Internet
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Big TVs with 'ultra-high definition' latest rageJan 12, 2013 6:00 am - LAS VEGAS — The race to make TVs larger and larger has created a colossal problem for manufacturers: As screens grow, picture quality worsens — unless the viewer moves f...
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New Qualcomm chips promise phone video in Ultra HDJan 12, 2013 5:59 am - LAS VEGAS — TV makers trotted out sets with “Ultra HD” resolution at the International CES electronics trade show in Las Vegas. Few video cameras record at that resolut...
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Sony uses movie studio to press ultra-HD advantageJan 12, 2013 5:42 am - LAS VEGAS — Sony Corp. is finally pressing its advantage as a conglomerate that owns both high-tech gadgets and the content that plays on them by being the only electron...
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Google leader gets look at North Koreans using InternetJan 08, 2013 5:04 am - PYONGYANG, North Korea — Students at North Korea’s premier university showed Google’s executive chairman Tuesday how they look for information online: they Google it. B...
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Google executive chairman arrives in North KoreaJan 07, 2013 4:56 am - PYONGYANG, North Korea — Google’s chairman wants a first-hand look at North Korea’s economy and social media during his private visit Monday to the communist nation, his...
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Why Apple Killed the netbookJan 05, 2013 6:20 am - PALO ALTO, Calif. — Netbooks are dead. Good riddance! Just a few years ago, these small, underpowered, ultracheap laptops were considered the future of the computer indu...
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6 takeaways from Google’s antitrust settlementJan 05, 2013 6:13 am - Google Inc. has settled an U.S. antitrust probe that largely leaves its search practices alone. In a major win for Google, the Federal Trade Commission unanimously concl...
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Manjoo: My technology new year’s resolutionsJan 05, 2013 6:09 am - PALO ALTO, Calif. — I write about technology for a living, but tech, and the way I use it, frustrates me all the time. I’m constantly finding technology slow or annoying...
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Nielsen becomes a Twitter followerJan 05, 2013 6:06 am - By Jessica Goldstein, The Washington Post The Twitter haters are losing the war. You know who they are, or, perhaps, who you are. Those who dismiss the snappy social net...
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Survey: Library websites get more mobile visitsJan 01, 2013 4:55 am - NEW YORK — A new Pew study reports that around 13 percent of Americans aged 16 and older used a mobile device to visit a library website during the past year. Patrons ag...