Software Industry

Question: I am finally getting a grandchild -- so I want to give my son and his wife and myself a webcam for Christmas so that I can see this baby in Cincinnati more often! Is this the way to go? Can you recommend a good one? -- SHERRY MEADOWS LEWIS,...

A game born in a Salisbury High School computer class is becoming one of the Internet's most popular time-wasters. ''Quadradius'' -- an online, amped-up cousin of checkers -- is the brainchild of longtime friends Jimmi Heiserman, formerly of Salisbury...

A legal fight erupted Tuesday over the ability of consumers to copy DVDs onto their computers, setting the stage for a new battle between Hollywood and a purveyor of technology that could alter how consumers watch movies at home. The six major...

MIAMI (AP) _ In a nod to how finicky people have become about the gadgets they use, software company Citrix Systems Inc. is rolling out a new program for its workers: BYOC — Bring Your Own Computer. Employees get a $2,100 stipend to buy a laptop...

MIAMI—In a nod to how finicky people have become about the gadgets they use, software company Citrix Systems Inc. is rolling out a new program for its workers: BYOC—Bring Your Own Computer. Employees get a $2,100 stipend to buy a laptop and...

Even as India's booming economy has made it the envy of Asia, acute problems such as water scarcity and climate change threaten its progress as an emerging economic power, said a prominent observer of the country in a speech at UCF on Tuesday. Mira...

NEW YORK — The new way to work on your own is to work alone together. Across the country, spaces are springing up to meet the demands of a new workforce, made up of self-employed entrepreneurs or part-time employees for whom the freedom of...

Google Inc. has changed the world. ¶ The way we learn, buy things, are entertained, view ourselves and everyone else -- all have been transformed by Google, which was incorporated in California 10 years ago Sunday. In the process, it has become one of the...

In simple terms, a browser is your on-ramp to the Internet, and the announcement by Google that it will launch its own browser, Chrome, threatens to shake up traffic on the Web. Specifically, a browser is the piece of software that displays content...

Most computer users don't think much about their Web browser. The lion's share just click on the small blue "e" (for Microsoft's Internet Explorer) on their computer screen and off they go into cyberspace. Google's challenge in releasing a competing...

Google Inc. reignited the Web browser wars Tuesday, releasing a competitor to Internet Explorer nearly a decade after Microsoft Corp. used its monopoly powers to win control of the market. When Microsoft crushed Netscape, it wasn't a fair fight. But this...

Google's new Web browser is widely viewed as keen competition for Microsoft's Internet Explorer. Here's another thought: Chrome, which debuted Tuesday, takes computer users a step closer to an environment where they may no longer need an operating...