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Going out of print, Newsweek ends an era
There was a time when the newsweeklies set the agenda for the nation's conversation — when Time and Newsweek would digest the events of the week and ...
Sprint seeks majority control of Clearwire
Flush with the promise of cash from a Japanese investor, Sprint Nextel Corp. on Thursday said that it wants to buy out the founder of Clearwire Corp.
Google blames contractor for early release of data
Google became the latest company Thursday to release its financial results earlier than scheduled, after which its stock price dropped 9 percent ...
AOL wants to organize your email clutter with Alto
The Internet icon that brought email to the masses with its classic "You've got mail" slogan now wants to help people organize the flood of messages ...
Share Everything boosts Verizon 3Q
Verizon's Share Everything plan looks like it's good for the company's shares. The parent of the nation's largest cellphone company on Thursday ...
Utah game developer jailed for not paying wages
The developer of video games including "Alvin and the Chipmunks" and "Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2005" is serving a yearlong jail sentence in Utah for ...
$50K prize if you can find way to block robocalls
Those annoying prerecorded phone pitches known as robocalls aren't just getting on the nerves of millions of consumers: The government is fed up too, ...
GM to hire 3,000 workers from Hewlett-Packard
General Motors will hire 3,000 workers from Hewlett-Packard, part of a push to bring most of its computer technology in-house. The HP employees, who ...
UK court sides with Samsung in Apple suit
Britain's Court of Appeal has backed a judgment that Samsung's Galaxy tablet computer is "not as cool" as Apple's iPad — and therefore doesn't ...
Nokia losses pile up as sales plunge
Nokia Corp. reported Thursday that its third quarter net loss widened further to €969 million ($1.27 billion) with a 19 percent plunge in revenue, as ...
Review: Clever 'XCOM' is chess with plasma rifles
Video-game aliens have gotten bigger, uglier and meaner over the years. Think of the Covenant warriors in "Halo" or the Locust Horde in "Gears of ...
Newsweek to cease print edition after 80 years
Newsweek will end its print publication after 80 years and shift to an all-digital format in early 2013. Its last U.S. print edition will be its Dec.
Twitter shuts out German neo-Nazi group's account
Twitter has for the first time blocked an account using a new tool that allows it to bar content in individual countries, shutting out a banned German ...
Yelp to alert consumers on fake reviews
Yelp says it will alert users if it suspects that a business has tried to buy fake, misleading reviews on its site. Yelp Inc. said Thursday that some ...
Sony redo of PlayStation Store links games, movies
Sony Corp. is revamping its PlayStation Store as it prepares a common storefront across devices from its game console to its Web-connected TVs, ...
EBay posts higher 3Q earnings, revenue
EBay reported Tuesday that its third-quarter net income rose 22 percent thanks to higher revenue at its PayPal payments service and at the ...
Knight Capital's software snag causes big 3Q loss
The Knight Capital Group Inc. trading firm said it lost $764.3 million in the third quarter because of a software glitch that flooded the stock market ...
World Food Prize activities attract Occupy protest
It's difficult to argue with the goals of the World Food Prize Foundation — to recognize people who have helped improve the quality and availability ...
Analysts, PC industry cool on Windows 8
While Microsoft is touting next week's launch of Windows 8 as the savior of the computer industry, PC makers and analysts are increasingly skeptical ...
Skydiver's feat could influence spacesuit design
Now that the dust has settled in the New Mexico desert where supersonic skydiver "Fearless Felix" Baumgartner landed safely on his feet, researchers ...
FCC clears way for AT&T to use airwaves
Federal regulators are letting AT&T use an unused part of the airwaves for mobile broadband, potentially increasing the speed and capacity of its new ...
Amazon looks to get Kindle to schools, workers
Amazon.com Inc. has launched a service to help schools and workplaces manage Kindles used by students and employees — sending out e-books or blocking ...
Study shows rapid growth of high-definition TV
High-definition televisions have rapidly become the norm in U.S. homes. The Nielsen company said Wednesday that more than three-quarters of American ...
Review: Technology helps with fitness goals
Many of us know firsthand that losing weight and staying fit can be tough. For me, I started a journey a little over a year ago to get in better shape ...
Aereo, TV over Internet service, expands to PCs
A Barry Diller-backed company called Aereo is broadening availability of its service even as broadcasters challenge the legality of the startup's live ...