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A toast to online wine

With old-fashioned liquor laws and complicated shipping procedures, selling or buying wine online has never been easy. But as CNET's Kara Tsuboi explains, it no longer has to be so hard.

Tags: Wine, News, kara tsuboi, farella winery, online wine, napa valley, amazon.com, americanwinery.com

Videos 2008-12-01

Wi-Fi while you fly

Imagine sending e-mails, browsing blogs, and booking your next trip with ease while soaring above the clouds. CNET's Kara Tsuboi tests out Virgin America's new in-flight Wi-Fi service and concludes that we'll no longer be able to slack off during a business trip again.

Tags: Wireless LANs, Wireless, News, kara tsuboi, virgin airlines, wi-fi, internet, cell phones, laptops, sfo, flying

Videos 2008-11-25

The BlackBerry Storm touches down

The BlackBerry Storm has been one of the most hotly anticipated cell phones of the year. On Friday, November 21, it hit store shelves for $200 with a two-year service agreement through Verizon. But the question is, does it live up to the hype? CNET Reporter Kara Tsuboi finds out.

Tags: RIM BlackBerry, Handhelds, Hardware, News, kara tsuboi, bonnie cha, blackberry storm, iphone, apple

Videos 2008-11-21

SF Bay Area plugs in

The mayors of the San Francisco Bay Area's three largest cities gathered Thursday to announce their ambitious new initiatives to make the region the electric vehicle capital of the country. CNET's Kara Tsuboi has this report.

Tags: Electric Vehicle, News, kara tsuboi, gavin newsom, electric cars, hybrid cars, san jose, oakland, san francisco, green, environment

Videos 2008-11-21

Yang resignation, successor the talk of the Valley

Silicon Valley is atwitter over what kind of CEO Yahoo needs to hire to replace the outgoing Jerry Yang. CNET's Kara Tsuboi hears opinions and analysis from some "armchair quarterbacks" over this crucial decision for the Internet giant.

Tags: Internet, News, kara tsuboi, yahoo, jerry yang, google, shareholders, microsoft, san jose, santa clara

Videos 2008-11-19

Maria Shriver touts new online learning tool

CNET's Kara Tsuboi sits down with Maria Shriver to talk about "The California Legacy Trails," a new online learning tool for students of the state's history.

Tags: Online Learning, Tool, Maria Shriver, E-learning, Training And Certification, Enterprise Software, Software, News, kara tsuboi, maria shriver, california legacy trails, history, government, the california museum

Videos 2008-11-18

Tech Awards honor techy solutions for developing world

From one-time-use syringes to fire logs made from an invasive African plant, the 2008 Tech Awards honored five innovators with $50,000 for creating technology solutions for problems in developing countries. CNET's Kara Tsuboi learns more about these seemingly simple solutions that have potential to make a big impact.

Tags: Solution, Free Trade, Finance, News, kara tsuboi, the tech, tech awards, san jose convention center, developing countries, 3rd world, india, china, asia, building, syringe, schools

Videos 2008-11-13

GPS cell phones plot, predict traffic

With the popularity of GPS-enabled cell phones, it makes sense to use that mapping technology to plot traffic speeds. A new UC Berkeley and Nokia pilot program tests out the tech in the San Francisco Bay Area, where CNET's Kara Tsuboi gives it a spin.

Tags: Phone, Cell Phone, GPS, Handhelds, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Hardware, News, cnet, kara tsuboi, gps, nokia, uc berkeley, traffic, caltrans, cell phones

Videos 2008-11-11

Clean Tech Open entrepreneurs win big

In a relatively inhospitable economy for tech start-ups, the Clean Tech Open and its six $100,000 cash prizes are like oases in the desert. CNET's Kara Tsuboi reports from the 2008 awards show in San Francisco which celebrated the best clean and green technology companies struggling to stay afloat.

Tags: Clean Technology, News, kara tsuboi, clean tech, green solar, led, eco friendly, environment

Videos 2008-11-07

YouTube plays party politics

During the presidential campaigning four years ago, YouTube didn't even exist. Now it's a tool candidates must master to get their message across. CNET's Kara Tsuboi stops by the YouTube upload booths at the Democratic and Republican conventions to find out why Google's video site has such a big presence...

Tags: YouTube Inc., Corporate Communications, Productivity, Marketing, News, kara tsuboi, rnc, dnc, youtube, google, obama, mccain, presidents, elections

Videos 2008-09-05

Democrats: Twitter, text, or telephone?

