High-tech travel tips
Plenty of stories provide advice for elite mobile professionals. But what about you, the unproductive traveler? Maybe you're on vacation. Maybe you're trying to chill out before a day's worth of travel and business meetings. Point is, you need to pack a little smarter to entertain yourself, and that's what this week's column is all about. I have some great roadworthy games and a few ways to watch video--and, yeah, I'll even throw in some helpful, practical tips.
New Xbox 360 dashboard coming in November
Microsoft delivered something for both gamers and developers at its keynote address that kicked-off the Tokyo Game Show on Thursday.
Is it time for Sony to drop the PS3's price?
At up to $470 fully loaded, Sony's PS3 doesn't come cheap, so I'm going to have to agree with EEDAR analyst Jesse Divinich when he suggests the PS3 is getting clobbered by Microsoft's recent Xbox 360 price cuts.
Xbox 360 sales double after price drop, says Microsoft
Microsoft on Thursday was quick to remind cohorts that price drops work, days after the company slashed the price of the Xbox 360 for a second time last Friday.
Xbox 360 price cuts coming Friday
After multiple retail leaks, Microsoft on Wednesday finally announced $50 to $80 price cuts on all Xbox 360 models.
Esther Schindler
If the comments are ugly, the code is ugly
claird
SVG a graphics format for 21st century
pasmith
Take Chrome OS for a test spin
Sandra Henry-Stocker
Solaris Tip: Have Your Files Changed Since Installation?
jfruh
Android fragments vs. the iPhone monolith
mikelgan
What Gizmodo missed about the Pro WX Wireless USB disk drive
Where Google Chrome security fails: the password
I heard mention that the Chrome OS will have some sort of encryption available a la bitlocker. If it's possible to encrypt personal data using another password or key, then it may have potential for very secure data.... And Ubuntu has an 'encrypt home directory' option, perhaps google should follow suit.
- Dann
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Xbox 360 price cuts coming Friday
Xbox 360 sales double after price drop, says Microsoft
Is it time for Sony to drop the PS3's price?
New Xbox 360 dashboard coming in November
High-tech travel tips