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Sweden withdraws warrant for Wikileaks founder
STOCKHOLM -- Swedish prosecutors withdrew an arrest warrant for the founder of WikiLeaks on Saturday, saying less than a day after the document was issued that it was based on an unfounded accusat...
Aug 21, 2010
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Microsoft links new Windows smartphones to Xbox Live video games
SEATTLE -- Microsoft is bringing its video-game expertise to the forthcoming Windows Phone 7 line, an attempt to capitalize on the success of the Xbox 360 as the software maker tries to compete wi...
Aug 17, 2010
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BlackBerry's security stance sows anxiety
The 2008 terrorist attacks in Mumbai heightened concerns in India over the government's inability to eavesdrop on encrypted communications.
Aug 08, 2010
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APNewsBreak: FBI says mastermind of botnet nabbed
WASHINGTON - International authorities have arrested a computer hacker believed responsible for creating the malicious computer code that infected as many as 12 million computers, invading major b...
Jul 27, 2010
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Testing technology's stretch as an arm of diplomacy
WASHINGTON - When two young State Department staff members took a delegation of Silicon Valley executives to Syria recently, they billed it as a chance to use the promise of technology to reach ou...
Jun 29, 2010
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Millions spent on unproven technology in name of school reform
Under enormous pressure to reform, the nation's public schools are spending millions of dollars each year on gadgets from text-messaging devices to interactive whiteboards that technology companie...
Jun 10, 2010
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Israeli raid called off after Facebook slip
JERUSALEM (AP) - Israel's military has "unfriended" one of its own - after a combat soldier potentially updated Israel's enemies on Facebook.
Mar 03, 2010
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NYC judge expresses some doubts about Google deal
NEW YORK (AP) - A judge Thursday questioned whether Google and lawyers for authors and publishers went too far when they struck a deal that would let the gigantic search engine make money presidin...
Feb 18, 2010
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Cyberspying fears help fuel China's drive to curb Internet
BEIJING - Deep inside a Chinese military engineering institute in September 2008, a researcher took a break and decided - against official policy - to check his private e-mail messages.
Feb 11, 2010
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Google to enlist National Security Agency to help it ward off cyberattacks
WASHINGTON - The world's largest Internet search company and the world's most powerful electronic surveillance organization are teaming up in the name of cybersecurity.
Feb 03, 2010
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Fight against fat goes high-tech with new devices
ALHAMBRA - The fight against fat is going high-tech. To get an inside look at eating and exercise habits, scientists are developing wearable wireless sensors to monitor overweight and obese people...
Jan 11, 2010
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Teens pump up texting numbers
We're becoming a nation of texters.
According to data released Tuesday by the Census Bureau, Americans fired off 110 billion text messages in December 2008. In the same month of 2007, they sent ...
Dec 15, 2009
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Google, Authors Settlement Gets Preliminary Approval (Update1)
Google, owner of the most popular Internet search engine, and a group of authors and publishers won preliminary approval of a revised settlement over the company's plans to make millions of books ...
Nov 19, 2009
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Geeky 'tweeters' to report on space shuttle launch
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Fingers will be flying when space shuttle Atlantis blasts off today: About 100 of NASA's geekiest fans will be on hand, pecking away at iPhones, BlackBerrys, laptops and oth...
Nov 15, 2009
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S. Chamber of Commerce president: Environmentalists behind resignation of Apple, others
Environmental groups are trying to discredit the U.S. Chamber of Commerce by persuading companies to quit the business group over its stance on greenhouse-gas regulation, chamber President Tom Don...
Oct 08, 2009
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Training apps that help you sweat the details
To prepare for his first marathon last year, Michael Nolan trained for six months with the New York Road Runners Club, running up to 20 miles a day five days a week.
Sep 14, 2009
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Training apps that help you sweat the details
To prepare for his first marathon last year, Michael Nolan trained for six months with the New York Road Runners Club, running up to 20 miles a day five days a week.
Sep 09, 2009
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China's mixed message - VENTURE CAPITALISTS POUR MONEY INTO OVERSEAS GIANT BUT CITE CONCERNS ABOUT O
Is China's economic teapot bubbling over? Despite a jittery equity market and headlines about toxic made-in-China products, American venture capitalists seem as bullish as ever about the overseas ...
Sep 01, 2009
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Knowing your carbon impact increasingly important
Never mind the carbon footprint, needled the New York Times earlier this month when Nicolas Sarkozy, the new president of France, whisked to Paris and back to the United States hours later.
Aug 30, 2009
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Powerset, with new search technology, launches today
When Powerset, a widely hyped new search engine, launches today, few people are going to view it as a real competitor to Google.
Aug 18, 2009
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Calpine to expand geothermal-energy production
LAKE COUNTY - Tapping into the growing demand for renewable power as it pulls itself out of bankruptcy, power-plant operator Calpine announced ambitious plans Thursday to expand its production of ...
Jul 15, 2009
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Internet-based therapy shows promise for insomnia
CHICAGO - Sleepless people sometimes use the Internet to get through the night. Now a small study shows promising results for insomniacs with nine weeks of Internet-based therapy.
No human thera...
Jul 15, 2009
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Internet-based therapy shows promise for insomnia
CHICAGO - Sleepless people sometimes use the Internet to get through the night. Now a small study shows promising results for insomniacs with nine weeks of Internet-based therapy.
No human thera...
Jul 08, 2009
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Judge tentatively acquits woman in MySpace case
LOS ANGELES - A federal judge Thursday tentatively threw out the convictions of a Missouri mother for her role in a MySpace hoax directed at a 13-year-old neighbor girl who ended up committing sui...
