Breakfast Can Wait. The Day’s First Stop Is Online.

Karl and Dorsey Gude of East Lansing, Mich., can remember simpler mornings, not too long ago. They sat together and chatted as they ate breakfast. They read the newspaper and competed only with the television for the attention of their two teenage sons.Read More

When Censorship Strikes, Herdict Is WatchingWhen Censorship Strikes, Herdict Is Watching

The purpose of Herdict.org is to shine a spotlight on suspected cases of Internet censorship. When a Web surfer can't access a site, he or she can report it to Herdict, and with enough users reporting, a trend becomes clear for the world to see. The project is meant to raise awareness of censorship around the world, though inaccessibility is sometimes due to tech glitches, not government suppression.Read More

Tech gives humans animal senses

A virtual reality exhibit is giving visitors the extreme ranges of sight and hearing that many animals have.Know More

Rejected by Apple, iPhone developers go underground

Apple is the exclusive gatekeeper to its iPhone App Store, able to reject apps at will -- as it did July 28 with Google Voice. Read More

Targeted Twitter user blames Russia

The Georgian blogger whose Twitter, Facebook, and YouTube accounts were targeted in denial-of-service attacks on Thursday, says he thinks Russia's federal security service is behind it. Read More

Timms to lead 'Digital Britain'

Treasury minister Stephen Timms is to take charge of delivering the plan for the future of the UK digital industry.Read More

Is Google Voice a Threat to AT&T?

Chapter 1: Apple creates the iPhone.

Chapter 2: Apple opens the App Store, an online catalog of cheap or free programs that you can download straight to the phone. Programmers all over the world write 70,000 apps for it that perform every amazing feat you can name.Read More

Sony Crashes Party With Robo Photog

Sony's new addition to its digital camera line includes an accessory billed as an automated party photographer. The Party-shot is a platform that sits atop a table or tripod. Attach a digital camera to the Party-shot, and it will swivel and tilt, snapping candid photos by automatically detecting faces and smiles.Read More

Twitter hit by denial-of-service attack

Internet attacks shut down the social networking site Twitter for about two hours on Thursday morning and caused glitches in other sites like Facebook and LiveJournal, a blogging site.Read More

Green is in for wireless companies

Green is the new black in wireless as companies like Sprint Nextel and Samsung announce new products and programs geared toward environmental sustainability.Read More

Technology 'priority for Britons'

Britons are more willing to cut back on holidays and meals out than on spending on communication technology during the recession, an Ofcom review suggests.Read More

Rehab death of China Internet addict concerns

The death of a teenage Internet addict allegedly beaten to death at a rehab camp in south China has triggered calls from medical experts for regulation on treatments for the problem.Read More

For Today’s Graduate, Just One Word: Statistics

At Harvard, Carrie Grimes majored in anthropology and archaeology and ventured to places like Honduras, where she studied Mayan settlement patterns by mapping where artifacts were found. But she was drawn to what she calls “all the computer and math stuff” that was part of the job.Read More

E-Reader Plot Thickens With New Sony Devices

Looking to stir things up in the e-book reader ring -- a place where Amazon and Barnes and Noble have seen most of the recent action -- Sony has delivered two new devices that aim low on price. One of the new e-readers rings up at $200, significantly below the price tag on the Kindle. Sony's also trying to attract e-book customers with lower price points at its online e-bookstore.Read More

What does Google see in On2's video tech?

The search giant isn't saying. The planned $106.5 million transaction isn't going to make too much of a dent in Google's coffers, but the transaction comes during a hot debate about which future technologies will power Web video.Read More

Mobile Internet Hot Spots: Hot or Not?

