Tag: technology
Google is “almost certain” to face prosecution for collecting data from unsecured wi-fi networks, according to Privacy International (PI).
The search giant has been under scrutiny for collecting wi-fi data as part of its StreetView...
Microsoft has launched “Fix It” software that keeps an eye on a PC and automatically repairs common faults.
The software basically adds the automatic diagnostics system in Windows 7 to older versions of Microsoft’s operating...
PALO ALTO, Calif. — By many measures, it has been a tough year for employees of Electronic Data Systems.
After Hewlett-Packard bought the computer services company last August for $13.9 billion, it immediately began hacking the work force....
SAN FRANCISCO — Will Carol A. Bartz sell Yahoo’s search business to Microsoft?
Analysts asked the question time and again after Ms. Bartz delivered Yahoo’s financial results to Wall Street for the first time since becoming chief executive...
Casting a pall over one of the world’s most closely watched companies, Steven P. Jobs, chief executive of Apple, said on Wednesday that he was taking a leave of absence because of health concerns.
Steven P. Jobs, the chief executive of Apple,...
Beta test version will be available Friday for regular PC users to download
LAS VEGAS – Microsoft Corp.’s next version of the Windows operating system is almost ready for prime time.
That’s one message Chief Executive Steve...
SAN FRANCISCO — In moves that will help shape the online future of the music business, Apple said Tuesday that it would remove anticopying restrictions on all of the songs in its popular iTunes Store and allow record companies to set a range...
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. T. V. RAMAN was a bookish child who developed a love of math and puzzles at an early age.
That passion didn’t change after glaucoma took his eyesight at the age of 14. What changed is the role that technology — and...
Faulty software has crippled 30GB first generation versions of the Microsoft Zune digital media player, affecting thousands of customers worldwide.
The problem appears restricted to first-generation 30GB Zune players
The company said it was...
MARSHFIELD, Wis. — Joseph Calderaro, 67, is one of health care’s quiet success stories. Over the last four years, he has carefully managed his diabetes by lowering his blood sugar, blood pressure and cholesterol with diet, exercise and medication.
Claire...