AP - Google Inc. stepped on its Internet search accelerator Wednesday by adding a feature that displays results as soon as people begin typing their requests.

: Wed, 08 Sep 2010 20:42:04 GMT

AP - Apple Inc.'s new music-discovery feature, Ping, is a potentially useful addition to iTunes. With it, you can see what songs your friends are buying and recommend some of your favorites to them.

: Wed, 08 Sep 2010 19:23:22 GMT

AP - Oracle Corp. plans to pay newly appointed co-President Mark Hurd a base salary of $950,000 annually and said the ousted Hewlett-Packard Co. CEO is eligible for a target bonus of $5 million in the current fiscal year.

: Wed, 08 Sep 2010 20:56:20 GMT

Ben Patterson - Fighting the urge to check your work e-mail while you’re on holiday doesn’t exactly qualify as the worst problem in the world; after all, it’s pretty nice to have a job at all in this tough economy, right? Then again, the pressure to hang onto a job seems to be driving more and more connected workers to stay plugged in even while they’re trying to tune out.

: Mon, 30 Aug 2010 19:19:43 GMT

Ben Patterson - Feel the need to "check in" on Foursquare or Facebook every time you saunter into a restaurant, browse the goods at your neighborhood grocery store, or cram into a rock concert? Well, if you, you’re still in the minority — and you’re also probably a guy below 40 — according to the latest research.

: Mon, 30 Aug 2010 15:58:20 GMT

PC World - Sure, iPhone rumors are a dime a dozen, but they do help to enliven an otherwise dull workday. Everyone loves gossip about the mythical Verizon iPhone, or even unconfirmed reports about an upcoming iPhone 4 with a redesigned antenna. But there's always room for more iPhone idle talk.

: Wed, 08 Sep 2010 21:42:00 GMT

AP - Ever chow down at a restaurant and think, "I could do better"? A new burger joint is giving you the chance to prove it.

: Wed, 08 Sep 2010 21:22:48 GMT

PC World - Apple released version 4.1 of iOS, its mobile operating system, promising several new features, bug fixes, and performance improvements for users of the iPhone and iPod Touch. iOS 4.1 offers access to Game Center, FaceTime calling from the iPhone app's Favorites tab, and improved audio quality when using Bluetooth accessories -- all worthwhile improvements and additions, certainly.

: Wed, 08 Sep 2010 20:48:00 GMT

PC World - Four months ago, amidst a backlash from government regulators and privacy advocates, Google stopped collecting Wi-Fi data with its Street View cars.But that doesn't mean Google has stopped collecting wireless data altogether, and neither have other companies such as Apple.

: Wed, 08 Sep 2010 21:23:00 GMT

AP - For a dozen years, Google Inc. has been occasionally swapping its everyday logo for a "doodle," a sketch celebrating holidays, inventions, artists and sporting events, and showcasing designs from contest-winning students.

: Wed, 08 Sep 2010 21:36:09 GMT

AP - THE OFFERING: Apple Inc.'s new music-discovery feature, Ping, which lets you see what songs your friends are buying and recommend some of your favorites to them.

: Wed, 08 Sep 2010 20:05:57 GMT

Mashable - Last year's Super Bowl champions, the New Orleans Saints, will kick off their season with a home opener against the Minnesota Vikings Thursday night. In anticipation of the game, running back Reggie Bush is giving away eight autographed footballs to fans who track them down scavenger-hunt-style.

: Wed, 08 Sep 2010 18:38:28 GMT

Appolicious - Google’s been revealing some insight to its ongoing research, the latest being real-time speech translation for Android.  You speak to your phone in your native tongue, and the phone will speak back in the language to which you’re translating.

: Wed, 08 Sep 2010 16:14:00 GMT

AP - General Motors Co. is testing software that would let drivers talk to their cars to update status messages on the Facebook social media website, as well as listen to Facebook messages, the company said Wednesday.

: Wed, 08 Sep 2010 21:01:54 GMT

AP - Two-thirds of the Texas Enterprise Fund companies that had to meet job-creation goals in 2009 in exchange for millions of dollars in taxpayer money failed to bring in the jobs they promised, according to a report released Wednesday.

: Wed, 08 Sep 2010 21:29:21 GMT

PC World - A new study by security vendor Symantec reports that Internet crime has grown into a widespread problem globally. It also provides intriguing insights into consumers' lax attitudes toward online piracy, plagiarism, and other illegally or unethical activities.

: Wed, 08 Sep 2010 19:52:00 GMT

PC World - More people browsed the Internet last month with a device running Apple's mobile operating system, iOS, than used Linux to do so. That's a first for Apple, according to NetMarketShare, a firm that produces metrics on the market share of browsers, operating systems and search engines.

: Fri, 03 Sep 2010 21:22:00 GMT

AP - Big Brother's not watching anymore. At least not the pool.

: Wed, 08 Sep 2010 23:55:58 GMT