReports) was probably inevitable: In newspaper ads the Universal TechTronics “has been...

It’s got the A-list car stereo guys, but will the 12-Volt Summit, to be held in Dallas in two weeks, be a success?  Acumen,...

I’ve written in the past about poor customer service at different retailers (and here), so in order to ensure fair play, here is a...

RadioShack has a new roommate: A local community college has acquired the retailer’s former corporate campus for $238 million. The CE chain opened the...

Bill Gates’ last day at Microsoft is tomorrow. With the extensive amount of coverage already available (here, here and here, for instance) it would...

If you’re ticketed for talking on a cellphone while driving, Headsets.com will send you a free cellphone headset —a Plantronics Discovery 925, according to...

In-Stat says business. Maybe:  The benefits of seamless roaming between wireline and wireless networks is gaining steam, but many challenges remain before Fixed Mobile...

Early adopters scored highly on certain personality traits, according to a recent Nielsen Online and Mindset Media study. From the Mercury News: “The study...

They steal VoIP minutes: Phreakers have been around since way before Internet telephony, but they now have new medium in which to practice their...

For the commissioners at the FCC, the big question may now be, “Is it in the public interest if Sirius and XM, so hobbled...

Intel’s big move into solar power the other day appears to be a wise move for the semiconductor giant. Today, iSuppli reports, “investments in...

For another perspective on the XM/Sirius deal see XM-Sirius, regulatory blackmail, and diversity.

Well-regarded economic expert Steven Platt, of the Platt Retail Institute, recently told attendees at the DisplaySearch Flat-Panel Supply Chain Forum that the economy is...

Apparently Gene Simmons’ obscenely long tongue is for lashing out at music fans:   “The record industry is dead. It’s six feet underground and unfortunately...

A study is purporting that “cyberslacking” might not be as rampant as managers would like to believe, and that attempting to curtail personal use...

As the world comes to grips with the new protocols of political correctness, those engaged in the business affairs of TV displays — and...

Nobody is going to carry home a 40-inch LCD on their bicycle, but it wouldn’t be a bad idea to put out a small...

Yep, nobody will ever pay for digitally downloaded music.  From Apple: Music fans have now purchased and downloaded more than five billion songs from...

Washington, D.C. – If you believe government/industry studies, all seems to be going well in DTV Transition-land. Some interesting tidbits were recently released by...

Digital camera tip of the day: don’t bring them into a nuclear reactor – An emergency shutdown of a reactor at the Indian Point...

I had no idea Intel made photovoltaic solar cells, but Intel announced it is spinning this business off under the name SpectraWatt. Intel will...

Who would have thought people still went online using a dial-up connection? But they must. AOL still has its old landline-based business, but perhaps...

So says Pike & Fischer Broadband Advisory Services:  Pike & Fischer asked some 280 executives, engineers, and consultants from the cable, phone, satellite TV,...

First we brought you word of the pet urn that doubles as a digital frame. Now, the newest in cutting-edge mortuary technology — the...

There’s a gathering tomorrow in downtown San Francisco that everyone in the industry, and everyone who buys CE products, should be happy about. It’s...

Check out www.howispentmystiumulus.com. In the CE category, video games, laptops, an iPhone and a Flip Ultra video camera made the list. In the non-CE...

Here’s an unexpected marketing hook for the Eye-Fi wireless SD card. From the Photography blog: Owner Alison DeLauzon logged onto her Eye-Fi account after...