High-tech holiday gift ideas for $50 and $100
Picking a Christmas gift for the nerd in your life is never easy. In the holiday stampede, it's all too easy to end up with an outdated gadget or obsolete program. And mistakes can be costly.
View ArticleDolby brings theater sound to new-age gadgets
Dolby Laboratories is out to make sure people's ears are as delighted as their eyes in a world enthralled by high-definition televisions and entertainment on the go.
View ArticleSony Unveils New Solid State Camcorders
Sony Electronics is expanding its line of solid state camcorders with two new models designed to broaden the shooting capabilities for professionals and consumers. The company is introducing its first...
View ArticleSamsung Adds WI-FI Connectivity TO S-Series Camcorders
Samsung Electronics today introduced its new S-Series of full HD digital camcorders, the world’s first to include built-in Wi-Fi and DLNA connectivity.
View ArticleTiVo hopes for a lift from DVR blending 'Net, TV
TiVo Inc., the pioneer of the digital video recorder, hopes its new DVRs coming out this spring will keep the company relevant in an age when broadcast and broadband will be combined in TVs.
View ArticleGadgets: Box brings HD programming to your analog TV, computer
Just as the sign says on HDTV displays in electronics stores, you must have an HD signal sent to the TV in order to get HDTV-quality programming.
View ArticleSony debuts consumer interchangeable lens HD camcorder
Following the 25th anniversary of its Handycam product line, Sony today announced the innovative NEX-VG10 Interchangeable Lens HD Camcorder.
View ArticleRichest planetary system discovered (w/ Video)
(PhysOrg.com) -- Astronomers using ESO's world-leading HARPS instrument have discovered a planetary system containing at least five planets, orbiting the Sun-like star HD 10180. The researchers also...
View ArticleFather and son send iPhone and HD camera into stratosphere (w/ Video)
(PhysOrg.com) -- A father and young son from New York have succeeded in sending an HD camera and iPhone 19 miles high into the upper stratosphere and recording the flight.
View ArticleStaggering options complicate TV purchases
Shopping for a television set these days is anything but easy. I know because I just bought an HD TV.
View ArticleNXP announces first multi-standard digital radio co-processor for car...
NXP Semiconductors today announced the availability of the SAF356x series, a flexible digital radio co-processor for car entertainment systems supporting DAB, DAB+ and T-DMB reception, as well as HD...
View ArticleTop gadgets at consumer electronics trade show
Tablets may have been all the rage at this year's Consumer Electronics Show, but with tens of thousands of products on display, there was something for everyone.
View ArticleHARPS tunes in on habitable planet
Using the High Accuracy Radial velocity Planet Searcher (HARPS), a team of scientists at University of Geneva, Switzerland, led by the Swiss astronomer Stephane Udry made a sound discovery an...
View ArticleNew Vizio HD-TV breaks wide-screen barrier for movies, apps
The shape of TVs to come might be even wider than wide-screen. Today's high-definition sets evolved to a rectangular 16-by-9 shape from the more square analog TVs. But a wider 21-by-9 display standard...
View ArticleMotorola sharpens Droid Razr with Maxx
The Razr is among the elite of Android devices. Motorola sharpens its Razr brand further with the 4G LTE Droid Razr Maxx which was released at Verizon for $300 with a two year agreement.
View ArticleSony develops 'IPELA Engine' capable of an industry-first 130db wide dynamic...
Sony Corporation today announced the development of the industrys highest picture quality IPELA ENGINE, capable of the industrys first 130dB wide dynamic range in full HD quality at 30...
View ArticleNew look at HD 10180 shows it might have nine planets
(Phys.org) -- Astronomer Mikko Tuomi of the University of Hertfordshire, has found after looking at data regarding the solar system surrounding the star HD 10180, that it likely has nine planets making...
View ArticleA TV 4 times sharper than HD
Now that you've got a high-definition TV, you may want to start saving up for a super-high-definition one.
View ArticleReview: TV video-calling gadget costs too much for too little
You may have already placed a video call from your computer or from your smartphone. In the future you may make such calls from your television.
View ArticleLG releases 'world's largest' ultra-definition TV
South Korea's LG Electronics on Wednesday began sales of what it claims is the world's largest ultra-definition television, with a view to expanding its share of the premium TV market.
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