American Airlines Adding Streaming Video Services to Flights This Summ
Passengers on American Airlines flights are about to get a new perk. Instead of craning their necks to catch reruns of "Monk" and excerpts from "The Tonight Show" on tiny aisle TV sets, they'll be able to wirelessly stream content to their personal devices from the comfort of their own seats.
Secure Computing to Boost McAfee into Networks
Computer security company McAfee plans to buy Secure Computing for $465 million, adding specialized equipment that keeps hackers from breaking into computer networks.
Dangerous Downloaders
Downloaders are very simple programs that do no direct harm. Instead, they go out to other sites and download and execute more programs—payloads (see definition at left).
Report: Cable Considers Offering TV Shows Online
Comcast Corp and Time Warner Cable Inc are talking with owners of major cable television networks about ways to give cable subscribers online access to much of the networks' programing, the Wall Street Journal said, citing people familiar with the situation.
New Site IDs Telemarketer Phone Numbers
What do you do if you receive a call from a number you can't identify? What if that same number calls over and over? With EveryCall.us handy and Caller ID, you can go back to your dinner.
Road Trip: Testing Google's Wi-Fi Network
Armed with a car, a laptop, and speed-testing software, we go war driving in Mountain View to try out Google's new municiple Wi-Fi network. Does it measure up to the local Starbucks?
Nielsen: 40 Percent of People Use Smartphones, Tablets While Watching
According to a Nielsen report, 40 percent of smartphone and tablet owners are using their devices while they watch TV.
ADV: New from Ziff Davis: DigitalLife TV - See it Live! Tuesdays 9 Ea
DigitalLife TV, hosted by Patrick Norton, streams live over the Web every Tuesday at 9pm Eastern (6pm Pacific), and brings you hands-on product reviews, news, tech help, special guests and lots more -- and you're invited to ! You'll need a fast Internet connection and the Windows Media Player loaded on your system to view that live stream. You'll also be able to download freshly encoded video of the live show, and shows we've done in the past. Check out our next live show -- Tuesday, August 30th -- or visit anytime to see earlier episodes. And we're looking for tech questions to answer on the show, so if you have one, email us at mailto:DigitalLifeTV@ziffdavis.com.
WD Announces 640-Gbyte Mobile Hard Drive
Western Digital on Wednesday announced that it was shipping a 640-Gbyte hard drive for notebook computers.
Gates Foundation Gives $83M to Fight Malaria
The Bill &Melinda Gates Foundation pledges $83.5 million to fight malaria by paying for better controls, vaccine research and prevention of a disease that kills more than a million people a year.
