HANDS-FREE CALLING I always try to get my wife Lisa off the phone when she calls me from the highway on her commute home from Providence. (Rhode Island drivers make their Massachusetts counterparts seem downright cautious on the road.) "It's OK," she always says. "I've got my headphone in."
Wearable displays Myvu's new headset for video iPods makes you feel as if you are sitting in front of a large TV, in a darkened room, rather than staring at a tiny screen in the palm of your hand.
First came green homes. Now comes a mortgage to match. So-called green mortgages are the latest innovation in the push to promote more energy-efficient houses, whose owners enjoy lower utility costs thanks to solar panels, improved insulation, thermopane windows, and other money-saving products. Also called energy-efficient mortgages, they allow home buyers to qualify for larger loans on the premise that ...
Extending its homeland security business overseas, Waltham defense giant Raytheon Co. yesterday signed a deal worth $1.35 billion over the next 10 years to help the United Kingdom control its borders.
A national recycling coalition says television manufacturers need to make it easier for American consumers to safely dispose of aging TVs, which can seep lead and other hazardous chemicals into the soil around dumps, often in China, Nigeria and other countries.
The dream of a laptop computer cheap enough to distribute to millions of poor children is finally coming true - but not quite in the way its backers imagined.
SAN FRANCISCO - Yahoo Inc. agreed to provide legal and financial support to the families of two jailed Chinese dissidents to settle claims it committed human rights abuses when it gave China information that led to the men's arrests.
ADELAIDE, Australia - News Corp. chairman Rupert Murdoch said yesterday he intends to make access to The Wall Street Journal's website free, dropping subscription fees in exchange for anticipated ad revenue.
SAN FRANCISCO - European Union regulators started an in-depth investigation into Google Inc.'s plan to buy DoubleClick Inc. , saying the purchase may hurt competition for online advertising dollars.
SAN FRANCISCO - Google Inc., owner of the world's most popular Internet search engine, plans to offer $10 million in prizes to developers who create applications for its mobile phone operating system, known as Android.
Design software maker Autodesk Inc. said Thursday it plans to acquire Robobat, a privately held engineering software company, for about $42.5 million in cash, subject to a working capital adjustment.
