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May 15, 2008

• Americans are ditching their landlines

May 13, 2008

• Send your social-network profile to other sites
• HP-EDS is a done deal -- so what's next?

May 12, 2008

• HP bidding for EDS

May 9, 2008

• Data from shuttle Columbia hard drive recovered

May 8, 2008

• Web site helps women get breast implants for free
• Online content, straight from the sewer

May 7, 2008

• Manny, Moe, Jack - and Michael

May 6, 2008

• Webgrrls comes to Boca Raton
• Dell brings a bit of the beach to its laptops

May 2, 2008

• CompUSA: Can you build your own computer?

May 1, 2008

• AT&T rolls out its Mobile TV in parts of Florida
• Dell releases its latest top-end gaming machine

April 30, 2008

• Shortage predicted for Intel Corp's new chip, Atom
• Balmer, the new poster boy for Apple

April 29, 2008

• MacBook Air Ad Parody: How much fits in that envelope?

April 25, 2008

• Doctors still prefer paper records

April 22, 2008

• Generation Y takes the lead in mobile banking
• Dell previews small desktop computer

April 21, 2008

• Nikon and Panasonic have plans for Wi-Fi cameras

April 18, 2008

• EU: Go ahead, talk on a cell phone in flight
• Get out your brackets (again)!

April 17, 2008

• AMD starts layoffs in Austin, U.S.

April 16, 2008

• Verizon tries unlimited messaging without voice

April 15, 2008

• Vice President Fiorina? Madam Secretary?
• Dell updates Vostro line of computers
• Computer keyboard that's germ-free

April 14, 2008

• iPhone: It also makes calls. Really

April 11, 2008

• Amazon offers $50 credits to HD-DVD buyers

April 10, 2008

• Clean tech still growing - but slowing

April 8, 2008

• Following H-P announcement, Dell promised new ultra-portable PC
• Windows Mobile 6.1 has better home page functionality
• Dell talks about "strategic initiatives" with Dubai firm

April 7, 2008

• UPDATE: AMD announces 10 percent layoff plan
• Sprint brings Smallville's Supergirl to the small screen

April 3, 2008

• Pizza.com being sold for a hot and spicy $3 million
• Apple now No. 1 music seller

April 2, 2008

• Video: Up close with Microsoft Surface from AT&T
• Wireless: AT&T warms up to Google's Android
• Wireless: Yahoo planning new mobile search service
• Dell headquarters will use all renewable energy
• Wireless: Amazon goes mobile (again)
• Florida may be a cyberstate but it doesn't pay well
• Wireless: AT&T to use Microsoft touch-table tech

April 1, 2008

• Video: Up close with Sprint's "Instinct"
• Wireless: Mobile customers used 2 trillion minutes
• Wireless: Microsoft shows off new Windows Mobile
• Wireless: Sprint unveils iPhone-like handset
• Video: Welcome to CTIA Wireless

March 31, 2008

• AT&T reduces penalty for ending cell contract early

March 28, 2008

• Who's your buddy? (Where's your buddy?)

March 27, 2008

• Netflix crashes but the web site returns with refund offer

March 26, 2008

• Moto splits up
• Google offers search-within-a-search function, wants TV white space

March 25, 2008

• Research firm says PC shipments will rise, but...
• John Mayer's guitar works better than his iPod
• Dell adds services for businesses switching to new PCs

March 20, 2008

• Google exec: Android will outsell the iPhone
• AMD turns to tech veteran for turnaround help

March 19, 2008

• No muss, no fuss: ITunes sold with iPods and iPhones in the initial buy

March 17, 2008

• Explosive surprise from Apple's nano
• New Freescale CEO tells employees it's time to start winning

March 13, 2008

• Greenpeace lists green devices

March 11, 2008

• Google-DoubleClick merger approved
• CompUSA re-opened Deerfield Beach store; Palm Beach Gardens coming soon

March 10, 2008

• New technology makes uploading faster on AT&T 3G network

March 6, 2008

• Wake up, computer!