How are the Democratic delegates getting out their party's message while at the Democratic National Convention? Are they texting like Obama? Social networking on Twitter or Facebook? Or relying on the old standards: phone and e-mail? CNET's Kara Tsuboi wanders Denver's Pepsi Center to find out.

Tags: Phone, Twitter, Social Networking, Telecom & Utilities, E-mail, Quality, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Business Operations, News, kara tsuboi, dnc, colorado, delegates, mccain, obama, clinton, texting, cell phones, internet

Videos 2008-08-28

Bigger blogger presence at DNC

There are 15,000 members of the media credentialed for the Democratic National Convention and 120 of them represent blogs. That may seem like just be a drop in the bucket, but as CNET's Kara Tsuboi explores the blogger lounge known as "The Big Tent," it's clear the nontraditional media...

Tags: Presence, Blogging, Advertising & Promotion, Telecommunications, Internet, Marketing, News, kara tsuboi, dnc, colorado, obama, mccain, clinton, bloggers, green, environment

Videos 2008-08-27

The Borders of Computing

Exploring the Borders of Computing CNET News' Ina Fried sits down with Kara Tsuboi to discuss her special report on computing in Latin America.

Tags: Borders Books & Music, Computing, News, kara tsuboi, ina fried, microsoft, brazil, columbia, south america, schools, art, civil war

Videos 2008-08-26

Big tech on campus

CNET's Kara Tsuboi visits the University of California, Berkeley, to find out what gadgets students are craving at the start of their school year. CNET Reviews editors Bonnie Cha and Donald Bell also weigh in on their top cell phone, MP3, and laptop picks.

Tags: apple, berkeley, CBS Interactive Inc., Hardware, imac, iphone, ipod, itunes, kara tsuboi, laptop, Laptop Computer, mac book, News, Notebooks, Notebooks & Tablets, school

Videos 2008-08-22

Olympic online gold

Thanks to Microsoft's Silverlight streaming video software, more people than ever before are tuning in...err...logging on to watch the Olympics online. CNET's Kara Tsuboi reports on the popularity of the free service and the technology involved in transmitting that gold-medal relay race from Beijing to your home computer.

Tags: Desktops, Digital Video, Hardware, ina fried, internet, kara tsuboi, microsoft, NBC Universal Inc., News, olympics, Personal Technology, Productivity, silverlight, Web Site Development, Web Technology

Videos 2008-08-15

Yahoo shareholders express frustration

The fireworks show at Yahoo's annual shareholders meeting wasn't quite as bright as expected. CNET's Kara Tsuboi talked to dissatisfied shareholders after the Friday morning meeting in San Jose, Calif., and got an earful about their frustration with CEO Jerry Yang, Yahoo's stock price, and the general direction of...

Tags: Shareholder, Yahoo! Inc., Financial Accounting, Finance, Yahoo, Jerry Yang, Microsoft, Kara Tsuboi

Videos 2008-08-04

Dot-com boom and bust: the movie

CNET.com's Kara Tsuboi met with August director Austin Chick and one of the movie's stars, Adam Scott. The new film, in theaters now, retells the story of the dot-com implosion in the summer of 2001.

Tags: 2001, adam scott, austin chick, dot com, Dot-com, jared kohler, josh harnett, kara tsuboi, Movie, movies, News, theaters

Videos 2008-07-21

Taking the digital billboard to the next level

Do you think a 10-story building wrapped in your company's video would help get your message across? That's the goal of San Francisco-based marketing company Obscura Digital. Besides cool projection technology, the company is exploring touch and interactive tech to help advertise products with pop.

Tags: Corporate Communications, Marketing Research, News, kara tsuboi, jared kohler, obscura digital, video domes, igoogle, marketing, san francisco, video projection, touch, screens

Videos 2008-07-18

Saving money with solar tech

It's not cheap to power a home these days. Could solar-energy tech be the solution? At the Intersolar North America exhibition in San Francisco, CNET's Kara Tsuboi finds a few products that could help bring sunshine to your wallet.

Tags: Tech, News, kara tsuboi, intersolar, solar, green tech, comsumer electronics, home remodeling, environment, global warming

Videos 2008-07-16

iPhone Headaches

The launch of Apple's cool new iPhone turned into a big tech meltdown for new and old customers. Kara Tsuboi looks into what happened.

Tags: Apple iPhone, cbsi, iPhone, Apple, store, activation, Kara Tsuboi

Videos 2008-07-14