Employees at the consumer products company object to its antediluvian attitudes about Web access, e-mail, and other mainstays of modern life

No, but the software giant has been trying some interesting new things in search. And it has the money and time to spend on startups and new search features

Sony Ericsson's Xperia mobile phone won't be released for a couple of months, but it's getting a lot of buzz in the blogosphere

The online auction giant, hoping to boost inventory and revive growth, will imitate Amazon and court users who sell at fixed prices

In spite of media coverage and doctors' advice, millions of Americans are still overweight. Why can't state and federal policies control help?

Privacy advocates' concern over what Apple will do with iPhone user data may be overblown, industry experts say

PeopleSoft founder Dave Duffield is building another software upstart that is attracting a lot of attention

The Japanese Net entrepreneur Joichi Ito makes a case for free-content distribution on the Internet. Nine Inch Nails is an early adopter

Demand for the technology is expected to rise dramatically over the next few years, and IBM's speech research group is focusing on forming partnerships to take it to market

There are a dozen or so Web sites that review local businesses across the country. Take a look, and read what people say behind your back

It's been tough lately for companies like Red Hat and Novell that bet their business on open source. Here's a look at the haves and the have-nots

Don't be surprised to see advertising on Twitter soon. It's about the only way the service can generate revenue. But will it be enough?

Communications links among countries are like transportation routes in the past, opening up new territories to trade and an economic upsurge

The Android-based phone is due out in the fall. Here's what to expect in terms of features

Boxed products are no longer the gaming industry's backbone. Social gaming on the likes of Facebook and MySpace is where a lot of money can be made

Dell's Tim Bucher, a former Apple vet, and his Zing software hope to give iTunes some competition

Beyond computers, Wi-Fi-enabled televisions, set-top boxes, and cars are entering the market

Skeptics and boosters were wrong, the Apple smartphone is different enough to be fun, but hasn't sent Japanese phonemakers back to the drawing board

Nancy Heinen, former general counsel, will pay $2.2 million to end SEC's options-backdating case

Hewlett-Packard awards 41 university professors as much as $100,000 apiece and plans to be more involved in the research projects