Attorneys representing defunct music service SpiralFrog have notified investors not to expect any returns. Whatever money comes from liquidating assets will go to a group that loaned the company an "amount exceeding $34 million." In a letter dated March 17, 2009, the law firm Rattet, Pasternak & Gordon-Oliver delivered that message to an undisclosed number of SpiralFrog investors. A...

A little more than a year after the launch of the MacBook Air, a new luxury laptop has arrived from Dell. This calls for another look at the notebook versus Netbook argument, the computer equivalent of bourgeoisie versus proletariat. In this case, Air versus Aspire; Adamo versus Eee. Lightweight luxury laptops have been around for a while (think Sony Vaio and Toshiba Portege ultraportables), but ...

Shenzhen Hantat Technology Co., Ltd. will be exhibiting at ♦  China Sourcing Fair: Electronic & Components     Date:  April 12-15      Booth:  10K26      Area:  36 sqm ♦  ES HongKong Gifts & Premium Fair 2009    Date:  April 27-30     Booth:  1X42 &...

Mac support for USB TV nowadays is equally important as Windows support. Traditionally, a tuner sides with one of the two major platforms, but not two. Having dual-OS compatibility at the same time appeals to the ever growing Mac crowd and especially those who also runs Windows on top of Boot Camp. Unfortunately, they are rare largely because of the extra cost of shipping software for the Mac plat...

President Barack Obama on Thursday launched a $2.4 billion program to boost development of plug-in electric vehicles in the U.S., including grants to finance domestic production of auto batteries. Obama spoke at Southern California Edison's Electric Vehicle Technical Center in Pomona, Calif., where he said the Department of Energy has now started taking grant proposals from electric-vehicle batte...