Personal Technology

Game machine makers gear up

roundup Nintendo single-handedly surprises the game community, while Microsoft--no surprise--wants to score big holiday sales.

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Rings, cameras--now sex is latest phone feature

The pornography industry is eyeing the cell phone as a lucrative new vehicle for distribution.
The New York Times
September 17, 2005, 9:05 AM PDT

Sony says new Walkman is an iPod killer

Can the Walkman make a comeback against the explosively popular iPod? The Walkman's maker, Sony, is betting that it can.
The New York Times
September 17, 2005, 6:00 AM PDT

iPod's law: The impossible is possible

Apple's music player lineup includes a new entry, the iPod Nano. How does it fit into the company's pace-setting team?

The New York Times
September 17, 2005, 6:00 AM PDT

For gamers, there's a 'There' there

Members of virtual world There.com gather at publisher's offices for chance to share views with execs and finally meet people behind the avatars.
September 16, 2005, 6:05 PM PDT

A fuel cell to gas up your MP3 player

Toshiba uses methanol to keep a hard-drive-based audio player running for approximately 60 hours on a single charge.

Photos: Fuel cells for music players
September 16, 2005, 1:12 PM PDT

Week in pictures: Vista of things to come

roundup Bill Gates offers new looks for Vista and Office, while Yahoo shows off its prognostic search tool. Also: Designer Legos, cars of tomorrow and a blog for your arteries.

September 16, 2005, 10:00 AM PDT

Nintendo unveils Revolution controller

Unconventional one-handed gadget is designed like a TV remote "because that's familiar to everyone," company's president says.

Testing out the new controller
September 15, 2005, 9:52 PM PDT

Testing out the new Revolution controller

GameSpot had a chance to use a working prototype of the controller and found that it just might be revolutionary after all.
September 15, 2005, 8:45 PM PDT

Wells Fargo launches game inside 'Second Life'

Initiative to help young people become more financially sound takes place on several private islands inside Linden Lab's virtual world.
September 15, 2005, 7:36 PM PDT