March 7, 2010
Not even the vibrancy of the city that never sleeps could get lifelong New Yorker Milton Greidinger to leave his home. Chronic illness kept Greidinger, 86, from ...
March 3, 2010
While Grandma can flip through photo albums on a state-of-the-art laptop or, before long, an Apple (AAPL) iPad, many government agencies and corporations are still ...
March 2, 2010
(This story was corrected to reflect the actual percentage of cases brought before the ITC that are resolved by a settlement) Apple's attempt to block the import of ...
March 1, 2010
Edward Dimmler dips a cotton swab in acetone and rubs it on the surface of a computer chip that was ostensibly manufactured by Samsung. The white tip turns ...
March 1, 2010
Recycling used tech gear—a practice generally considered good for the environment—has a far less desirable, unintended consequence. It is contributing to a...
March 1, 2010
Counterfeit high-tech products that are flooding global markets have devastating effects not only for brand owners, but the economy. Consider these statistics: The ...
February 25, 2010
Apple is showing its true mobile colors. The company is on the lookout for an engineer who can help get its mobile-phone software onto additional devices. On Feb. 15, ...
February 25, 2010
Scosche, a maker of accessories for consumer electronics, has made a mint selling products that complement Apple's (AAPL) iPhone and its iPod music player. Now, ...
February 25, 2010
Palm may be running short of options. The smartphone maker on Feb. 25 cut a key revenue forecast and said demand for its flagship Pre device isn't meeting ...
February 24, 2010
Two years ago, Hewlett-Packard (HPQ) embarked on an ambitious overhaul of its storied research labs, responsible for some of the most momentous computing innovation of...
February 17, 2010
I'm not a big fan of change. I've lived in the same city all my life. I go to the same supermarket every week. I read the newspaper every day. I drive non-hybrid ...
February 17, 2010
When Canon (CAJ) unveiled the Color ImageClass MF8050Cn, it billed the color laser printer as a device that could fit the needs of small businesses and home offices ...
February 15, 2010
Apple's willingness to let competing Web browsers onto the iPhone will soon be put to the test. Norwegian software maker Opera (OPERA:NO) said on Feb. 10 that it has ...
February 12, 2010
(Clarifies in first paragraph that Bach spoke to analysts in January.) Just a few years ago, Microsoft (MSFT) looked like a real contender in the mobile-phone market. ...
February 12, 2010
Mobile World Congress, which kicks off Monday in Barcelona, is the place to be for everyone who's anyone in the mobile-phone ecosystem, and increasingly that includes ...
February 11, 2010
The Federal Communications Commission is considering a plan to pay broadcasters to vacate airwaves it could use to alleviate network strain caused by the surging use ...
February 10, 2010
(This story has been updated to include an analyst's comment.) Apple's (AAPL) iPad tablet computer, introduced Jan. 27, may have component costs of as little as ...
February 8, 2010
Last year, millions of consumers flocked to netbooks, the stripped-down machines viewed as low-priced alternatives to laptop computers. If you were one of the netbook ...
February 5, 2010
With the introduction of the iPad, Apple's (AAPL) status as a cultural icon reached new heights. Based on an unscientific survey of newspapers archived by The Newseum,...
February 4, 2010
Bar codes are getting hip. For decades, retailers and manufacturers have used these patterns of black dots, lines, and squares to encode pricing and other data onto ...
February 1, 2010
Utter the term "patent troll" in tech circles and you're likely to elicit a visceral reaction. Said trolls are companies that acquire patents and seek payment from ...
January 31, 2010
The networking industry is stuck in the 1990s, the last time there was a fundamental shift in commonly deployed network architectures. While servers and applications ...
January 28, 2010
As Apple Chief Executive Steve Jobs unveiled the tablet-style iPad computer Jan. 27, many of his pronouncements were greeted with cheers. In contrast, his revelation ...
January 27, 2010
Apple's (AAPL) new iPad, a lightweight device that browses the Web and delivers media, may serve as an alternative to netbooks and pose a threat to PC makers. While ...
January 27, 2010
The unveiling of Apple's (AAPL) new tablet computer on Jan. 27 has sparked hopes the device will improve the fortunes of companies supplying content for the device. ...