For iPod owners, there is an abundance of accessories for Apple's incredibly popular little music box. But if you own a Creative Zen Micro or any other portable-media player not made by Apple, you have fewer choices for add-ons and accessories.

Mostly, you must rely on iPod accessories, just like everyone else

Fiddling around with in-car satellite navigation systems is causing motorists to lose concentration on the road, according to a survey on Tuesday.
 
The new technology, rather than helping motorists, could be even more distracting than trying to read a map at the wheel, it added.

One in 10 motorists

Oracle has acquired open source database vendor Sleepycat Software, strengthening its hand in the embedded database market and proving true at least one of the rumors about its plans to buy open source companies.
 
The acquisition extends Oracle's embedded database product line, which also includes Oracle Lite for mobile devices

If you see tiny lights glowing on the side of a building, it may be the work of graffiti artists using "Throwies," a device developed by creative types looking to add color to your neighborhood.
 
Developed by Graffiti Research Lab, a division of New York-based Eyebeam OpenLab, a Throwie includes

KADIMA, Israel — SuperCom Ltd. has unveiled new technology for active tracking of people and assets.

The Israeli provider of smart card and electronic identification products has developed movement detection technology that can monitor and track numerous items simultaneously. The tracking technology employs small, low-powered RF tags attached to an object or

Mobile telephone text messaging has become so popular in Britain that millions of users now suffer injuries to their thumbs and fingers because of their love of keeping in touch, according to a survey on Tuesday.
 
Over 93.5 million text messages are sent every day but all this digit action

Researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have developed a lithium nickel manganese oxide battery that could become an alternative to nickel metal hydride batteries used today to power hybrid cars.

Researchers modified the lithium nickel manganese oxide material's structure to make it capable of charging and discharging more quickly. MIT

Security experts have confirmed the existence of a self-replicating worm that targets Mac OS X, prompting a warning to customers by Apple Computer.
 
Identified in reports as either a Trojan horse or a virus, the threat first was noted on MacRumors.com and was verified by Ambrosia Software president Andrew Welch

An exploit against the Windows Media Player vulnerability disclosed by Microsoft two days ago is nearly finished, a security company said Thursday, and may be only hours away from hitting unpatched users.

The bug, which was made public Tuesday in security bulletin MS06-005, allows attackers armed with malicious .bmp image files to

EarthLink Inc. said Monday it will offer DirecTV and Dish Network satellite television service in bundled options in select markets across the United States.
 
The Atlanta-based Internet service provider said the offers will begin by the end of the first quarter. It did not say in which markets the options