PC World - Just when you thought the iPod accessory market had seen it all, a company called David Steele Enterprises announced the iBreath- a fully functioning FM Transmitter add-on that doubles as a digital alcohol breathalyzer. That’s right, folks- this little gizmo not only transmits your music wirelessly to your car stereo, it also tells you whether or not you’re “cool to drive.”

Reuters - Older adults might want to take an interest in their grandchildren's' video games, if early research on the brain benefits of gaming is correct.

Ray-tracing could well be the next killer-app providing a quantum leap in PC gaming realism, just like 3Dfx Voodoo Graphics did in the '90s.

Source:Ray-tracing, the PC's next killer-app?

PC World - Sun Microsystems is involved with a European Commission-funded effort to help improve disabled individuals' ability to use mobile devices, computers and rich Internet applications (RIAs), the company said Thursday.

PC World - Samsung will roll out a mobile phone based on the Google Android operating system by the second quarter of 2009, according to a report from Korean news agency ETNews. While details are sketchy, Samsung will reportedly release the phone via cellular carriers Sprint Nextel and T-Mobile.

Ray-tracing could well be the next killer-app providing a quantum leap in PC gaming realism, just like 3Dfx Voodoo Graphics did in the '90s.

Source:Ray-tracing, the PC's next killer-app?

PC World - Japan's largest consumer electronics company, Panasonic, plans to launch a tender offer for shares of Sanyo Electric with the hope of acquiring a majority stake in its smaller rival, it said Friday.

Ray-tracing could well be the next killer-app providing a quantum leap in PC gaming realism, just like 3Dfx Voodoo Graphics did in the '90s.

Source:Ray-tracing, the PC's next killer-app?

AP - Nintendo's latest installment in its "Animal Crossing" series boasts a charm similar to that of the television sitcom "Seinfeld."

AP - They stand in line outside stores waiting for midnight launches of new video games. When they get home after a long day, they plop down in front of the TV not to sit back and watch, but to play.

AFP - US wireless carriers are boosting capacity ahead of the presidential inauguration of Barack Obama but there may be network congestion as millions flock to the US capital, a trade association warned.

CNET - Oracle reported Thursday a 6 percent rise in fiscal second-quarter revenue over last year, fueled by growth in software sales and its support and maintenance business.

The Core i7 platform solidifies Intel's lead over AMD, while obsoleting generations of its own products. But isn't enough enough at some point?

Source:Intel's Core i7, is it ever enough?

CNET - Chinese networking vendor Huawei Technologies has slammed as "ludicrous and inaccurate" claims that it had links to the Chinese military and government that could cause security problems for the National Broadband Network.

AP - Yes, guys, those spam e-mails for Viagra or baldness cream just might be directed to you personally. So, too, are many of the other crafty come-ons clogging inboxes, trying to lure us to fake Web sites so criminals can steal our personal information.