Stories by: James Niccolai

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HP pays $425,000 to settle claims over hazardous laptop batteries 24 January, 2012 12:10:40

Hewlett-Packard will pay US$425,000 to settle a claim that it knowingly sold laptops with hazardous batteries that could overheat or catch fire, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission announced Monday.
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Google expands revenue but misses forecast 20 January, 2012 08:44:03

Google's fourth-quarter revenue climbed 25 percent from a year earlier but was less than analysts had expected, pulling its stock price down 9 percent in after-hours trading Thursday.
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Windows 8 on ARM: You can look but you can't touch 14 January, 2012 10:30:07

For a touch-based interface it was awfully hard to get hold of. Microsoft's Windows 8 OS was shown on a handful of prototype ARM-based tablets at the Consumer Electronics Show this week, but almost no one was allowed to try it out.
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WowWee puts real toys in digital games, creates 'appcessories' 12 January, 2012 12:23:23

WowWee showed an upcoming game platform at the Consumer Electronics Show called AppGear, which combines real toys with on-screen animation to create a new product category it calls "appcessories."
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After Microsoft, what next for CES? 11 January, 2012 13:54:00

Steve Ballmer gave Microsoft's last keynote at the Consumer Electronics Show Monday night, a damp squib that confirmed for some that the software maker has outstayed its welcome on CES's opening night. But whether Microsoft's departure is the beginning of the end for the world's biggest consumer electronics show depends on whom you ask.
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For Microsoft's last CES keynote, Ballmer hawks Windows 8, Kinect 10 January, 2012 16:20:47

Microsoft's motion-sensing Kinect technology will be available for Windows PCs in a few weeks and is destined for a lot more than just gaming, CEO Steve Ballmer said at the Consumer Electronic Show in Las Vegas Monday.
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Sweden's Tobii shows 'gaze control' on Windows 8 PC 09 January, 2012 18:42:22

We've had gesture control with Microsoft Kinect. Now get ready for gaze control. Swedish firm Tobii is at the Consumer Electronics Show this week to promote the use of its eye tracking technology in PCs and tablets, though it could be a couple of years before it's ready for mainstream use.
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Acer to offer free cloud service, shows super-slim ultrabook 09 January, 2012 10:44:43

Acer kicked off the Consumer Electronics Show on Sunday by previewing a free cloud service for storing images and other documents online, and showing a novel ultrabook that hides its I/O ports in a hidden pop-up section at the back.
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Android app allows remote search of Macs and PCs 16 December, 2011 04:08:28

Wyse Technology has launched an Android app that lets people search remotely for files on their PCs and laptops, then download them, copy them, or send them to another person, all from inside the app.
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Google offers Currents, a Flipboard-like app 09 December, 2011 11:26:59

Google has released a free mobile app that pulls content from different websites into one place and lets people build what looks a bit like their own personalized online magazine.
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'Important' Oracle patent rejected in Google Android case 08 December, 2011 09:46:29

Oracle has suffered a setback in its lawsuit accusing Google of patent infringement and copyright violation in its Android operating system: The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has rejected one of Oracle's Java-related patents -- although it did uphold another.