Internet
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Mid-2013 expansion for Internet names targetedMar 02, 2013 6:53 am - NEW YORK — Hundreds of Internet address suffixes to rival “.com” should be available for people and businesses to use by the end of the year, the head of an Internet ove...
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Microsoft’s IE 10 browser coming to Windows 7 PCsMar 02, 2013 6:51 am - SAN FRANCISCO — Microsoft is escalating its efforts to bring the latest version of Internet Explorer to more than 700 million personal computers in an attempt to re-esta...
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Review: Google’s Chromebook Pixel is upscale overkillMar 02, 2013 6:49 am - I’m writing these words on a lovely new laptop. It’s thin, light and made of machined aluminum, but it isn’t a MacBook. It’s got a beautiful touch screen, but it isn’t a...
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Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer’s misstepMar 02, 2013 6:37 am - PALO ALTO, Calif. — It was nearly a decade ago that I stopped going into the office every day. I worked at a competing Web magazine at the time, and my bosses didn’t rea...
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Smart ‘stickers’ let you find things by phoneMar 02, 2013 6:00 am - BARCELONA, Spain — Jimmy Buchheim is behaving oddly. On the floor of the world’s largest cellphone trade show in Barcelona, Spain, he’s looking at the screen of his iPo...
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Wireless connections creep into everyday thingsMar 02, 2013 6:00 am - BARCELONA, Spain — A car that tells your insurance company how you’re driving. A bathroom scale that lets you chart your weight on the Web. And a meter that warns your a...
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In death, Facebook photos could fade away foreverMar 01, 2013 6:04 am - BEAVERTON, Ore. — A grieving Oregon mother who battled Facebook for full access to her deceased son’s account has been pushing for years for something that would prevent...
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Army private says he leaked secrets to spark war debateMar 01, 2013 5:46 am - FORT MEADE, Md. — After almost three years in custody, the Army private accused in the biggest leak of classified material in U.S. history said he did it because he want...
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Groupon fires CEO, still faces underlying problemsMar 01, 2013 5:07 am - NEW YORK — Now that Groupon has gotten rid of its quirky founder and CEO, the chief question is whether the company’s underlying online deals business is promising enoug...
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Simon Cowell launches online talent contestFeb 28, 2013 11:18 am - LONDON — Simon Cowell has taken over television screens and radio airwaves around the world. Now he’s taking aim at the Internet. Cowell’s Syco Entertainment empire and ...