Will your next cellphone be without a microphone, keyboard or screen? Read More

Intel Taps Facebook Multitudes for Massive Research Efforts

If you'd like to help find a cure for cancer, Alzheimer's or AIDS, join efforts to eradicate malaria in Africa, or assist in climate change research, there's now a Facebook app that lets you donate computer processing power to the cause. Intel has launched Progress Thru Processors, which gives Facebook's masses an easy interface for engaging in volunteer computing.Read More

Pentagon reviewing policy on social networking sites

The Pentagon is reviewing its policy concerning the access by military personnel to social networking Web sites such as Facebook and Twitter, a spokesman said Tuesday.Read More

Europe's net refuseniks revealed

One third of Europeans have never used the net, according to an EU report.Read More

Some tweets now of out bounds at ESPN

The sports network has apparently banned its workforce from posting any sports-related content on social-networking tools such as Twitter and Facebook without its permission. The news first came to light Tuesday when Ric Bucher, an NBA analysts for ESPN, tweeted that he had just received an network memo regarding tweeting: Read More

Searching for places on the BBC

We were wondering the other day how much people search for local information from the BBC, so as a quick hack we got hold of the top 10,000 search terms from the bbc.co.uk search logs for one day, July 9th.Read More

Microsoft sees size as search answer in Yahoo deal

Microsoft is hoping that a long-term partnership with rival Yahoo will give it the size and insight it needs to bring in more traffic, more advertisers and ultimately more revenue.Read More

Rivalry Between Apple and Palm Intensifies

The Palm Pre has a large touch screen, slide-out keyboard and fast Web browsing. Palm also likes to point out that another selling point is the smartphone’s ability to link to iTunes, Apple’s music and media store. Read More

Google and Apple not off the hook

The resignation of Google's Eric Schmidt as a director of Apple's board has failed to halt a government inquiry into possible antitrust violations. Read More

Google's Schmidt resigns from Apple board

In a move that comes as little surprise, Apple announced Monday that Google CEO Eric Schmidt is resigning from its board of directors. Read More

When Jay-Z Hates Your Software

The rapper Jay-Z may have wanted to wipe out Auto-Tune, but perhaps he’s just added fuel to the digital fire. Read More

The Search Engine Scrimmage

The deal Microsoft has landed with Yahoo calls for the former's new Bing search engine to eventually replace the latter's older one. Though Bing does tout a few differentiating features and innovative ideas, it's still very young, and at this point it may not be ready for prime time. If it's still unripe by the time it steps up for Yahoo, Google will end up the winner of this partnership.Read More

Microsoft and Yahoo seal web deal

Yahoo and Microsoft have announced a long-rumoured internet search deal that will help the two companies take on chief rival Google.Read More

Gadgets, Web sites to make you a better runner

Admit it, runners: When you're on the fifth mile of your fourth run of the week and there's nothing but you, the summer heat and 5 more miles to go, things can get a bit ... boring.Read More

Google aims at commuters with Google Apps ads

Google is taking its marketing strategy for Google Apps to the next level by renting prominent billboards in major U.S. cities. Read More

The Vital Role of E-Presentment in Online Self-Service

Providing customers with a consolidated view of all their transactions across multiple lines of business, or over expanded periods of time, provides an immense feeling of personalization and exceptional service. That's just one of the many benefits of e-presentment for companies looking to differentiate themselves through an online self-service model. Read More

Free parking for all? Smart parking meters hacked

Scofflaws could hack the smart cards that access electronic parking meters in large cities around the United States, researchers are finding. The smart cards pay for parking spots, and their programming could be easily changed to obtain unlimited free parking. Read More

Halted ’03 Iraq Plan Illustrates U.S. Fear of Cyberwar Risk

It would have been the most far-reaching case of computer sabotage in history. In 2003, the Pentagon and American intelligence agencies made plans for a cyberattack to freeze billions of dollars in the bank accounts of Saddam Hussein and cripple his government’s financial system before the United States invaded Iraq. He would have no money for war supplies Read More

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Global IT unit knocks BT profits

Telecommunications firm BT has reported a sharp drop in quarterly profits, following problems at its global IT services arm. Read More