Information Technology
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Apple now sells HBO shows on iTunes store
May 12, 2008 11:00 pm - SAN FRANCISCO -- Apple Inc. has scooped up Time Warner Inc.'s HBO to feed television shows to its online iTunes store, reeling in one of the last holdouts among major ch...
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Circuitry discovery could lead to beefier memory
May 12, 2008 11:00 pm - SAN JOSE, Calif. -- For nearly 40 years, scientists have speculated that basic electrical circuits have a natural ability to remember things even when the power is switc...
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New sites make it easier to spy on your friendsMay 12, 2008 11:00 pm - If you are still relying on Google to snoop on your friends, you are behind the curve. Armed with new and established Web sites, people are uncovering surprising details...
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HP says it will buy EDS for about $13.2 billion in cash
May 12, 2008 11:00 pm - SAN FRANCISCO -- Hewlett-Packard Co. is buying Electronic Data Systems Corp. for $13.2 billion in a deal that will create the second-largest technology services provider...
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Microsoft's WorldWide Telescope blasts off
May 12, 2008 11:00 pm - SEATTLE -- Microsoft Corp. launched its WorldWide Telescope late Monday, bringing the free Web-based program for zooming around the universe to a broad audience. WorldWi...
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Wireless patient devices at risk from proposed Internet use
May 12, 2008 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- Losing the audio feed during "Monday Night Football" may seem like a crisis for some sports fan, but it's nothing compared to losing the signal that monito...
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New top-of-the-line BlackBerry doubles screen resolution
May 11, 2008 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Research In Motion Ltd. on Monday is introducing its first major new BlackBerry model in more than a year: the Bold, a high-end model that further demonstrat...
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Apple: iPhone sold out in U.S., UK
May 11, 2008 11:00 pm - SAN FRANCISCO -- Apple Inc. said Monday its online stores in the U.S. and U.K. are sold out of the iPhone, a sign supplies are being winnowed ahead of the launch of the ...
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Two new notebooks each have own flawsMay 10, 2008 11:00 pm - For years, the ThinkPad line has been the class of Windows laptops -- offering rugged, simply designed machines with great keyboards, even in small sizes. But ThinkPads ...
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Mint site not same as a sound budget
May 10, 2008 11:00 pm - SEATTLE -- Confession: I've never balanced a checkbook or devised a realistic budget. I'm too impatient to follow through with manual record-keeping when all the transac...