David Needle

High definition is getting some high profile attention. Charter Communications, Mitsubishi Digital Electronics America, NBC Universal, Samsung and Sun Microsystems are slated to announce they are uniting to form the High Definition Audio Video Network Alliance (HANA) at a press event in New York. HANA’s stated aim is to create a standards-based design guideline for […]

SAN FRANCISCO — About to buy a notebook computer? You might want to wait until next year. Intel provided more compelling details at an event here today about its forthcoming mobile processor, code-named Yonah. Yonah is slated to appear in notebooks in the first quarter of 2006. Most of the press event was devoted to […]

Danger, the mobile software and services company, is set to release a major software upgrade Tuesday for users of the T-Mobile Sidekick II handset. The Palo Alto, Calif.-based company’s client/service infrastructure will perform volume software upgrades Over The Air (OTA). Sidekick II users will receive a notification that the upgrade is available, and if they […]

In a big play to seed its virtualization technology to a wider audience, VMware today announced general availability of the free VMware Player, previously in beta. The Palo Alto-based company also announced it has partnered with the Mozilla Corporation on a “Browser Appliance” that uses VMware technology and the Firefox browser. VMware, an EMC company, […]

Skiing isn’t just about the snow and the lodge anymore. Enthusiasts can now go high tech with the new Bluetooth-enabled Audex series of winter jackets. Developed by Motorola and Burton, the Audex jacket sports a built-in control panel located on the left-hand sleeve. The Bluetooth-style Audex. Source: Motorola Any Bluetooth-enabled mobile phone can connect wirelessly, […]

Blogs have enjoyed money-making potential through text-based ads for a while now, but Vive Network wants to help bloggers take ads a little further. The Cambridge, Mass.-based provider of multimedia ad-serving solutions hooks bloggers up with video ad dollars. Ted Lang, a founder of Vive Network, told internetnews.com that the company will only work with […]

Tiny cell phone screens continue to be pushed to provide more information. You can already check the stock market, browse the Web, take and receive pictures and even videos on today’s latest handsets. Now San Francisco-based startup Akira Technologies plans to bring out publishing tools to enable a broader range of content to cell phones […]

In a small step towards its goal of selling affordable internet communications devices to developing countries worldwide, AMD announced its first significant rollout in Turkey this week. AMD is expected to make another announcement of a geographic rollout elsewhere next week, but would not confirm details at this time. DOL, the largest internet access provider […]

PALO ALTO — Taking a meeting has never been so complicated. At least that’s the sense you get listening to the array of software designers and industry thinkers discuss the challenges of time management and calendaring in today’s increasingly mobile society. “A meeting is really a transaction,” said Yori Nelkin of Timebridge. “You may be […]

FOSTER CITY, Calif. — Tao is the latest entry hoping to put a dent in Apple’s market-leading iPod music player. The Tao Wireless Media Player is an MP3 player with built-in Wi-Fi access, which gives consumers the ability to download music from any available wireless hotspot. Tao has several other noteworthy features, including the ability […]

FOSTER CITY, CALIF. — Moving closer to its goal of being the premier “jukebox in the sky,” RealNetworks rolled out a public test launch of a Web-based version of its digital music service. RealNetworks CEO Rob Glaser described Rhapsody.com, which went live on Monday, in a keynote address here at the Digital Living Room conference. […]

Is it structured serendipity for brainiacs, or speed dating for nerds? The SRI International campus in Silicon Valley, a legendary non-profit research institution that’s spawned many technology breakthroughs, will host a most unusual inaugural event Saturday. The first “BrainJam” at the Menlo Park, Calif., facility is described by its backers as knowledge networking, or a […]