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- 'Rings' shines brightly, could rival 'Warcraft'
Now that “World of Warcraft” has dominated the Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game genre for more than two years, PC gamers are on their own quest to find the next big thing, perhaps one game to rule them all.
- Puzzle game is mind over mayhem
Just before I fired up Majesco's latest puzzle game, “Bust-a-Move Bash!” I thought to myself, “Great – another simplistic game for the Wii.”
- Everyone wins with Turner's free games
Turner Broadcasting System is retooling its online gaming site by adding free access. The change is meant to attract a larger group of users to Game-Tap, which was launched in October 2005 as a subscription site.
- DVD Embedded chips designed to foil DVD retail theft
New technology designed to thwart DVD theft makes discs unplayable until they're activated at the cash register. A chip smaller than the head of a pin is placed on a DVD along with a thin coating that blocks a DVD player from reading critical information on the disc.
- Consumers' rights worth fighting for
Digital technology has changed the way people create, organize and use photos, videos and other works of art. Whether people will be able to use those digital files as they like remains an unanswered question.
- Surfing with kids: Louisa May Alcott
- Q&A: WINDOWS
Personalized icons a few clicks away
Is there a way to change folder icons in Windows Vista from something besides those annoying manila folders?
- GADGETS
Sweet-sounding phone
Most music phones so far have been an amalgam of two disparate technologies, but the Nokia 5300 XpressMusic might be on the verge of getting it right.
- MACINTOSH
OS X eases sharing of tunes, files, photos
My household has been wireless for quite some time. Our iMac and my laptop are connected to our cable modem connection via an original Apple AirPort base station, still plugging along at 802.11b.
- WHAT OTHERS ARE SAYING
Off the air
The Federal Communications Commission has ordered retailers to label analog televisions so consumers know they'll be unable to get free, over-the-air TV in early 2009 when broadcasters switch to digital signals.
- Operating on whole other level
After seven years as a secretary in the psychiatry department at Montefiore Medical Center in the Bronx, N.Y., India Rouault was “tired of pushing papers.” She also welcomed the prospect of earning more money.
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