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February 4th, 2009 Uncategorized none Comments

This isn’t your Motown auto show. In Detroit last month, Sen. Bob Corker (R-Tenn.) was the lone federal legislator to grace the show, setting off a stir when he appeared on the floor. This month in Washington, automakers will have more of a chance to mix with lawmakers, so they’re coming prepared…br clear=”all”a href=”http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/technology;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479×40;ord=64124837769″ target=”_blank”img src=”http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/technology;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479×40;ord=64124837769″ border=”0″ vspace=”5″/apa href=”http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~at/cA-QPdIoYJgxcvIyGEDZQ6pfb9w/a”img src=”http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~at/cA-QPdIoYJgxcvIyGEDZQ6pfb9w/i” border=”0″ ismap=”true”/img/a/pimg src=”http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/technology/index_xml/~4/gRfGmmJkMVs” height=”1″ width=”1″/

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February 4th, 2009 Uncategorized none Comments

TEHRAN, Feb. 3 — Iran said Tuesday it had successfully sent its first domestically produced satellite into orbit using an Iranian-made long-distance missile, joining an exclusive club of fewer than a dozen nations with such capabilities.pa href=”http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~at/A-nbKha30f25Zgk5FVx5AdPgw08/a”img src=”http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~at/A-nbKha30f25Zgk5FVx5AdPgw08/i” border=”0″ ismap=”true”/img/a/pimg src=”http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/technology/index_xml/~4/KMIjXo1rYa8″ height=”1″ width=”1″/

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February 4th, 2009 Uncategorized none Comments

While Congress contemplates ways to jump-start the economy, a few local investors have come up with their own stimulus packages for entrepreneurs.pa href=”http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~at/C6Cst9emU2eR6BYe68EZDd6pZ00/a”img src=”http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~at/C6Cst9emU2eR6BYe68EZDd6pZ00/i” border=”0″ ismap=”true”/img/a/pimg src=”http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/technology/index_xml/~4/UTUx-4bIDjU” height=”1″ width=”1″/

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February 4th, 2009 Uncategorized none Comments

Washington area venture capital investments fell 20 percent in 2008 as the economic downturn and credit crunch left fewer sources of financing available for such deals, according to a report.br clear=”all”a href=”http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/technology;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479×40;ord=64124843274″ target=”_blank”img src=”http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/technology;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479×40;ord=64124843274″ border=”0″ vspace=”5″/apa href=”http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~at/Is0FtVZUYf3JUqOx4fP223tR5Dk/a”img src=”http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~at/Is0FtVZUYf3JUqOx4fP223tR5Dk/i” border=”0″ ismap=”true”/img/a/pimg src=”http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/technology/index_xml/~4/Zs_uZWbsLt8″ height=”1″ width=”1″/

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February 4th, 2009 Uncategorized none Comments

A college house-party snapshot of Michael Phelps inhaling from a marijuana pipe is the latest evidence of how a single cellphone or video image can suddenly compromise — or destroy — a celebrity’s carefully crafted public image.pa href=”http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~at/zJpe0OeEbIlN0r8uvszWb3pFSAY/a”img src=”http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~at/zJpe0OeEbIlN0r8uvszWb3pFSAY/i” border=”0″ ismap=”true”/img/a/pimg src=”http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/technology/index_xml/~4/2Ssema_OuxM” height=”1″ width=”1″/

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February 4th, 2009 Uncategorized none Comments

It was a hot, air-conditioner-worthy day last summer when Chester Marl came home from the hospital. The newborn slept remarkably well through the night.pa href=”http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~at/Edf2U8FknVZICVkhzZpsyV0nVTU/a”img src=”http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~at/Edf2U8FknVZICVkhzZpsyV0nVTU/i” border=”0″ ismap=”true”/img/a/pimg src=”http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/technology/index_xml/~4/VSSE8oNfnig” height=”1″ width=”1″/

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February 4th, 2009 Uncategorized none Comments

Nearly every study table is full with patrons sipping lattes and surfing the Web. Teens are curled up in easy chairs. In a worried knot by the doorway, job seekers gather around a sign-up station for the Internet, waiting for their turn.pa href=”http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~at/ehmpRRIxHnkj57Vh__U6ukDLzKk/a”img src=”http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~at/ehmpRRIxHnkj57Vh__U6ukDLzKk/i” border=”0″ ismap=”true”/img/a/pimg src=”http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/technology/index_xml/~4/-4f7EctaEss” height=”1″ width=”1″/

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February 4th, 2009 Uncategorized none Comments

