Wi-Fi is undeniably important in almost all aspects by today’s standards, and even more so on college campuses.  A recent survey even suggests that with the use of Wi-Fi, students can even get better grades, even with the constant checking of Facebook and emails during class.

Dish Network lost its long standing battle with TiVo recently, over patent infringement in regards to its DVR technology.  Because of the recent judgment, Dish not only has to pay some $104 million in damages to the DVR pioneer, but also stop using a key DVR technology that’s become vital to its satellite service.

The Chevy Volt project has enjoyed a golden pillar of support from everyone at GM, but like any company looking to diversify its portfolio, GM is looking to bring the Volt’s technology into other models. Right now the American economy is demanding fuel efficient vehicles that move families and deliver unique fashion statements so GM is shifting its product portfolio to meet the need.

The movie industry has won the first battle in its showdown with the producers of a ‘legal’ DVD copying program. A South California district judge has given RealNetworks a temporary injunction against distributing the software.

Visitors to the website for RealDVD now encounter a message reading:

Due to recent legal action taken by the Hollywood movie studios against us, RealDVD is temporarily unavailable. Rest assured, we will continue to work diligently to provide you with software that allows you to make a legal copy of your DVDs for your own use.

Ask.com has just undergone a major overhaul, with the search engine supposedly being rebuilt from the ground up. Unfortunately, at least in my opinion, it’s still as rubbish as it was before.

eBay is a company in transition. And that transition period has reared its ugly head today with the announcement of the firing of 10% of its workforce, which equates to roughly 1,000 being put out of work. But at the same time, eBay has gone on a spending spree of over $1 billion, acquiring Bill Me Later, and two leading Danish online classifieds sites.

Outsourcing can mean many things.  Most people when they think of outsourcing, think of all of the jobs that have gone overseas to China and India.  Talking to a customer service representative located oversees has been  a frustrating experience for most people.

Sony has announced the PRS-700 e-book reader, replete with a touchscreen interface, in advance of the highly anticipated Kindle 2 from Amazon. Does Sony’s new reader have what it takes to edge out the Kindle?

CD/DVD authoring software was once the domain of computer nerds and pirates, but this latest version of Nero has its sights set firmly on the mainstream. It’s clearly positioned as a tool for the whole family with an array of “multimedia” features. It’s actually a multimedia suite than simply a CD/DVD authoring system.

If you’re currently resident in the UK, expect your life to become a lot less private over the next few years. The British Government is considering plans to spy on every phone call, text, and email sent and received. All in the name of national security.

Yes, while it’s not as impressive as selling a billion songs, it’s still quite a feat nonetheless.  It took iTunes over three years to sell one billion songs at $.99, and MySpace Music has already hit that milestone in under a week. 

Not since the IBM supercomputer “Deep Blue” beat world chess champion Garry Kasparov in 1997, have computers been regarded as being able to “think” at a human’s capacity.  Very soon, six computers are about to converse with human interrogators in an experiment to prove once and for all that they can.

Love her or hate her, you have to admit that Sarah Palin has made the US presidential election a whole lot more interesting. The attractive, gun-touting, God-fearing governor of Alaska is just what the US needs, or doesn’t, depending on your political outlook.

After the EU announced its measures to get telcos to reduce roaming charges, ASEAN may be following suit. The issue was brought up at a recent meeting of ASEAN heads in Bali.

Is that it? Seriously? I have to say I’m slightly disappointed, and that’s coming from someone who isn’t a fan of Apple and has never bought an Apple product, though the iPhone does have some appeal. It seems the Apple ‘Brick’ that has been the subject of intense speculation for the past few weeks is actually a new manufacturing process.

The Amazon Kindle is doing phenomenally well in terms of sales and consumer knowledge of the product. So what better time than now to launch its successor, the Amazon Kindle 2.

As someone who is currently in the market for a new big screen, LCD, HD television, any future developments in this department are of the utmost interest to me. So while a new technology that sees TV and computer screens thin and bendy enough to fit inside your pocket needs a lot of work before it hits consumers, even the fact that it exists intrigues me.