Jul 02, 2009
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Obama administration to involve NSA in defending civilian agency networks
WASHINGTON - The Obama administration will proceed with a Bush-era plan to use National Security Agency assistance in screening government computer traffic on private-sector networks, with AT and ...
Jul 02, 2009
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Start-up fueled by kids' imagination
Silicon Valley's green energy start-ups have many worries. Homework usually isn't one of them.
But for Calsunergy, in the valley's fast-growing green energy industry, homework will be part of the...
Jun 15, 2009
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Google, Intel going green - TECH POWERS JOIN PUSH TO SAVE ENERGY WITH MORE EFFICIENT COMPUTERS, SERV
Green Energy
Google and Intel threw their weight behind an initiative Tuesday to help blunt the impact of global warming by bringing greater energy efficiency to personal computers and servers.
Jun 15, 2009
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China's mixed message - VENTURE CAPITALISTS POUR MONEY INTO OVERSEAS GIANT BUT CITE CONCERNS ABOUT O
Is China's economic teapot bubbling over? Despite a jittery equity market and headlines about toxic made-in-China products, American venture capitalists seem as bullish as ever about the overseas ...
May 03, 2009
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Knowing your carbon impact increasingly important
Never mind the carbon footprint, needled the New York Times earlier this month when Nicolas Sarkozy, the new president of France, whisked to Paris and back to the United States hours later.
May 01, 2009
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Powerset, with new search technology, launches today
When Powerset, a widely hyped new search engine, launches today, few people are going to view it as a real competitor to Google.
Apr 19, 2009
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Time Warner Cable shelves some Internet cap plans
Bowing to mounting public and political pressure, Time Warner Cable said Thursday that it was shelving plans in four markets to charge customers based on how much Internet traffic they generate.
Apr 16, 2009
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Taliban using U.S. firms to host Web sites
WASHINGTON - March 25, a Taliban Web site claiming to be the voice of the "Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan" boasted of a deadly new attack on coalition forces in that country.
Apr 08, 2009
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Pentagon spends $100 million to fix cyber attacks
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Pentagon spent more than $100 million in the past six months responding to and repairing damage from cyber attacks and other computer network problems, military leaders said ...
Apr 07, 2009
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Jurors' Web ventures by cell phone are leading to mistrials
Last week, a juror in a big federal drug trial in Florida admitted to the judge that he had been doing research on the case on the Internet, directly violating the judge's instructions and centuri...
Mar 17, 2009
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TechCrunch too much for Atherton, city forces move from Michael Arrington's house to Palo Alto
Atherton's hard stance against excessive traffic has driven the headquarters of a popular blog from its founder's home into the Internet startup haven of downtown Palo Alto. TechCrunch.
Mar 17, 2009
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Calpine to expand geothermal-energy production
LAKE COUNTY - Tapping into the growing demand for renewable power as it pulls itself out of bankruptcy, power-plant operator Calpine announced ambitious plans Thursday to expand its production of ...
Feb 07, 2009
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Google, Intel going green - TECH POWERS JOIN PUSH TO SAVE ENERGY WITH MORE EFFICIENT COMPUTERS, SERV
Green Energy
Google and Intel threw their weight behind an initiative Tuesday to help blunt the impact of global warming by bringing greater energy efficiency to personal computers and servers.
Jan 27, 2009
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Start-up fueled by kids' imagination
Silicon Valley's green energy start-ups have many worries. Homework usually isn't one of them.
But for Calsunergy, in the valley's fast-growing green energy industry, homework will be part of the...
Jan 25, 2009
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China's mixed message - VENTURE CAPITALISTS POUR MONEY INTO OVERSEAS GIANT BUT CITE CONCERNS ABOUT O
Is China's economic teapot bubbling over? Despite a jittery equity market and headlines about toxic made-in-China products, American venture capitalists seem as bullish as ever about the overseas ...
Jan 22, 2009
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Knowing your carbon impact increasingly important
Never mind the carbon footprint, needled the New York Times earlier this month when Nicolas Sarkozy, the new president of France, whisked to Paris and back to the United States hours later.
Jan 21, 2009
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Powerset, with new search technology, launches today
When Powerset, a widely hyped new search engine, launches today, few people are going to view it as a real competitor to Google.
Jan 09, 2009
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New PG &E plug-in car can feed power to home
Extra
SETTING THE RECORD STRAIGHT (publ. 04/11/07)
A front-page story and accompanying graphic Monday and a correction Tuesday about plug-in hybrid vehicles misstated the energy usage of a typica...
Dec 03, 2008
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O'Brien: Can we take the Tech Awards to the next level?
Blog
I've been feeling particularly grim and cynical about the economy and technology. So spending a recent evening at the Tech Awards was just the antidote I needed.
Nov 23, 2008
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Tech's battle over OT pay moves to Sacramento - INDUSTRY SEEKS CLARITY; LABOR GROUP RIPS PLAN
SACRAMENTO - It's no secret that the typical workweek for Silicon Valley's programmers and engineers is a lot longer than 40 hours.
Sep 02, 2008
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Sony aims to boost PS3 with new HD video show - TV-LIKE CONTENT COMBINED WITH GAME FEATURES
Sony on Monday unveiled a new combination of TV-like content and video-game features that may give its PlayStation 3 console a stronger foothold among the many devices competing to provide digital...
Jun 03, 2008
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Powerset, with new search technology, launches today
When Powerset, a widely hyped new search engine, launches today, few people are going to view it as a real competitor to Google.
May 11, 2008
