NYT - Technology

The Web: Some Doctors’ Orders Deserve to Be Ignored

Mon, 12/29/2008 - 15:36
Contemplating a new year’s resolution to improve your health? Two recently hatched Web comedy series provide cautionary tales.

Bargain Hunting for Books, and Feeling Sheepish About It

Mon, 12/29/2008 - 14:57
Book publishers and booksellers are faltering. But don’t blame the recession — it’s all the fault of the Internet used books market.

If It Involves Jews, Chabad’s Tiny but Far-Flung News Organization Is on It

Mon, 12/29/2008 - 13:15
Written and produced from a small home office in Israel by a husband-and-wife team, Chabad.org News focuses on stories of interest to the Lubavitch community around the globe.

Staten Island School Chorus Finds Fame on YouTube

Mon, 12/29/2008 - 11:45
Gregg Breinberg helped make his chorus at Public School 22 in Graniteville popular on YouTube, and their predecessors once serenaded the singer and songwriter Tori Amos with two of her songs.

Online Piracy Menaces Pro Sports

Mon, 12/29/2008 - 02:48
After years of focusing on the pirating of highlight clips and photos on the Web, the major sports leagues are finding that pirated feeds of live games are now common.

With a Digital Stereo, Cisco Systems Is Starting a Push Into Home Electronics

Mon, 12/29/2008 - 02:30
The dominant provider of the digital pipes that run the Internet is making a big play in digital entertainment.

A Page From an Old Playbook

Mon, 12/29/2008 - 02:09
Hewlett-Packard has a tiny presence in the data warehousing business dominated by Teradata, I.B.M., Oracle and Microsoft, but is hoping to change the equation.

Music: Hard Day’s Night for Beatles Reissues

Mon, 12/29/2008 - 01:20
To collectors, the inability of Apple and EMI to get new versions of the Fab Four’s music onto the market is a symbol of how pathetic the record business has become.

The Web: NBC Bridges Series Gaps With Online Minidramas

Mon, 12/29/2008 - 00:44
NBC and its sister cable channels in the NBC Universal family are the only reliable purveyors of true Webisodes.

The Boss: The Benefits of a Network

Sun, 12/28/2008 - 02:18
Gina Bianchini is the chief executive of Ning, a site for creating social networks.

Digital Domain: What Carriers Aren’t Eager to Tell You About Texting

Sun, 12/28/2008 - 01:55
The public assumes that wireless carriers’ costs are far higher than they actually are, and profit margins are concealed by a heavy curtain.

Prototype: The Comics Are Feeling the Pain of Print

Sun, 12/28/2008 - 01:52
Many wonder whether daily comics can make a jump to mass electronic distribution or whether they will be tossed aside like yesterday’s news.

Satellite Radio Still Reaches for the Payday

Sun, 12/28/2008 - 01:20
Deep debt, including Howard Stern’s $500 million contract, is causing Sirius XM Radio big worries despite growing revenue and subscriptions.

The Evidence Gap: Health Care That Puts a Computer on the Team

Sat, 12/27/2008 - 02:00
There is broad agreement that moving patient records into the computer age is essential to improving care and curbing costs.

Uproar in Australia Over Plan to Block Web Sites

Fri, 12/26/2008 - 23:38
A proposed Internet filter dubbed the “Great Aussie Firewall” is promising to make Australia one of the strictest Internet regulators among democratic countries.

Bits: Putting World of Warcraft on a Resume?

Fri, 12/26/2008 - 20:03
Do World of Warcraft players make good workers? A recruiter says no, a venture capitalist says yes. Let the battle begin!.

Bits: Dell's MacBook Air Rival Confirmed by . . . Dell

Fri, 12/26/2008 - 19:58
Forget the speculation. Dell has been advertising its showdown with Apple all along.

Bits: Bjork, Singer and Venture Capitalist

Fri, 12/26/2008 - 19:56
Bjork has lent her name to a green venture fund run by Iceland's Audur Capital.

Basics: There’s Lots of Tech Help, Yes, on the Internet

Thu, 12/25/2008 - 17:20
Instead of getting on the phone, here’s how to get online and start crowdsourcing your tech support needs.

Verizon Wins $33 Million in Suit Over Domain Names

Thu, 12/25/2008 - 01:41
The company has been awarded $33.2 million in a lawsuit against an Internet services company that it claimed had registered hundreds of domain names with Verizon trademarks.