Hard times for personal privacy on the Internet 05-07-03
These are sobering times for Internet users who value their privacy. The government has expanded its online surveillance authority in the wake of Sept. 11. And Web users are bombarded almost daily with warnings about cyberterrorism, hackers, worms, spyware, identity theft and cookies.

Engineer’s engineer ready to move on 05-07-03
Almost a decade ago, Andy Grove was getting up to speed on what the Internet might mean to his company and the larger world. He was Intel’s chief executive at the time, and for advice, he turned to Les Vadasz, a trusted lieutenant and friend for decades.

Diversity in the high- tech workplace lags 04-17-03
As Silicon Valley’s largest companies added tens of thousands of employees during the tech boom, many also spent millions of dollars to attract more women, blacks and Latinos to the white-male world of engineering.

Extreme programming takes hold in software collaboration 03-19-03
SOUTHLAKE, Texas - Many of the programmers at Sabre Holdings Corp. work in pairs sharing a keyboard, but it’s not because the company has a shortage of computers.

HP, Dell waging a global battle for PC dominance 03-12-03
Two U.S. computer giants are waging a global battle for dominance, trying to become the No. 1 PC seller in key countries in their quest to take over the technology world.

Q&A with Netscape co-founder Marc Andreessen 03-12-03
SAN JOSE, Calif. - Ten years ago, Marc Andreessen and his college chums were spending sleepless nights chowing down pizza and writing code for the April 1993 launch of Mosaic, the Web-browsing program that revolutionized the Internet.

In the United States, the ring tone market is just starting to take off 03-12-03
Ask not for whom the cell tones. If you’re one of the growing number of cell phone owners using customized ring tones, you know exactly when your phone rings.

New security system combines biometrics
with radio-frequency identification 03-05-03
ST. LOUIS, Mo. - A small company in Maryland Heights, Mo., has developed a computer-security system that locks itself when workers walk away. It uses unique log-in information from the tip of a finger - or the tip of a tongue.

New Motorola chip to make airbags and other appliances safer 03-05-03
Technology that began with a music project and evolved into a magic trick is now poised to change automobile safety. It might also make household appliances easier to use and power tools safer.

Licensed to carry songs 02-26-03
DEEP ELLUM, Texas - Three doors down from the Gypsy Tea Room in Deep Ellum, Jeff Tribble is hatching his plot for world domination. Inside a former furniture showroom, the 39-year-old CEO of Streamwaves.com stands in front of a giant mural of American recording artists.

AOL trying to survive in world after dial-up 02-26-03
Is America Online doomed now that its mega-merger with Time Warner Inc. has failed so miserably? Let’s look at some facts: AOL is still the world’s largest Internet service provider by far, with 26.5 million subscribers in the United States and a total of 35 million worldwide. They paid it $7.2 billion in subscription fees last year.

Qualcomm's wireless tech patents give a bright future 01-29-03
If Irwin Jacobs is looking just a bit smug these days, he has a reason. To put it mildly, the co-founder and chief executive of Qualcomm is on a roll.

Online shopping may not be cheaper,
but it’s easier, has greater variety 11-29-02
FORT WORTH, Texas - If the thought of filling Christmas wish lists has you in a frenzy, relax: Online shopping has never been easier. And that’s coming from someone who took two years to use an Amazon.com gift certificate from her brother.

Internet portals face new urgency on profits 11-20-02
As the three largest portals seek to squeeze profits from the Internet, they are turning the clock back in some respects: bundling Internet access with content, offering tiered pricing to attract more users and emphasizing community-building tools, while at the same time downplaying advertising.

Serious money taking a look at China 11-20-02
HONG KONG - Raise your hand if you’ve heard this before: Successful investments in China require patience. Lots of patience. The mantra hasn’t changed. But after years of waiting, along with more sour investments than anyone can count, serious money is looking at the world’s most populous nation as far more than a speculative bet.

Boomers slow to embrace MP3, the latest audio incarnation 10-23-02
NEW YORK - Since the days of vinyl records, the music industry has sold its goods in fickle formats that have come and gone, leaving obsolete record and tape players moldering in basements and thrift stores.

Kodak introduces digital processing of snapshots 10-23-02
Just as compact discs banished the scratchy sounds common to vinyl records, new digital film processing promises to do away with washed out faces, dark backgrounds and other snapshot shortcomings.