As environmental concerns come to the fore, car makers will increasingly turn away from performance and towards in-car electronics and connectivity as a way of differentiating their vehicles, said Gartner analyst Thilo Koslowski. “The automotive industry must explore new ways to generate consumer...

Sprint’s turnaround plan so far has featured three main components: improved customer satisfaction, WiMAX deployment and a smartphone that can go toe-to-toe with the iPhone. In the latter category, Sprint is hoping that it will finally achieve big-time smartphone success when the Palm Pre is released...

That doleful baying sound you’re hearing? Sony releasing the hounds as all hell breaks loose. It seems someone just can’t wait to collect unemployment, because these leaked high-res shots — ostensibly of Sony’s unannounced but long rumored PSP makeover — look pretty darned...

The government’s urgent push into cyberwarfare has set off a rush among the biggest military companies for billions of dollars in new defense contracts. The exotic nature of the work, coupled with the deep recession, is enabling the companies to attract top young talent that once would have gone to...

Netbook makers will soon play a larger role in the e-reader market if start-up Pixel Qi has anything to say about it. The company, founded by former One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) CTO Mary Lou Jepsen, will show off engineering samples of its first screen product at Computex Taipei 2009 next week, and IDG News...