Information Technology
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Vudu box remains hamstrung by Hollywood
Dec 22, 2007 10:00 pm - NEW YORK -- For a few years, technology companies have been racing to find a way to get movies from the Internet to the living-room TV in a way that will get consumers e...
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Put your business cards on hard driveDec 15, 2007 10:00 pm - New business-card scanners are coming onto the market, making it easier than ever to organize those cards piled high on our desks or stuffed into our wallets. The latest...
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Google working on Internet encyclopedia
Dec 14, 2007 10:00 pm - SAN FRANCISCO -- Google Inc. is working on a new Internet encyclopedia that will consist of material submitted by people who want to be identified as experts and possibl...
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Online gaming goes social
Dec 11, 2007 10:00 pm - Jo Ann Hicks doesn't identify with gamers, but she spends hours online every day playing "Kaneva." The 41-year-old homemaker likes the shopping-and-partying game -- whe...
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Sony Ericsson gets approval to sell half of UIQ software to Motorola
Dec 11, 2007 10:00 pm - BRUSSELS, Belgium -- Mobile phone maker Sony Ericsson won European backing Wednesday to sell a 50 percent stake of software developer UI Holdings BV to its rival, Motoro...
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Ask.com's new 'eraser' will scrub search requests from its computers
Dec 10, 2007 10:00 pm - SAN FRANCISCO -- Hoping to establish itself as the Internet's least intrusive search engine, Ask.com is empowering people to prevent their search requests from being dep...
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IBM wins Vodafone deal
Dec 09, 2007 10:00 pm - NEW DELHI -- Vodafone's Indian joint venture is transferring all of its information technology-related work to IBM Corp. under a 5-year contract that will reduce costs a...
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Privacy advocates balk as companies merge your online, offline habits
Dec 09, 2007 10:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Information about your online and offline activities, formerly kept separate for marketing purposes, is starting to blend, perhaps without you even realizing...
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Universal inks licensing pact with social networking site imeem
Dec 09, 2007 10:00 pm - LOS ANGELES -- Social networking Web site operator imeem Inc. has signed a licensing deal with Universal Music Group to offer free streaming of music and videos by the r...
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Area companies have you covered for your high-tech holiday needsDec 08, 2007 10:00 pm - So Cyber Monday wasn't your thing? And night-owl and early-bird sales at the bricks-and-mortars are getting old? Yet you still need that certain something for a holiday ...