March 5, 2008

• CEA Gadget Guy shows off the latest and trendiest gizmos

March 4, 2008

• Charter flights on the cheap, or at least the cheaper

March 3, 2008

• 3G iPhone expected out in June

February 29, 2008

• Video site Veoh.com making its mark

February 28, 2008

• Dell profit, revenue miss Wall Street expectations
• Google's Going Healthy
• Congress looks at subsidized mobile-phone deals

February 27, 2008

• FCC chairman taking a closer look at Comcast

February 26, 2008

• Voicemail conversion to text coming to Blackberry
• Dell debuts new gaming PC

February 22, 2008

• Deathmatch: Hawks vs. Robot Dragonflies

February 20, 2008

• Now on Xbox: Make your own game
• Buyers mad at eBay, just like sellers
• Microsoft's Gates talks to UT students about jobs, Yahoo

February 19, 2008

• Toshiba the loser in HD-DVD/Blu-ray War
• Web site looks for cheapest gas
• Valence delivers an extra jolt for a converted Prius

February 18, 2008

• Digital TV is coming whether you're ready or not

February 14, 2008

• Yahoo! and News Corp. start to dance

February 13, 2008

• Dell adds data-storage services

February 12, 2008

• Crackberry Nation goes on the blink

February 11, 2008

• Starbucks switches to AT&T for wireless service at stores
• Yahoo! board nixes Microsoft offer

February 7, 2008

• Forgot your sign-on name? No problem (someday)
• Order pizza online and name it yourself
• National Instruments buys Danish company

February 5, 2008

• Hanna Montana, the Movie a big seller online

February 4, 2008

• Microsoft: Google's too big. Google: Microsoft's too big
• Dell and EqualLogic get down to business

January 31, 2008

• Dell lays off at least 1,200
• A smarter carpet to catch a senior's fall

January 30, 2008

• National Instruments stock gets a downgrade
• Dell shuts down U.S. kiosks
• Toshiba: HD-DVD vs. Blu-ray War not over yet

January 29, 2008

• Techcrunch.com: It's Obama and McCain

January 24, 2008

• One of these guys is not like the others...
• Fighting the battle against email

January 23, 2008

• Vois.com sponsoring Milka Duno's race car

January 22, 2008

• HBO to offer programming online
• For women, Internet trumps family and friends for health advice

January 17, 2008

• MacBook Air: Thin, stylish and flawed

January 15, 2008

• High-tech companies goes green by going blue

January 14, 2008

• Microsoft powers ads for digital grocery carts

January 11, 2008

• The Internet gets political
• Another top exec out at Microsoft

January 9, 2008

• CES: Play guitar - without a guitar
• Popularity of video-sharing sites soaring
• CES daily gadget: Discgear

January 8, 2008

• CES: GM unveils new concept car
• CES: Elvis lives!
• CES: Gamers get the best seats in the house

January 7, 2008

• CES: Intel's Otellini says mobile Internet could be as significant as advent of television
• Green is the theme at consumer electronics event
• CES: Card moves your digital photos wirelessly
• CES daily gadget: Garmin Forerunner 405
• CES: Yahoo goes (more) mobile
• CES: International show, West Coast flair

January 6, 2008

• Greetings from CES in Las Vegas. Where are the lines?

January 4, 2008

• SlingPlayer coming to BlackBerries in 2008

January 3, 2008

• Dell launches the new Dell Crystal display
• Dell rolls out four more colors, slimmed down notebook

December 28, 2007

• Ready to rumble? Try Hatebook, not Facebook

December 24, 2007

• Match.com and Facebook link to expand the choices of the lovelorn

December 21, 2007

• Jackass 2.5, the movie, in free streaming video but not for long

December 20, 2007

• Nokia has plans for triple-sliding phone

December 19, 2007

• IBM peeks over the tech horizon
• UF engineers designing a wireless-charging pad

December 18, 2007

• Instant messaging cuts down on waiting at the bank
• Taking shots at Microsoft's Vista

December 17, 2007

• RIM chooses Dallas suburb for U.S. headquarters

December 14, 2007

• Google wants its own Wiki site
• Apple's iPhone may get GPS capability

December 11, 2007

• Apply for DTV converter-box coupons starting Jan. 1

December 6, 2007

• IBM advance with tiny light pulses has big implications
• Ford offering voice-activation of MP2 players, radio
• Continental losing the paper boarding pass

December 3, 2007

• Willing to shell out more green for "green" electronics?
• Find your house on Google Earth

November 30, 2007

• Circuit City makes a run at MySpace and Facebook

November 27, 2007

• Dell's rolling out a bigger XPS

November 26, 2007

• A gadget for every stocking

November 23, 2007

• Kids: Mom and dad buy the wrong games

November 21, 2007

• Microsoft's Mass Effect game out everywhere but Singapore

November 20, 2007

• Laptops for needy children

November 19, 2007

• Amazon's "Kindle" aims to rewrite the e-book
• EarthLink may be unplugging from muni Wi-Fi

November 16, 2007

November 14, 2007

• Longtime cell-phone makers playing catchup

November 13, 2007

• Save on gas; tour those colleges virtually
• HP Chief: More consolidation coming in tech industry

November 12, 2007

• $10 million for the best Google "Android"
• IBM meet Cognos. Microsoft meet Musiwave.

