CEOs take on White House initiative to drive tech education
White House announces launch of Change the Equation, a nonprofit group run by major CEOs with the goal of improving education in science, technology, engineering, and math.
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Wall Street firm: Netflix, Google to pressure cable
Credit Suisse says younger people turning to Netflix and dropping cable. Streaming Web video from Apple and Google also threaten cable companies.
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Google testing higher-quality video chat in Gmail
Google has released an updated version of its video chatting service, found in Gmail, iGoogle, and Orkut, that's bigger and better-looking than the one that came before it.
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Why Yahoo plays well in Peoria
Tech trends are not born at Yahoo, but they are refined for a mass audience. What's wrong with that?
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Assault skills on display as SWAT teams compete (photos)
A West Coast SWAT team competition lets elite agents compare their prowess and share their techniques in real-life scenarios.
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Best Buy: iPad cutting into laptop sales
In an interview with The Wall Street Journal, Best Buy CEO Brian Dunn says that the iPad has cut into sales of laptops by as much as 50 percent.
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Avast says, 'Yer ship be secure'
You may have thought that 'Talk like a pirate day' peaked a couple of years ago, but security vendor Avast says the concept still has some sea legs. The company rebrands its free security program in 'pirate-speak' for people who like their protection with an eye-patch.
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Report: Hewlett-Packard close to picking CEO
Bloomberg says the candidates are narrowed to internal choices. The list is reportedly at five, and each runs one of HP's major business divisions.
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Galaxy Tab coming to all four carriers
Justin.tv releases an iPhone app, Bing Maps gets public transportation directions, the HDCP antipiracy protocol gets broken, and Samsung announces the Galaxy Tab for all four major carriers.
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Week in review: Phone fray
Nokia, HTC, and Microsoft fuel the phone war fire, while new tablets debut. Also: IE9 beta arrives.
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Google's market share dips ever so slightly
Its share of the U.S. search engine market continues a mild downward trend in August, according to ComScore, but the search giant remains firmly on top with 65 percent of the market.
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Apple starts selling 27-inch LED display
Apple's long-awaited 27-inch LED display is now available. The monitor retails for $999 and will start shipping in one to two weeks.
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Report: VMware eyeing Novell's Suse
As Novell splits in two, VMware is seeking to snag its Suse operating system unit. If so, it would be much to the chagrin of Novell partner Microsoft.
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Report: Tech firms close to settling no-poach case
Google, Apple, Intel, and other tech giants are trying to settle with the Justice Department over allegations that they colluded to hold down wages.
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PlayStation Move arrives today for some, Sunday for others
Sony's motion-sensing gaming peripheral is officially heading to store shelves on Sunday, but Amazon is already making the device available.
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LG chief resigns as mobile sales dwindle
Nam Young, who was appointed CEO three years ago, offered his resignation to take responsibility for company's poor management and performance.
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Bing Maps gets public transit directions
It's not just for motorists and pedestrians anymore: Microsoft's online map tool gets its first ability to route people by bus, subway, and rail.
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Energy storage on grid heats up (photos)
The electric grid in the U.S. has very little buffer in the form of energy storage, but some technologies are now vying for different applications--from grid stabilization to storing many hours of wind and solar power.
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Grid storage gets updraft from auto batteries
The nascent industry for grid storage is being aided by falling prices for auto batteries and the technology race to build better bulk energy technology to store wind and solar power.
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HDCP antipiracy leak opens doors for black boxes
Researchers say Intel's copy protection protocol has been known to be flawed for nine years and they aren't surprised by the news.
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