Las Vegas

At VMworld 2008 at the Venetian Hotel in Las Vegas, Nev., this week, VMWare unveiled software products for cloud, storage, management and virtualization-aware networks. The series of interrelated products emphasize integration of VMWare across the enterprise for a variety of services.

VMWare says this year's show will host more than 14,000 attendees and 206 vendors.

Zero Downtime

Newspaper editors are struggling to adapt as more and more readers turn away from the printed page and toward the Web, mobile devices and other means to get their news, a leading news industry researcher says.

Tom Rosenstiel, director of the Pew Research Center's Project for Excellence in Journalism, told a crowd of editors Wednesday at the Associated Press Managing Editors conference in Las Vegas that a survey of more than 250 newspapers calls into question whether newsrooms are planning ahead.

As GM continues greening up it's image, and considering selling off the Hummer brand entirely, sales are beginning to plummet. Eight Hummer dealerships have closed in the last year, and just yesterday, one of the largest dealers in America closed down. And one of them will soon be selling ultra-efficient, two-seater Smart Cars!

As GM continues greening up its image, and considering selling off the Hummer brand entirely, sales are beginning to plummet. Eight Hummer dealerships have closed in the last year, and just yesterday, one of the largest dealers in America closed down. And one of them will soon be selling ultra-efficient, two-seater Smart Cars!

Typically, as California goes, so goes the nation. But the same often holds true with New York. Here is one news item rapidly making the rounds on the clean tech sites that I hope will demonstrate New York’s influence.

A federal judge Thursday refused to lift the gag order imposed on three students at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology barring them from disseminating information about the security flaws they identified with Boston's "T" mass transportation system.

Defcon 16, which drew an audience of 9,000 people to Las Vegas over three days, is over -- but the focus remains on a trio of Massachusetts Institute of Technology students who stole the spotlight at the world's largest hacker conference.

MIT students Zack Anderson, Alessandro Chiesa, and R.J. Ryan are still blocked from revealing how they found a way to ride the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority's subways free. They used weaknesses in the MBTA's Charlie Card and Charlie Ticket Fare system.

It's the year 2409 in the upcoming Star Trek Online massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG), which was previewed at the annual Star Trek convention in Las Vegas.

The preview, Webcast live from the Gene Roddenberry Theater, was hosted by Mr. Spock himself, actor Leonard Nimoy, as well as Jack Emmert, chief creative officer of Cryptic Studios, which developed the game.

'Many Saturday Afternoons'

You've been there -- late for a business flight, you forget your cell phone charger. Or, with a six-hour family vacation flight staring you in the face, the kids need something to keep them busy. You can relax: Chargers, Sony PSPs and even digital cameras will now be easily available in 12 U.S. airport terminals, courtesy of Best Buy.