News Inventory

Intuit has finally dropped the subscription fee on Quicken Online, its Web-based financial software that competes with Mint, Geezeo, Buxfer, and Wesabe. The company is still selling, as completely separate products, software versions of Quicken. When I last covered Quicken Online in December 2007, my biggest complaint was its price. In a market with free (and very good) competitors, there was just no reason to pay for Quicken Online. This is a smart move on Intuit's part. But while Intuit Online is a ... Read More

"Star Trek Online" is finally going warp speed ahead. After years in development limbo, the "Trek"-themed massively multiplayer online game will engage. That's according to game developer Cryptic Studios Inc., which recently announced it had secured the rights to develop and publish "Star Trek Online" from CBS Consumer Products after now-defunct Perpetual Entertainment set the besieged project to kill. "We had a friendly relationship with them," Cryptic Chief Creative Officer Jack Emmert told The Associated Press. "As it became apparent they weren't going to ... Read More

When the 2008 Summer Olympic Games officially begin on Friday, it won't just be a massive congregation of athletes — it'll mark the most ambitious undertaking in the history of broadcasting. Bolstered by the largest complement of high-tech video gear ever assembled, thousands of hours of Olympics competition will be delivered to TVs and computers all over the world. And it will be the first Olympics to be covered entirely in high definition. Along with all those superlatives come some remarkable numbers, including ... Read More