Bill Detwiler

With the launch of the new PlayStation just a month away, Sony revs up its marketing machine.

A retrospective, from the first-generation iPod to the special Harry Potter and U2 editions.

Z-Wave Alliance sets up wireless control devices in a New York City apartment.

Sun is focusing on its next wave of Niagara-based servers.

Part two of CNET News.com’s tour of KDDI’s Designing Center in Tokyo.

As the number of planets spotted outside our solar system nears 200, NASA searches for one that’s similar to Earth.

LG Electronics unveiled the successor to its popular Chocolate phone, the LG Shine.

With the release of Windows Live OneCare Beta 1.5, Microsoft is one step closer to launching its consumer PC health system. When the system finally goes live, Microsoft hopes people will pay about $50 a year for OneCare’s ativirus, antispyware, two-way firewall, OS maintenance, and backup and restore tools.

Steven S. Warren walks you through installing Windows Live OneCare Beta 1.5 on Vista RC 2.

This little device does big things–giving ordinary laptops a high-definition makeover.

KDDI’s Designing Center, located in Tokyo’s
ground zero for trendy teens, keeps tabs on the latest in mobile phones.

According to Microsoft, Windows Vista RC2 offers a “higher level of performance and stability” than the previous Vista release and fixes several Vista RC1 bugs. Steven S. Warren has taken more than 60 screenshots of the Windows Vista RC2 installation and new/updated features, including the Windows Photo Gallery, Mail, Networking, and Firewall. Check out the gallery and tell us what you like and dislike about Vista.

Soldiers in Iraq, filmmaker in U.S. use inexpensive camcorders and constant stream of IMs and e-mail to create award-winning documentary.