Cisco introduces Valet brand, can it replicate Flip success?

Can Cisco Systems (CSCO) make your home router easier to use? That's the idea behind today's introduction of the new Valet. Like the Flip brand, used successfully in the low-cost camcorder segment, Cisco is aiming to simplify the often challenging world of home networking. Even the design and style of some of...

Google throws in with Adobe, integrates Flash in upcoming Chrome browser

Google today announced that a future version of its browser Chrome will come with Adobe Flash technology built in. In previous versions, users had to download it separately so that web sites employing slick Flash animations and ads would render properly. "The traditional browser plug-in model has enabled tremendous innovation...

Apple readies new ad platform, rival Google?

It's all iPad all week. And while most of the attention will be focused on the sexy new device (get ready for an avalanche of never ending unboxing videos and juicy photos), there is a real battle for online ad supremacy brewing behind the scenes. Today though it's likely to start...

Fountain cleaning (aka excuse for more Canon T2i photos)

It's solid, fast, easy to use and, at least to my dodgy eyes, produces remarkable shots—not to mention video at full cinematic 1080p/24.

Is Google TV disruptive or just another Web TV sequel?

The Internet is abuzz, Google TV is coming. Remember Web TV? It was supposed to transform our living rooms into an entertainment and web-surfing paradise. In a way, that's exactly what's happened. But not as originally planned. Instead, I'd score the battle in favor of the video game systems—XBOX360, PS3,...

Canon T2i first impressions, test shots

Then there's video. With native 1080p, 24 frames-per-second capability, the T2i can produce film-like, cinematic video. At least in theory.

125 years later ‘@’ a communications rock-star

"Monkey's tail". "Little mouse". "Little snail". Or how you and I, and most of the free world call it: "at." Despite modest beginnings as an accounting term the now famous and much loved character entered by pressing "shift 2" on most keyboards fuels modern communications thanks to its use...

All aboard the Sir Richard Branson spacecraft express

It was a "momentous day" according to Richard Branson's spacecraft developer. Will space travel some day be affordable for all? Yesterday Virgin Galactic, one of several companies owned by the British billionaire, announced that the VSS Enterprise had successfully completed a captive carry flight attached to a carrier plane. According...

Facebook catches Google, are ads next?

When was the last time you visited Facebook? Or Google? Chances are you've been to both sites, multiple times, over the past twenty-four hours. But that was not necessarily always the case, even just twelve months ago. According to Hitwise, a competitive intelligence and research firm, Facebook has rocketed...

Palm shares plummet, concerns over viability

Shares of Palm Inc. (NASDAQ: PALM), which sells smartphones such as the Pre, plummeted 25% this morning amidst concerns about viability. The financials look rough with revenue for the end of May period a paltry $150 million. Most expected twice that amount; and the most recent quarterly loss is just over...