A company that sells Internet domain names is facing criticisms for holding some in reserve as a consumer-protection measure, a move that also prevents interested parties from shopping around for better prices.

Nintendo Corp.'s Wii game console is a breakout hit in large part because users control the play by waving around a motion-sensing wireless controller. Many new gadgets are taking the idea of such an intuitive interface several steps further. Soon, you may be able to control computers, television sets, even cell phones with hand gestures alone.

A memory card that wirelessly sends pictures from a digital camera to a computer letting you skip the tedium of plugging the camera in to upload images got bragging rights Wednesday at the International Consumer Electronics Show.

Software group Microsoftwill not launch a product that competes directly with AppleInc's iPhone, Chairman Bill Gates said in an interviewwith Germany's Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung.

Companies at CES debuting cheaper 802.11n gear, plus options for adding the faster standard without getting rid of your existing equipment.

The booming popularity of Nintendo's Wii console and DS handheld sent the combined sales of game machines and gaming software in Japan to a record high last year, according to research by a Japanese publisher.