November 9, 2007

• Big blow for Wi-Max

November 8, 2007

• I'll have 5 gallons of gas and a Google search

November 7, 2007

• HP pictures a business without cameras

November 6, 2007

• MySpace profiles to be used for targeted advertising
• You + 178 million others = U.S. Internet users

November 5, 2007

• Hello Google? Where's my G-phone?
• Games mirror Hollywood action

November 1, 2007

• How much is your Internet privacy worth?

October 30, 2007

• What doesn't Google have? A phone (but not for long)

October 24, 2007

• 250,000 iPhones still not activated
• Microsoft beats out Google with Facebook deal
• Bloggers find unreleased Dell on FCC site

October 22, 2007

• Domain names: The new real estate
• Here comes wireless video -- fast

October 19, 2007

• Can't We All Just Get Along

October 15, 2007

• More layoffs at AOL
• Teens and the social-networking contacts they make

October 11, 2007

• Tech job cuts ahead?
• Is Microsoft headed toward a virtual world?

October 9, 2007

• Google buys microblogger Jaiku
• For Verizon, sometimes less is more

October 4, 2007

• Halo3 hits record

October 3, 2007

• Manhunt 2 gets real on Wii

September 28, 2007

• From virtual space to the real deal

September 27, 2007

• New robots clean gutters, read bedtime stories
• Amazon goes up against Apple

September 25, 2007

• Microsoft buying Facebook?

September 21, 2007

• Jesus tops the charts

September 20, 2007

• Got a hobby? Use the Net

September 18, 2007

• IBM launches Microsoft Office challenger
• Live from Intel's developer forum

September 17, 2007

• EU courts rule against Microsoft again

September 14, 2007

• Xiamen: tech malls and cows

September 11, 2007

• The Austin-Shanghai connection; a $10 shoe shine

September 10, 2007

• Intel matches AMD's new chip with new profit projections
• Shangahi: smog, skyscrapers and street markets
• Apple sells 1 million iPhones

September 7, 2007

• A look at global Dell from Asia
• Update on Dell's notebook backlog

September 6, 2007

• Early iPhone buyers get apology and $100 credit
• Dell says colored laptop problems are being fixed

September 5, 2007

• Michael Dell says he had no role in accounting scandal
• Live from Apple's iPod event in San Francisco
• At the technology bazaar in Singapore

September 4, 2007

• A Zune phone? Microsoft says a definite 'maybe.'

August 30, 2007

• New nanotech advances from IBM

August 29, 2007

• Another iPhone challenger

August 27, 2007

• Taiwan PC maker Acer is buying Gateway

August 24, 2007

• AMD sales chief to Apple?

August 23, 2007

• What's AT&T up to in Austin?

August 22, 2007

• AMD update: Sales chief officially gone
• AT&T puts iPhone bills on a diet
• Sales shake-up at AMD?
• San Jose airport to get makeover
• Turning off to the tube, turning on to the Web
• Red McCombs starts faith-based Web site in Austin
• Austin chip start-up closes on a $25 million VC investment

August 21, 2007

• Dell gets another reprieve from Nasdaq
• MTV, RealNetworks, Verizon plan new music service

August 20, 2007

• Microsoft and Cisco make nice. For now.

August 17, 2007

• Homer's a whopper of an attraction for bk.com

August 15, 2007

• Your iPhone bill is here. Remember to lift with your knees
• Kids on the web
• Satellite company gets charged up in Dallas

August 14, 2007

• Look out, TV: Here comes MySpace and Facebook.

August 13, 2007

• It's not working? Obviously, the FCC didn't download the Microsoft critical update.
• Ads brought to you by Microsoft

August 12, 2007

• Technology as art

August 10, 2007

• Google, Apple and storing your stuff online
• And They Call it the Cult of Mac...

August 9, 2007

• AMD to sell $1.5 billion in new debt

August 8, 2007

• Google offers people in the news the last word
• WANTED: Texas outlaws last seen messin' with fiber optics
• I crashed into the virtual billboard and suddenly felt an urge to shop for khakis ...

August 7, 2007

• Live from Apple's Press/Analyst Conference

August 6, 2007

• Dell's Got a New "Zing" in its Step

August 3, 2007

• Turn Down the AC, Turn Down the Data Center

August 2, 2007

• Martians, We Come in Peace. Please Accept this Chip for Your Game Consoles.
• AMD: Intel Costs You and Me Billions and Billions
• Dell to Buy ASAP for $340 Million