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.
NEW YORK - The online hangout Facebook plans to help companies target their advertisements on the site based on what site users and their friends buy and do on the Internet.
Lost drivers soon will be able to Google for help at the pump. As part of a partnership to be announced Wednesday, the online search leader will dispense driving directions at thousands of gasoline pumps across the United States beginning early next month.
Radiohead let its fans decide how much to pay for a digital copy of the band's latest release, "In Rainbows," and more than half of those who downloaded the album chose to pay nothing, according to a study by a consumer research firm.
Computer giant Dell Inc. has agreed to buy a Nashua data storage company that's become a leader in the red-hot field of "virtualization" for $1.4 billion in cash, the largest cash acquisition in history of a start-up fueled by venture capital.
A series of controversial actions by telecommunications companies has given new life to a political movement that would force telecom providers to treat all data transmissions the same.
Boston's push for citywide wireless Internet access, delayed by technical challenges and slower than anticipated fund-raising, is no longer expected to meet the city's original goal of blanket coverage by the end of next year, project leaders conceded.
Google Inc. will work with Sprint Nextel Corp., T-Mobile USA Inc., and others on a cellphone operating system and applications that may change how consumers find stores and download files.
When Congress cracked down on Internet gambling last year, Michael Clebnik was poised to profit. The 48-year-old entrepreneur from Newton had recently launched a poker site with a business model that didn't depend on gambling.
NEW YORK - The popular online hangout MySpace is expanding its program for letting advertisers target their pitches using personal details on users' profile pages.
TomTom NV, the Dutch maker of personal navigation devices, raised its offer Wednesday for digital mapmaker Tele Atlas NV $4.2 billion, heating up its bidding contest with larger rival Garmin PLC.
Nokia Corp. unveiled plans Wednesday to combine forces with Vodafone Group PLC to give users easier and faster access to the Internet and services the companies provide.
Microsoft Corp. and China's No. 2 personal computer maker signed an agreement Wednesday to pre-install Microsoft's Windows operating system in PCs to combat widespread Chinese product piracy.
