Reporter’s Notebook

Everyone seems to agree that consumers need to do a better job of securing their photos. And everyone knows that hoary business cliché that...

Skimming the industry-related figures for 2007 and forecasts for 2008, it looks like another year of growth for the imaging industry — macroeconomic setbacks...

According to a blog posting on the VH1 Best Week Ever site, a San Diego Best Buy created a makeshift display filled with movies...

Co-opting your opponents is how successful politicians ensure their legacy. It’s also how industries can defend themselves against their critics.  The consumer electronics industry...

According to The New York Times, on Tuesday The Federal Trade Commission held its first hearing in a series focused on green marketing and...

I, for one, don’t want to cheer when I read that the music industry continues to founder. Really, I’m not that vindictive. Then I...

Here’s an easy way to spread some New Year’s cheer this year: Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America (IAVA), a non-partisan organization for veterans...

We received this note from Jim Noyd this morning: Don Bouchard, executive VP of sales and marketing at Ultralink/XLO Products, was involved in a...

I hate to disagree with my fellow tech journalist/blogger Stewart Wolpin, but I have no problem understanding why people by the millions are buying...

 The news of sluggish holiday sales has The New Yorker’s James Surowiecki writing about the “steady erosion of a retailers’ power.” It’s worth quoting...

NetZero Voice from United Communications has left the building. In a 2006 report, the research firm Telephia placed them fifth among pure-play VoIP providers...

A software firm called Enoetic has created a program called Photology that can recognize distinct elements within a photo for easier retrieval. I’ve not...

Talk about great moments in customer service. Linksys got into a bit of hot water recently when the “help” line listed in one of...

Car stereo suppliers may want to take note of a new trend cropping up in Queens, N.Y. Teen boys are cobbling together 3,000-watt car...

Google not only understands that green is good, but its potential as a profit generator could dwarf what it is has made on the...

As if the media didn’t have enough to digest from Thanksgiving shopping mania, today they’re all over “Cyber Monday” like gravy on mashed potatoes....

I’m a pretty good gardener and I can usually figure out when my houseplants need water, but for the green-thumbed-challenged among us, there is...

Want to do your bird watching without ever leaving the couch? A firm called Wingscapes has introduced what it calls the BirdCam — a...

The massive increase in interest in all things video online these days has TWICE in the market for CE industry related video. You may...

Google directions will soon be available at the gas pumps, it was announced Nov. 8 by a maker of gas pumps here, called Gilbarco...

So I’m potty shopping at Babies “R” Us last night when I stumble upon … digital cameras, portable GPS systems, iPod speakers and several...

Uh-oh:hackers have proven that Voice over internet Telephony (VoIP) accounts are prone to the nuisance of voice spam – by attacking the university where...

Does Amazon.com owe its profits to a massive tax-payer subsidy? That’s the argument from economist Dean Baker. According to Baker: While most stores must...

The research firm IDC polled 500 digital camera owners for their thoughts on “wireless imaging.” The poll and resultant report was sponsored by Nikon. ...

The story of television’s invention and the competing forces of inventor Philo Farnsworth vs. RCA’s Vladimir Zworykin in the zeitgeist of 1929 has been...

The 2007 Nobel Prize was given last week to two scientists who are credited with discovering the technology that makes MP3s and MP3 players...

The CE category dominated the winners of Popular Mechanics Top 10 Most Brilliant Gadgets of 2007.

From the “this is evidently not a joke” files … The European Union has decreed (they speak in no other language) that any manufacturer...

 OnStar’s newest feature for the car needs to be taken to the next level.  While it’s great the wireless technology can help catch car...

Apple’s iPhone has sparked an intense discussion of the merits of locked vs. unlocked cellular phones.  First, Tim Wu in Slate relays his experience...

Better Energy Systems recently announced a neat product that’s being geared toward college students and adventure-types: the Solio Hybrid1000, a solar-powered power source. It...

As a card-carrying member of the TiVo generation, I rarely watch commercials anymore. But this European spot for Sony Bravia LCD TVs is definitely...

As filmed on YouTube, an owner of an iPod Touch takes a variety of sharp objects to his new device to demonstrate just how...

Could AT&T’s CallVantage VoIP service be shutting down? Consider: Russell Shaw reads Investor’s Business Daily and surmises, based on comments from AT&T executives, that...

More airports are installing charging stations where travelers can juice up their CE devices. This is a good idea considering how much time you’re...

You want a megapixel war? Say hello to my little friend:A tripod-like mount makes it possible for a digital camera to take hundreds of...

A new Web site is promising free calls, provided they can listen in. Pudding Media’s Web site is a beta version of technology the...

Colleen Bohen’s blog earlier this week pointed out a move to bring computing to third-world children that is being attempted by the MIT Media...

Oh my. Paul Sweeting at Video Business (which is owned by TWICE parent company Reed Business Information) has a report from the Digital Rights Strategies...

The New York Times reported today that the One Laptop Per Child project will be launching a temporary “Give 1 Get 1” promotion that...

Amar Bose was completing his engineering doctorate at MIT in 1956 when he walked into one of two RadioShack stores in the country to...

USA Today has an interesting piece running down how some average consumers are archiving their images and some of the pitfalls of digital storage:...