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Segways recalled because of software glitch
NEW YORK - The injuries that caused Segway Inc. to recall its scooters on Thursday were not numerous, but they sure sound painful: Broken teeth, a broken wrist and some banged-up faces, including one ...
$14,000 spent on rented rotary phone
CANTON, Ohio - A widow rented a rotary dial telephone for 42 years, paying what her family calculates as more than $14,000 for a now-outdated phone.
Ester Strogen, 82, of Canton, first leased two b...
Yahoo mail gets makeover
SUNNYVALE, Calif. - Yahoo mail is getting a face-lift. The Web portal company says it's made available a new beta version of its online e-mail service Yahoo Mail.
Yahoo says the new iteration of it...
Leonsis pulls away from helm of AOL
Ted Leonsis, a self-made technology entrepreneur who helped turn AOL into a multibillion-dollar business and later helped guide it through a recovery from the dot-com bust, said yesterday that he plan...
Microsoft releases details about Zune
SEATTLE - Microsoft Corp.'s effort to compete against Apple's iPod juggernaut will focus on the idea that people want to be able to easily share music with friends and others.
The software maker sa...
Nintendo Wii to hit U.S. stores Nov. 19
NEW YORK - Nintendo Co. announced Thursday that its Wii game console will go on sale in the U.S. on Nov. 19 for $250, hoping that like its plucky game character Mario, it will be able to take on the g...
Viagra spammer under investigation
SYDNEY, Australia - An Australian man is under investigation for sending more than 2 billion junk e-mails in one year to promote Viagra, an official said Wednesday.
The Australian Communications an...
Worker suspended over blog wins back pay
RICHMOND, Va. - A state employee who was suspended from his job for making unfavorable comments online about a struggling community in rural Virginia has been awarded back pay.
Will Vehrs, a busine...
New robot sweeps garages, shops
BOSTON - IRobot Corp., the maker of dinner-plate-sized robots that vacuum carpets and scrub hard floors, is now venturing into the heavy-duty messes that accumulate on the rough concrete surfaces and ...
Computers sought to perform petaflops
URBANA, Ill. - Supercomputers that perform trillions of operations every second are helping scientists probe life's deepest complexities. But it's still not enough.
On the horizon now are computers...
Google adds more mapping innovations
SAN FRANCISCO - Google Inc. has added more video and other bonus features for users of its popular three-dimensional mapping software to unearth even more information about destinations around the wor...
Web video-diary mystery again deepens
LOS ANGELES - A home-schooled teenager named Bree is heating up the internet like few others today. The question is: Is she for real?
This Internet whodunit centers on 16-year-old Bree's "Lonelygir...
NBC launches venture for online video
NEW YORK - Hoping to reclaim some ground won by Internet sites, NBC Universal launched a venture with its affiliated TV stations on Tuesday aimed at providing a legal and profitable way to distribute ...
Covad unveils Web-based phone system
NEW YORK - Broadband provider Covad Communications Group Inc. is launching an inexpensive Internet-based phone system for very small companies that is compatible with conventional telephones.
The n...
Apple unveils online movie store
San Francisco - Seeking to further push digital media into homes, Apple Computer launched its long-awaited online movie service Tuesday and showed off a device that will make it easier for consumers t...
Schwarzenegger tape stolen from computer?
SACRAMENTO - The California Highway Patrol is investigating how a digital recording made in Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's office of him talking about a Hispanic legislator's fiery temperament became pu...
AOL to offer insurance to subscribers
NEW YORK - Free insurance coverage for identity theft and computer damage is among the premium security offerings AOL is making available to its dwindling base of paying subscribers.
The move, whic...
Second Life suffers security breach
NEW YORK - Second Life, the fast-growing online site where hundreds of thousands of people play out fantasy lives online, has suffered a computer security breach that exposed the real-world personal d...
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