Douglas Perry
Douglas Perry is an author and journalist from Portland, Oregon. His many articles have appeared in the likes of Tom's Guide, Tom's Hardware, The Oregonian, and several newspapers. He has covered topics including security, hardware, and cars, and has written five books. In his spare time, he enjoys watching The Sopranos.
Latest articles by Douglas Perry
An Overview of Google's Driverless Car Patents
By Douglas Perry published
There appears to be five patents that currently protect Google's driverless car.
Canon Announces EOS Rebel T4i DSLR
By Douglas Perry published
Canon rolled out a new flagship model in its EOS Rebel mainstream DSLR series.
App Warns Phone Users About Negative Message Content
By Douglas Perry published
Researchers at the University of Portsmouth have developed an Android smartphone app that is color coding messages according to their content.
Duracell Now Guarantees 10 Years of Power Storage in Batteries
By Douglas Perry published
Battery maker Duracell announced a new feature for its regular as well as rechargeable, hearing aid and coin button alkaline products.
Sony's Wipeout Built In The Real World?
By Douglas Perry published
There is an intriguing video on YouTube that claims that researchers at the "Japan Institute of Science and Technology" (JIST) have successfully developed a real-world version of the Wipeout video game.
Google May Build Bandwidth Throttling Feature Into Android
By Douglas Perry published
Google has filed a patent claiming the rights to a technology that integrates bandwidth restrictions inside the software running on a mobile device.
Average HDTV Today Made to Last Only a Few Years
By Douglas Perry published
Remember when your parents bought one TV and it lasted eight, ten or even 15 years? Not so much with LCD TVs.
Future Cellphones Could Pack Tech to See Through Walls
By Douglas Perry published
Terahertz technologies are being developed to create imaging devices that can see through objects.
Mobile Operators Want a Nokia Lumia 900 with Android
By Douglas Perry published
Nokia's Lumia Windows Phones seem to miss their sales goals in Europe and carriers are still complaining about the fact that there is a lack of effective marketing for the new Microsoft operating system.
Believe it Not, Xbox 360 Main Use Today is Not for Gaming
By Douglas Perry published
Microsoft has succeeded in evolving the Xbox 360 game console into something more than just a video gaming gateway.
Mobile Lost & Found: Where Do Most People Lose Their Phones
By Douglas Perry published
How often do you lose your smartphone?
Mozilla Changes Firefox Video Policy: Native Support For H.264
By Douglas Perry published
In a rather unexpected move, Mozilla has broken out of its shell and said that it will not follow Google's hypocritical WebM strategy anymore, but shift its attention to H.265 video, especially on mobile devices.
Scientists Build 3D Printer for Tiny Nano-Models
By Douglas Perry published
Researchers in Austria have developed a 3D printer that can create models on a nano-scale.
Why a Star Trek Warp Drive Would Be Immensely Destructive
By Douglas Perry published
Without warp speed, there would have been no Star Trek.
Samsung Introduces Stylish Branded SD Memory Cards
By Douglas Perry published
Samsung is getting serious about the branded flash memory market.
Immersion Sues Motorola Over Haptic Feedback Patent
By Douglas Perry published
Immersion is suing Motorola over touch feedback integration its smartphones.
Hackers Can Track Your Cellphone Without Your Knowledge
By Douglas Perry published
Vulnerabilities in smartphones have become a common portion of our daily news life.
Chrome to Surpass IE Market Share by End of March
By Douglas Perry published
Predicting browser market shares like a careless stroll on thin ice, but the current trend in market share gains and losses of the big three invite predictions. A prediction I am rather confident to make.
U.S. Judge Sides With the Selling of Pre-owned Digital Music
By Douglas Perry published
A U.S. District Court has denied motion for a preliminary injunction to shutdown digital music marketplace ReDigi.
Neil Young Says MP3 Isn't Good Enough; Neither Are CDs
By Douglas Perry published
Neil Young believes that it is time that we finally demand a much higher audio quality in digital music.
Facebook is Mass Surveillance, Says Free Software Founder
By Douglas Perry published
Richard Stallman, founder of the GNU Project and the Free Software Foundation, remains the most outspoken public personality against "non-free" software and recently lashed out against commercial software services that restrict "freedom".
The World's Fastest Off-the-Shelf RC Car Can Hit 100 MPH
By Douglas Perry published
The Traxxas XO-1 is just 27 inches long, but draws from full-scale supercar technologies to hit speeds of 100 MPH.
Researchers Find That Not All Androids Are Equally Secure
By Douglas Perry published
Researchers at North Carolina State University (NCSU) have published a paper which details differences in Android security across eight models.
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