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For those who believe good things come to those who wait, Ford Motor Co. finally, belatedly, took the wraps off the American version of its Fiesta subcompact at this month’s L.A. Auto Show. Complete Story...
Google Unveils News-by-Topic Service That Newspapers Can AdoptSeagate SSDs for Servers Protect Data in Power FailureGoogle chief: Only miscreants worry about net privacyThe Real Meaning of Those Stolen Climate EmailsGoogle Adds Live Updates to Results (From Facebook and My Space)Do Multitasking Drivers Have Double Standards? - Bits Blog - NYTimes.comGoogle Unveils News-by-Topic Service (A project btween Google and Washington Point and New York Times)
Broadcom Corp. co-founder Henry Samueli said Tuesday that his semiconductor company awarded thousands of stock option grants to employees in the years after the company's initial public offering, but he didn't think there was anything illegal or improper in the way it was done.
It's easy to take a series like "The Legend of Zelda" for granted. The first game arrived on the Nintendo Entertainment System in 1987, and with more than a dozen releases over 23 years, even the most dedicated "Zelda" fan can be forgiven for having skipped a game or two.
YouTube's chief executive says ad sales are soaring, but there is still no word on whether the popular video-sharing site is making money.
Ron Brix’s longtime job as a computer systems developer for Wrigley, the gum and candy maker, required intense attention to detail, single-minded focus and a willingness to work on something repetitively until perfect.
The state says more than 10,000 Missourians have requested vouchers for free technology training being offered through a partnership with Microsoft.
Five of the nation's largest publishers of newspapers and magazines are teaming up to challenge Amazon.com Inc.'s Kindle electronic-book reader with their own technology that would display in color and work on a variety of devices.
Texas Instruments Inc. raised its fourth-quarter profit and sales outlook on Tuesday, citing an improving market for chips used in cell phones and other electronic gadgets like hard disk drives and video game consoles.
A graduate student who must pay four record labels a combined $675,000 in damages for downloading and sharing songs online has been ordered to destroy his illegal music files — but a judge declined to force him to stop promoting the activity that got him in trouble.
The Associated Press is inviting Facebook users to vote on the 10 top news stories of the year, marking the first time the public has been invited to weigh in since the news cooperative began its annual survey in 1936.
Amazon.com Inc. will add two features to the Kindle e-book reader to make the gadget more accessible to blind and vision-impaired users.
Shares of Nvidia Corp. and Advanced Micro Devices Inc. jumped Monday after rival Intel Corp. scrapped plans to make a new graphics chip that would have challenged both companies.
Kansas will use a new federal grant to identify gaps in access to broadband services and build the infrastructure for economic recovery, the lieutenant governor said Monday.
Fresh information from blogs, news sites, Twitter and other popular hangouts will appear in Google's search results more quickly as the company aims to give people a more comprehensive look at what's happening on the Web.
A new online tool from Yahoo Inc. will let users see and edit the personal profiles that the Internet company compiles about them to target Internet advertising.
A judge declared a mistrial Monday in the case against a New Jersey blogger accused of making death threats against three federal judges in Chicago because they wrote a ruling supporting gun control.
Music videos from Norah Jones, Coldplay, Katy Perry and other artists under EMI Group PLC are headed to an online music video venture, Vevo, set to launch Tuesday with a gala in New York.
Social networking site Facebook on Monday said it is creating a global safety advisory board to protect its users against online predators such as sex offenders.
Text messages: Digital "lipstick on collar"There is a question that has crossed the mind recently of anyone who has sent a cellphone text message while cheating on a spouse: What was I thinking? Text messages are the new lipstick on the collar, the mislaid credit card bill.
iPhone app lets you bird-watch on the goWhen Jory Langner finds time for a field trip during an upcoming visit to Washington, he won't have to ask local birders where to find candidates to add to his life list of birds sighted.
Virgin Launches Commercial Space Flights! Ready to REALLY "Get High"?Virgin Airlines-strike that-Virgin Galactic unveiled it's new commercial Space Ship, the VSS Enterprise. The Initial journeys will be a sub-orbital jaunt to about 70 miles up.
Google teams with Post, N.Y. Times to create online toolTake the engineering mystique of Google, add the prestige of The Washington Post and New York Times, throw in the spice of secret meetings, and what have you got?
How the iPhone Could Reboot EducationHow do you educate a generation of students eternally distracted by the internet, cellphones and video games? Easy. You enable them by handing out free iPhones — and then integrating the gadget into your curriculum.
Dec. 8, 1931: Coaxial Cable Patented | This Day In Tech | Wired.com1931: The new invention of the coaxial cable is issued a U.S. patent, which will eventually deliver the gift of ubiquitous telephony and cable television.
"Listening to an iPod or reading a Kindle during takeoff isn't dangerous. It's time the airlines stopped pretending that it is."Listening to an iPod or reading a Kindle during takeoff isn't dangerous. It's time the airlines stopped pretending that it is.
Report: Bing Searchers Still More Click-Happy Than Google Searchers When It Comes To AdsAre people who arrive at a Website through an organic search on Bing more click-happy than those who come from Google? Back in July, we reported some numbers from search-advertising network Chitika which showed that people from Bing clicked on ads about 50 percent more than peopl …
Computer pop-ups 'slow down work'You might imagine the messages which appear on your computer screen for only a few moments do not affect your work. But researchers say that even brief pop-up messages interrupt what you are doing and break your train of thought.
Apple gets all the glory, who does all the work?Apple and Research in Motion get all the glory for the Iphone and Blackberry but are Marvel Technologies and Texas Instruments really doing all the work?
Ok, Now It's Done. MySpace Music Completes Acquisition Of iMeemMySpace Music has completed its acquisition of most of the assets of music service iMeem.
Dead Man Gets PassportSince 2007, the U.S. State Department has been issuing high-tech "e-passports," which contain computer chips carrying biometric data to prevent forgery.
Aliens vs Predator banned SYDNEY - THE Australian Classifications Board has banned Aliens Vs Predator, a popular sci-fi horror game and the developer has refused to 'sanitise' it for a local release, reported Australian media on Tuesday.
The Flex-Seat offers even Economy Class fliers the chance of a good night's sleepJacob Innovations has developed the conceptual Flex-Seat, which can be configured in a number of ways to make the most of the vertical space often wasted inside airline cabins and putting the possibility of a good night's sleep (or rest) within reach of most fliers.
Video game review: Assassin's Creed II: On the scenic trail of intrigueWhatever the Italian tourism board is paying Ubisoft for making the spectacular new game Assassin's Creed II, it isn't enough. O.K., that's a joke.
A Million People Riding Google Wave. Most Of Them On Their Stomachs.From the article: On its Google Wave Blog today, the company announced a very significant milestone for the young service: A million invites have been sent out... After a huge amount of hype following its unveiling at Google I/O, some amount of backlash for Wave was inevitable.
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