KATU - News - Tech http://www.katu.com/news/tech RSS Feed for KATU - News - Technology en-us Sat, 19 Jul 2008 17:42:08 GMT Web networking photos come back to bite defendants http://www.katu.com/news/tech/25648504.html Online hangouts like Facebook and MySpace have offered crime-solving help to detectives and become a resource for employers vetting job applicants. Now the sites are proving fruitful for prosecutors, who have used damaging Internet photos of defendants. Jimi Hendrix coming to 'Guitar Hero' http://www.katu.com/news/tech/25616644.html The Seattle-based company Experience Hendrix, which controls the rock icon's musical legacy, is providing Hendrix's music and likeness for the latest "Guitar Hero" video game. GM researches high-tech windshields to aid vision http://www.katu.com/news/tech/25616509.html General Motors Corp. researchers are working on a windshield that combines lasers, infrared sensors and a camera to take what's happening on the road and enhance it, so aging drivers with vision problems are able to see a little more clearly. NASA moon capsule running late, full of problems http://www.katu.com/news/tech/25560149.html Money problems will likely force NASA to abandon its ambitious internal goal of having a new moon spaceship ready by 2013, a top space agency official told The Associated Press Wednesday. Researchers look to air-condition computer chips http://www.katu.com/news/tech/25560044.html The experimental system, which flushes a refrigerant through tiny channels cut into chips, is intended for the high-power electronics found in radar and advanced weapons systems such as lasers. Web-based program gives the blind Internet access http://www.katu.com/news/tech/25529249.html Blind people generally use computers with the help of screen-reader software, but those products can cost more than $1,000, so they're not exactly common on public PCs at libraries or Internet cafes. Now a free new Web-based program for the blind aims to improve the situation. Wireless microphones flap causing static http://www.katu.com/news/tech/25521684.html Consumer groups are accusing Broadway actors, mega-church pastors, karaoke DJs and others who use popular wireless microphones of unwittingly violating Federal Communications Commission rules that require government licenses for such devices. Review: Facebook Scrabble flashy, but not better http://www.katu.com/news/tech/25518464.html A sanctioned version of Scrabble for Facebook, released this week by video game maker Electronic Arts Inc., boasts animated graphics and true-to-the-board-game design. Nintendo unveils Wii Remote upgrade, new games http://www.katu.com/news/tech/25510059.html Nintendo unveiled Wii MotionPlus. The new accessory plugs into the base of the Wii Remote and will provide more intuitive motion controls. Big 3 video game consoles mimic each other at E3: more, more, more http://www.katu.com/news/tech/25509819.html One word sums up the announcements made by the Big Three gaming companies at the E3 this week: more.