Motorola is making a big push for Android, pinning its hopes on the operating system to rejuvenate its dying mobile phone business. But will Android be enough?

Do you know how much electricity is being greedily sucked up by your electronic equipment even when turned off?  Do you know how to stop the vampire suck that happens whether you have your television turned on or not?  Would you expect one of the biggest purveyors of electronics to offer you energy saving tips?

Despite opposition from the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB), the FCC continues to support the idea of opening up white space spectrum once used by the broadcast industry. It would open the way for nationwide wireless Internet access. Soon the FCC commissioners will meet to vote on the issue, and only three of five votes are needed to move forward with approval.

Wal-Mart is to stock the T-Mobile smartphone, the first on the market that runs Google’s open-source operating system Android. Keeping with the chain’s pricing policy, it will undercut T-Mobile stores by more than $30.

Quantum Of Solace, the latest James Bond movie, is about to hit theaters worldwide. Unfortunately, Daniel Craig and the current crew working on the movies have decided to scale back Bond’s reliance on gadgets. Which is a shame as there have been some brilliant innovations featured over the years.

As the U.S. Presidential election winds down, the economy looms as potentially the top issue that separates the policies of the two candidates, Senators Barack Obama and  John McCain. Let’s look at how these two widely different viewpoints would affect the technology industries.

Google has finally added a way to see your Google Calendar and most recent Docs into the sidebar of it Gmail webmail product. While these two features seem like simple additions to the Gmail sidebar, Google is actually going much deeper, allowing users to add other functionality to their email in the form of a gadget.

This could be one of those instances where an established business with a high level of skepticism is paying off. GM has been reluctant to partner with Eestor in developing it’s new ultracapacitor in any way because of the uncertainty surrounding the technology. Eestor just revealed that its battery won’t be available by the end of 2008 as originally expected, which means the Chevy Volt project may have dodged a bullet.

Blu-ray may have won the battle against HD DVD, but it is nowhere near winning the war to become the consumer standard. Still facing a threat from SD DVD, and with digital downloads, streaming, and video-on-demand fast becoming a serious threat, it’s now or never for the format. Which means one thing: price cuts.

It seems that mugging people on the street isn’t good enough for the youth of today. Instead they are increasingly turning to hacking and technology-related crime for both their kicks and to make some money. However, some are so bad at it, or brag about their endeavors so readily that they get caught easily.

Google, Yahoo and Microsoft area teaming up with human rights groups to develop a code of practice for protecting free speech from government intrusion. It’s a response to intense criticism of the firms for cooperating with the Chinese government to censor search results and provide information about political dissidents.

During the Oct 7, 2008 second Presidential debate, Senator McCain accused Senator Obama of supporting frivolous earmark requests, using the Adler Planetarium’s request for funding of a new projector system as an example, saying:

Most people know that in order to recycle plastic, you have to look on the bottom of the plastic container and look for a number one or two in the tiny triangle.  This generally means milk jugs and soda bottles.  Everything else goes to the landfill.

The netbook market has started to grown dramatically over the past year. Light portable laptops designed to surf the web and do basic computing have started popping up on every manufacturers laptop manufacturers list.  Dell has just announced a new such notebook, the Dell Inspiron Mini 12. Designed for Tweens and travelers the compact laptop allows users to surf the web and chat as well as upload photos and watch videos online, all for a price tag under $600.

Shoppers eager to stretch their budgets this holiday season are turning to the Web to get the upper hand in planning their Black Friday shopping trips. While it may be obnoxiously early to start scoping out deals, we have the sites that will help you stay ahead of the pack.

Twitter is finally reaching the mainstream and becoming the go-to method for companies to dip their corporate toes into the social media ocean. Featured everywhere this week from the Wall Street Journal to Business Week, Twitter is hitting the big time.

Cox has committed to adding wireless service from Sprint to its bundled packages starting in 2009.  Beyond that, the company plans to build its own 4G LTE-based wireless network with its share of the wireless spectrum in the near future.