Week in pictures: Petite PCs, bad ad

As Apple's Mac Mini settles into the market, other PC makers are wondering if small is the next big. Also: VW has a short fuse for a bomb video, while Microsoft maps out a long and winding road.

Petite PCs

If Apple's Mac Mini becomes a hit, HP, Gateway and others are likely to follow with their own miniature PCs.
January 27, 2005

VW outraged by phony Web ad

A phony commercial that's circulating the Web shows the Volkswagen Polo surviving a suicide car bombing.
January 27, 2005

MapPoint's wrong-way road trip

Map service advises travelers between two Norwegian cities to take a multicountry tour rather than the shortest route.
January 27, 2005

Amazon envisions better local listings

Shoppers in Boston and Seattle, among other cities, can now use Amazon's A9.com to call up photos of many businesses.
January 27, 2005

Google tunes in TV search

A celebrity itself in the world of Internet search, Google offers an early take on finding video online.
January 25, 2005

ATI plays with extreme gamers

Hard-core game players are looking closely at ATI's top-of-the-line Radeon X850 graphics card.
January 28, 2005

Sun aims to sweeten storage

The company's Honeycomb modules are scheduled to ship later this year.
January 28, 2005

Hooked-up home

The tech industry is placing big bets on home networking products and services.
January 27, 2005

S.F. crowd awaits Mac Mini debut

Customers line up outside the San Francisco Apple Store, many hoping to get an iPod Shuffle.
January 22, 2005

Satellite eyes crowd the skies

These aren't your father's Sputniks. Satellites today keep TVs tuned in and GPS systems on the grid.
January 26, 2005

Playboy's new game

New "Playboy: The Mansion" aims to let gamers walk a mile in Hugh Hefner's slippers.
January 25, 2005