It Had to Happen

The CellFlix Film Festival is a film contest for movies made with cellular phone cameras.

All the World's A Podcast

Michael Calore of Webmonkey has posted a thoroughgoing tutorial on making podcasts. He explains what they are and then describes each step of the making and publishing of the hot new medium. Calore also reminds us of the power the medium gives us:

The beauty of the new technologies being born on the web — podcasts, blogs, video blogs, social networking sites — is that they put us in charge. The gap between the creator and the consumer is shrinking as we generate our own content and trade ideas between ourselves more freely. Not only to we have more control over what we're listening to and reading, but it's up to us to create it as well.

Who's afraid of Google?

It seems no one is safe: Google is doing Wi-Fi; Google is searching inside books; Google has a plan for ecommerce.

Googling for Gold

With a market cap in orbit and more cash than a small nation, Google's heft is altering the tech industry's behavior. But when does its long-awaited shopping spree begin?

Futurists Pick Top Tech Trends

Taking a long-term view isn't easy nowadays.

Even the recent past seems blurry at times. Google's just seven years old, but it's hard to imagine life before instant search. Broadband has been widely available for only a few years, but already dialup internet seems to high-speed users like a throwback to the Neanderthal era.

Taking Back the Web



How wikis are changing our view of the world.

Numb Thumbs?

Tapping away at tiny keyboards takes its toll on some users.

Web Titans Rake it In

Record sales at Google and Yahoo! are likely to keep improving as the Net draws a bigger share of add dollars.

New browser in town

A small team of developers in California on Friday launched a cutting-edge Firefox-based Web browser dubbed Flock, which integrates next-generation Web technologies such as RSS content feeds, blogs and bookmark and photo sharing.

Additonal info here:

• Flog Photos
• Flock Radio
• Flock Buzz
• Flock Home Page
  

The Clicker: Apple’s real plan for iPod video?

You’ve got to love Apple. Crazy like a fox they are. Oh sure – some of their decisions regarding the new iPod might seem a little odd to the gadget-lovers among us. “No DivX???” is the phrase most often muttered when Engageteers start reading of the new iPod’s video functions. Read more here.

A living roon on four wheels


The Chrysler Akino concept has two doors on the passenger side (with only one on the driver's side) to allow for a booth-like rear seat.

Robot Cars to Do Battle in Desert Race

When 15 competitors lined up in Nevada last year for the U.S. Defense Department's first million-dollar robot race, hopes were high. The challenge: to drive a vehicle without a human driver or remote control some 150 miles (241 kilometers) through the Mojave Desert.

Hackers Shift Focus to Financial Gain

Internet criminals want your computer, your money and your identity. And their tactics are becoming increasingly refined and organized, according to security experts.

Sun and Google: Publicity Ploy or Power Grab?

A small strategic partnership may set off a seismic shift in the software industry's competitive landscape.

The Mind of an Inventor

He built his first computer as a child. In his 20s, he had moved on to supercomputers. Now Danny Hillis is thinking of bigger things.

Electronic Arts unveils games for Xbox 360 launch
Reuters - Mon Oct 3,12:58 PM ET
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Electronic Arts Inc. on Monday announced five video game titles that will be available for Microsoft Corp's Xbox 360 console when it launches next month.

William Bright displays his iPod with a subway map display outside the Prince Street subway...

Palm and Verizon to unveil Treo 700w

Palm, Verizon, and Microsoft will be holding a joint press conference on Monday, Sept. 26th; to launch the newest Treo line.

Sun president: PCs are so yesterday | CNET News.com

So asserted Jonathan Schwartz, president of server and software maker Sun Microsystems. Instead, what has become important are Web services on the Internet and the mobile phones most will use to access them.

Why Podcasting Took Off

Posted by James Archer, he talks about the technology that is taking the market by storm.