Information Technology
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New Amazon service streams shows and films to PCsSep 15, 2008 11:00 pm - Consumer options for viewing popular TV shows and movies directly from the Internet, as opposed to watching them from traditional cable and satellite systems, keep growi...
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Home renters now have online service to check foreclosuresSep 11, 2008 11:00 pm - If you're renting a home, you won't necessarily know whether that building is in foreclosure. You likely wouldn't find out until the eviction notice came. This week, Ba...
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New database has info on auto deaths, injuries
Sep 10, 2008 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- The government unveiled a new public database Wednesday that will enable consumers to look up the number of alleged deaths, injuries and cases of property ...
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Facebook unveils new look with a new approach
Sep 10, 2008 11:00 pm - SAN FRANCISCO - Since he started Facebook in college 4 years ago, Mark Zuckerberg has learned - sometimes painfully - that he can't make significant changes to the popul...
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EU justice chief welcomes Google privacy move
Sep 10, 2008 11:00 pm - BRUSSELS, Belgium -- The EU's top justice official on Thursday welcomed a recent move by Google Inc. to cut the time it keeps users' search details. Jacques Barrot, the ...
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Apple unveils new iPods but shares slip
Sep 09, 2008 11:00 pm - SAN FRANCISCO -- Apple Inc. CEO Steve Jobs took the wraps off a revamped line of iPods on Tuesday and trumpeted a truce with NBC Universal that means the TV network will...
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Pearl Flip is first BlackBerry that folds up
Sep 09, 2008 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Research in Motion Ltd., the maker of BlackBerry phones, is set to reveal Wednesday a phone that folds in half, a departure from the slab-like design that ha...
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Big fingers pose problem for iPhone keyboardSep 08, 2008 11:00 pm - Q: I bought an iPhone and was frustrated that my fingers appear to be too large to type properly on its virtual keyboard. Is there a stylus that works with the iPhone? A...
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Google reigns as world's most powerful 10-year-old
Sep 05, 2008 11:00 pm - MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. -- When Larry Page and Sergey Brin founded Google Inc. on Sept. 7, 1998, they had little more than their ingenuity, four computers and an investor'...
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New Microsoft Seinfeld ad criticized
Sep 05, 2008 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- No soup for Microsoft? The software giant's new ad starring Jerry Seinfeld has drawn largely negative reviews online after premiering Thursday night during N...