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THE EUROPEAN Union has selected the mobile-television standard DVB-H over other versions of the technology.

An Australian Internet provider said its attempts to provide wireless service through a technology called WiMax have failed. The signals simply don't travel far enough and have too many delays, it said.

AP - Online DVD rental leader Netflix Inc. is suffering a technology breakdown that's knocked out its Web site, inconveniencing its 7.5 million subscribers.

In an attempt to improve computer performance, Sun is working on technology to let chips communicate using lasers instead of electricity, in what would be a break from conventional computer design.

Tree moving technology can make urban forests work for us

Flush from its high-definition DVD format war victory over Toshiba, Sony is beginning to enhance its Blu-ray platform with new interactive features and discs that take advantage of them. The company's movie division, Sony Pictures, plans to release its first two Blu-ray discs April 8, enabled with new technology it calls 'BD-Live.'

LOS GATOS, Calif. (AP) -- Online DVD rental leader Netflix Inc. is suffering a technology breakdown that's knocked out its Web site, inconveniencing its 7.5 million subscribers....

Western Digital has bumped up the capacity of its two-platter SATA drives to 640GB, an increase of almost a third, and is planning more drives based on its latest 160/320GB disk technology.The new 640GB Caviar SE16 drive, which lists for 85 pounds (US$170), follows on from a single-platter 320GB...

tquid writes 'Trying to bridge the digital divide in Canada's poorest postal code, a principled group of hackers adopt 'open source'-based technology spun off from an MIT project. Then the terms on the hardware are changed, and changed again, and then firmware to lock out the frustrated group's software is installed, screwing them out of their investment and many hours of development work.' of this story at Slashdot.

Adobe on Monday began shipping Photoshop Elements 6 software for Macintosh. Photoshop Elements 6, announced at Macworld Expo in early January, features new Photomerge technology that lets users create a group shot by simply choosing and combining the best facial expressions and body language from a series of shots. Version 6 also includes a new Qui...