Information Technology
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Internet privacy controls challenge tech industryJul 30, 2011 6:09 am - WASHINGTON — The federal government has put Google, Microsoft, Apple and other technology companies on notice: Give consumers a way prevent advertisers from tracking the...
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Congress not slow with social mediaJul 30, 2011 6:09 am - The snail’s-pace negotiations about raising the nation’s debt ceiling are a good reminder that Congress rarely does anything quickly. But the House and the Senate have m...
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Video game industry spent $1 million on Supreme Court caseJul 30, 2011 6:08 am - WASHINGTON — A big victory at the Supreme Court isn’t priceless, after all. It costs somewhere north of $1,144,602.64. That’s what the video game industry spent to conv...
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Debt fight could bring more airwaves for broadbandJul 30, 2011 6:00 am - WASHINGTON — The debt ceiling battle could produce an unlikely winner: smartphone users. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid’s current plan would direct the Federal Commu...
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Zynga expands to China, sans FacebookJul 30, 2011 6:00 am - NEW YORK — Zynga, the company behind popular Facebook games like “CityVille,” is taking that game to China. Since Facebook is blocked in the country, it’s partnering ins...
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Solar cells may be printed on plain paperJul 30, 2011 6:00 am - NEW YORK — The next generation of solar cells may be printed on ordinary paper. Engineers at Massachusetts Institute of Technology have created ultrathin paper cells th...
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Cable companies to give clues on Internet impactJul 30, 2011 6:00 am - NEW YORK — Are people really canceling cable to watch TV and movies from the Internet instead? It’s a question that has dogged the pay-TV industry for a year, and a spat...
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LinkedIn launches `Apply with LinkedIn’ buttonJul 30, 2011 6:00 am - NEW YORK — Professional networking service LinkedIn Corp. has launched a Web button that lets job applicants submit their profiles on the site to jobs that interest them...
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Study: Half of Netflix users watch via game consoleJul 30, 2011 6:00 am - NEW YORK — A new Nielsen survey finds that in the battle between screens, Netflix users are opting for TVs and Hulu users are siding with computers. Video game consoles ...
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Who’s No. 1 in music? Tech makes it hard to tellJul 30, 2011 6:00 am - In pop music, being No. 1 doesn’t always mean you’re on top. Earlier this year, the Oregon rock band the Decemberists reached the summit of the Billboard 200 albums cha...