TiVo on your PC is cool, but there are kinks to fix

The folks at TiVo once scolded me for using TiVo as a verb, as in "I TiVoed last night's game." The company is vigilant about protecting its trademark. It's a worse faux-pas if suggesting you've TiVoed something on a Windows Media Center or other PC. No computer-based digital video recorder is an actual TiVo.

Most portable TVs are analog, can't get digital signals

In an era of dazzling battery-powered portable devices including iPods, computers and cellphones, it's hard to imagine what it's like to be unable to catch the news and entertainment anytime and anywhere we want.

Cyberscams exploit consumers' financial unease

The rippling financial crisis has sent consumers scurrying to the Internet for answers and advice. Online fraudsters are right behind, devising ways to steal personal information.

IBM's preliminary profit beats expectations, affirms outlook

IBM (IBM) reported Wednesday preliminary third-quarter earnings that beat analysts' expectations, and it affirmed its full-year profit outlook, sending shares up almost 4% in after-hours trading.

Decoding of malaria parasite's genome could lead to vaccine

Scientists have unraveled the genetic code of a malaria parasite that sickens hundreds of millions of people each year, a step that may lead to better treatment and a vaccine.

Microsoft targets Japanese game market

Microsoft will be releasing games developed by top Japanese designers for its Xbox 360 console, a senior executive said Thursday, the latest effort by the U.S. software maker to make inroads in a market where it has long struggled.

Social networking sites help companies boost productivity

Social networking is going corporate. The popular technology used by millions of people to share ideas and photos on MySpace, Facebook, LinkedIn and others is catching on at companies to improve productivity and communication among workers.

BlackBerry Storm takes touch-screen cue from iPhone

Research in Motion Ltd., maker of the BlackBerry, is taking on Apple with a touch-screen phone that puts a new twist on the technology.

New app brings space down to your iPhone

Bored of checking that stripped-down version of Facebook? Try space instead. NASA will phone home daily views of the infinite cosmos, as long as you're sporting a shiny new Apple iPhone and a neat new software application.

LP33.tv: 'MySpace meets MTV'

1 Japanese, 2 Americans win Nobel chemistry prize

Glowing jellyfish have lit the way to 2008's Nobel Prize in chemistry for one Japanese and two American researchers, pioneers in illuminating biological processes inside cells and behind diseases such as cancer and Alzheimer's.

Testicular stem cells seem as versatile as embryonic stem cells

Cells taken from men's testicles seem as versatile as the stem cells derived from embryos, researchers reported Wednesday in what may be yet another new approach in a burgeoning scientific field.

Apollo discovery is 'nerd Christmas' in July for NASA