Organizations that experienced a data breach in 2008 paid an average of $6.6 million last year to rebuild their brand image and retain customers, according to a new study.br clear=”all”a href=”http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/technology;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479×40;ord=64124836128″ target=”_blank”img src=”http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/technology;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479×40;ord=64124836128″ border=”0″ vspace=”5″/apa href=”http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~at/PxeaGwO8L0M5_E0J06uXpmwi6mw/a”img src=”http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~at/PxeaGwO8L0M5_E0J06uXpmwi6mw/i” border=”0″ ismap=”true”/img/a/pimg src=”http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/technology/index_xml/~4/pObvgPLtsHo” height=”1″ width=”1″/

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February 4th, 2009 Uncategorized none Comments

SAN FRANCISCO — Google Inc. on Monday launched a new version of Google Earth that allows users to explore the oceans, view images of Mars and watch regions of the Earth change over time.pa href=”http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~at/a8zTOJuA8GlTRRjiWtAllQfdBac/a”img src=”http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~at/a8zTOJuA8GlTRRjiWtAllQfdBac/i” border=”0″ ismap=”true”/img/a/pimg src=”http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/technology/index_xml/~4/q4RwxdM6giY” height=”1″ width=”1″/

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February 4th, 2009 Uncategorized none Comments

Doug Bates and his wife, Stacey, were in bed around 10 p.m., their 2-year-old daughters asleep in a nearby room. Suddenly they were shaken awake by the wail of police sirens and the rumble of a helicopter above their suburban Southern California home. A criminal must be on the loose, they thought.pa href=”http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~at/-OhulgO8pJmUux02IOYWscIPElM/a”img src=”http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~at/-OhulgO8pJmUux02IOYWscIPElM/i” border=”0″ ismap=”true”/img/a/pimg src=”http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/technology/index_xml/~4/uYydfkPjtrU” height=”1″ width=”1″/

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January 25th, 2009 Uncategorized none Comments

QYou wrote that the digital-TV transition has nothing to do with cable TV going from analog to digital, but my cable company seems to disagree. What’s the real story with digital cable?

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January 25th, 2009 Uncategorized none Comments

In job hunting, networking is the name of the game.

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January 25th, 2009 Uncategorized none Comments

VATICAN CITY — Puffs of smoke, speeches in Latin and multipage encyclicals have all been used by the Vatican to communicate with the faithful. Now the pope is trying to broaden his audience by joining the wannabe musicians, college pranksters and water-skiing squirrels on YouTube. In his inaugural…

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January 24th, 2009 Uncategorized none Comments

A California biotechnology company plans to launch the first government-approved clinical trial testing human embryonic stem cells on people by next summer after receiving federal approval yesterday.

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January 24th, 2009 Uncategorized none Comments

Key senators have reached a compromise on a bill that would delay the nation’s switch to all-digital television from next month until June 12. A vote on the legislation is expected early next week.

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January 24th, 2009 Uncategorized none Comments

Microsoft announced its first major layoffs in company history, saying it would cut about 5,000 jobs, one of several economic signals that emerged yesterday indicating that the recession was spreading and deepening.

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January 23rd, 2009 Uncategorized none Comments

Federal regulators have approved the first experiment testing human embryonic stem cells on people, officials announced today.

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January 23rd, 2009 Uncategorized none Comments

Stocks took a tumble yesterday on new economic data that did little to ease investors’ concerns about the housing and job markets, and on signs that tech giants such as Intel and Microsoft are not immune to the recession.

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January 23rd, 2009 Uncategorized none Comments

The transition from analog to digital television may have inflicted more confusion on the American public than any other electronic upgrade in history. No other technological switch — not going from Windows XP to Vista, not migrating from CDs to MP3s, not trading in maps for GPS guidance — seem…

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January 23rd, 2009 Uncategorized none Comments

The Big Money’s Chris Thompson, who writes a blog focused on Google, will be online to discuss Google’s earnings report and other recent news.

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January 22nd, 2009 Uncategorized none Comments

Joyce Powell can get a dozen analog channels with her seven-year-old television set. But when she hooked up a converter box to prepare for next month’s transition to digital broadcasts, she discovered that she couldn’t receive any local channels, even though the stations’ transmission towers are a…

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January 22nd, 2009 Uncategorized none Comments

Even if high-speed Internet service was available to the entire nation, about one-third of Americans not currently using broadband still wouldn’t because of the expense, according to a report released yesterday by the Pew Internet & American Life Project.

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January 22nd, 2009 Uncategorized none Comments

You used to need hubris, millions of dollars and the support of a great research university to imagine building a replacement for the human eye.

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January 22nd, 2009 Uncategorized none Comments

If the Obama campaign represented a sleek, new iPhone kind of future, the first day of the Obama administration looked more like the rotary-dial past.

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January 22nd, 2009 Uncategorized none Comments

Microsoft said today it would cut 5,000 jobs as another round of negative economic news sent U.S. stocks lower and reaffirmed the extent of a global slowdown.

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