Google Inc. has jettisoned a substantial number of temporary workers in a recent austerity drive spurred by the recession, although the Internet search leader still intends to spend billions of ...

Last year at CES, Gawker Media videographer Richard Blakeley filmed himself surreptitiously turning off televisions across the show floor -- including shutting off screens during a presentation from ...

A US$30 billion investment by the U.S. government in broadband, health IT and smart energy grids would create or retain nearly a million jobs, according to a new report from a Washington, D.C., ...

Apple is offering significant deals on hardware on the Apple Online Store and through its partners. Long a feature of the online store, the Special Deals page lists "Apple Certified ...

Sun Microsystems announced today that it has acquired Q-Layer, a cloud computing company in Belgium. Q-Layer will become a part of Sun's cloud computing business unit. Cloud computing lets ...

Protesters have taken to the streets all over the world to protest Israel's attacks on Gaza. New World Notes reports that some protesters have even staged demonstrations in Second Life. SL ...

Electronic devices have long been able to communicate with each other wirelessly, but have always been shackled by batteries or power cords. One company, PowerBeam, aims to eliminate this ...

A new USB flavor is being previewed at CES this week. Seagate and Symwave are jointly demonstrating the first consumer application of USB 3.0 in Las Vegas, showing a Seagate FreeAgent drive running ...

Facebook reached the 150 million-member mark on Wednesday, a milestone the company's CEO Mark Zuckerberg heralds as significant: now he needs to deliver ads that they find engaging. In an official ...

Sixty-five percent of consumers think some companies overstate their green credentials to sell more products, according to research presented by industry organization Consumer Electronics ...

Microsoft Monday again pushed its claim that consumers pay an "Apple tax" when they buy Mac hardware rather than PCs running the Windows operating system. In an e-mail to reporters ...