Big Screen TV Articles

· How to Buy A Plasma Television in 10 easy steps - Already decided to get a plasma TV, but don't know the in's and out's of these amazing devices? Read Phil Connor's 10-step guide to get the most bang for your buck, and become an instant expert!
· Box Office In a Box - Sometimes, the "big screen" is a wall! Here's a writeup on HP's implementation of a home theater: DVD player, speakers, and projection TV combined into one unit. This might be just the ticket for bringing the Super Bowl into your living room.
· Phillips LCD-TV with ClearLCD - Info on the new 32" Aptura backlight scanning technology model from Phillips, which they claim increases motion sharpness and provides superb contrast in dark scenes.
· Pioneer Showcases Home Networking Project for Easy Sharing of Video, Music, and Photos - Pioneer plasma TVs can now participate in the Windows Multimedia experience using this new add-on.
· Samsung to sell 80-inch plasma TV - The Korean company plans to launch the world's biggest plasma TV, along with some other goodies.
· 42 inch Plasma -- comes with mortgage attached - Novel Brit lender makes it possible for the first piece of furniture in your new house to be a Sony Plasma TV.
· Networked TVs for the Digital Home - Yep, their name really is KiSS Technology, and they're bringing a line of LCD and Plasma TV's to your home network.
· Why you couldn't get an HDTV for Christmas - - Sadly, it may be partly Wal-Mart's fault...

Review and Comment on the News

· Can IEDs Be Detected? - With Improvised Explosive Devices wounding or killing American soldiers in Iraq almost daily, the Pentagon is searching for a technology to find and neutralize these evil killers.
· Study: Most Identity Theft Occurs Offline - Hey, those thiefs learned to make a living long before the Internet made it easy...
· Rich pickings for hi-tech thieves - Black-hat hackers are slowly morphing from glory hounds to profit seeking crooks, especially in countries with low-tech police.
· IBM-Lenovo deal said to get national security review - Industrial espionage is just one concern of a review panel on foreign business investments.
· PayPal E-Mail Leak Brings Phishing Worries - A partner of E-bay's online payment service, PayPal, accidentally exposed some user email addresses to theft when users unsubscribed from the service.
· Internet 'Phishing' Scams Getting More Devious... - And more sophisticated, as organized crime gains experience in online scamming.
· Phishing Shows No Sign Of Slowing - Quite the opposite -- Double-digit percentage increases in phishing scams are being accompanied by malicious code injection. It's a real jungle out there...
· Wi-Fi Boom Makes Life Easier for Computer Hackers
· Turning the Tables on Spammers
· Review: Microsoft Anti-Spyware Ineffective
· Virus Writers Co-opt CNN Headlines in Latest Ruse
· Revenue Flows To Those Who Guard Against Cyberthreats
· IT Managers Rate Spyware No. 1 Threat
· Security Concerns Prompt Internet Explorer Defections
· Hackers eavesdrop on phone networks to steal data
· Putting a plug in insider leaks
· Cars showing you can take your fun with you
· Army Prepares 'Robo-Soldier' for Iraq
· Help for Digital Pack Rats
· Virus writer tests limits in cell phones
· Race for Next Space Prize Ignites
· Tech Searches That Really Matter
· Safe E-Mailing for Dummies
· Savvy searchers fail to spot ads
· Symantec to launch e-mail security appliance
· Experts: 'Phishing' more sophisticated
· Google gears up for a free-phone challenge to BT
· Online Dangers Likely to Continue Growing in 2005
· Disparate Cast Lobbies Court To Restrict File Sharing

Family Technology Articles

· Internet fuels child porn trafficking - and child porn arrests - As so often happens, technology helps solve the problem it exacerbates.
· New Cell Phone Technology to Block Exam Cheating - Shucks, just when it looked like getting a bachelor's degree was gonna be easy...
· Mattel Wants Your Kids To Take A Juice Box To School - But at $150 a pop for this kid-style MP3 player, you might just tell the kids to try water instead.

Business and Security Articles

· Virus Writer Faces 37 Months, Another Gets Slap On Wrist - Jeffrey Lee Parson, a Minnesota teen who admitted to writing an Internet Worm variant, faces 18 to 37 months of jail if his plea bargain is accepted.
Meanwhile, a virus writer in an obscure Russian republic was fined a mere 3,000 roubles (about $107) for writing and posting malicious code on underground virus exchange websites.
· Microsoft sez: Pirates Will Soon Walk The Plank - Microsoft, tired of pirated versions of its Windows software being able to get free software updates, has decided to do something about it: Starting mid-year, only legit copies of Windows will be able to install Service Packs and other software updates.