Backed by flashy new phones and fresh software, Nokia is ready to woo American smartphone buyers all over again on price.

Starbucks will give loyal customers a barista badge on Foursquare -- and get information about their behavior.

Does Chatroulette, the popular video chat site, lose its appeal if it loses its anonymity?

With new devices making it easy to stream Internet content to a television, more people are watching cable shows for free.

Betaworks, the start-up incubator that helped spawn TweetDeck and Bit.ly, raises another $20 million.

The court ruling prevents the record company from selling single downloads on the Internet from the group's concept albums.

Police and paramedics use an array of dashboard devices, a boon for their jobs that also presents a clear risk.

A virtual futures exchange is being assembled to allow people to bet money on a film’s box office success.

Logging on to someone else's Wi-Fi network can leave your computer vulnerable.

It now appears possible to sequence a patient’s genome at reasonable cost and with sufficient accuracy to be useful.

Smartphone and laptop batteries may seem like cruel masters when they threaten to lose power, but you have more control than you may think.

Finger gestures used on the iPhone can now be used on laptops and full-size computer screens, but the tactile experience isn’t quite the same.

The Sony NC300D earbuds perform as well as their bigger cousins, the over-the-ear NC500Ds, but at a fraction of the size and weight.

Companies like American Greetings are moving beyond texting by offering services that send video messages to cellphones.

The iPhone App Store has apps that allow you to remotely tap into your PC.

After scandal forced the nominee for lieutenant governor out, Democrats in Illinois are letting citizens apply online to run.

As awareness spreads that lithium is an ingredient for hybrid cars, a hunt is under way for sources of the metal.

With a petition to the F.C.C. and a letter to Congressional leaders, cable and satellite providers said the current rules were “broken and in need of repair.”