Information and Communication Technologies

The online dating service will launch a new Web site that caters to same-sex singles as part of a discrimination settlement.

Dell’s third quarter results showed just how challenging a restructuring can be in the middle of a severe economic slowdown.

Total DVD sales are down by about 4 percent for the year, contributing to a creeping dread in the movie capital that buyer interest is plummeting as the global economic crisis worsens.

A new digital library, called Europeana, intends to showcase Europe’s history, literature, arts and science.

Prosecutors began to present their side against a woman who they accuse of creating a phony account on MySpace to taunt a 13-year-old girl, in a highly unusual use of computer-fraud statutes.

Hanging out online helps teenagers develop “technological skills and literacy,” a researcher on a new study said.

As deserted malls and department stores struggle to court consumers with steep discounts, an even more ferocious price war is being waged online.

It is the latest of several magazine publishers to drop a print edition, as advertising plummets and the cost of printing a paper version rises.

Steven A. Ballmer’s stance may force Yahoo’s next chief executive to find another way to revive the company’s profit.

Does Yahoo want to remain independent or should it sell some or all of itself to another Internet player?

The case shows that the “cop on the beat” is there to ensure the integrity of the markets. But is this something we should care about?

Dr Pepper plans to announce that it will promote a video game player on bottles that it will distribute nationally.

With the move, the software giant appears to be taking aim at McAfee and Symantec, its chief rivals in the PC security market.

Microsoft’s C.E.O. says the company is no longer interested in buying all of Yahoo but would be “very open” to a search collaboration.

The company said business was not declining as quickly as it was at other tech companies, sending its shares up nearly 15 percent.

Medtronic, the medical device maker, said that legal expenses and declining foreign exchange rates weighed down its quarterly profit.

Steven J. Wallach’s newest effort in computing design is intended to tackle one of the principal limitations in the world of supercomputing.

The S.E.C. filed a civil suit against the Internet entrepreneur for selling shares of an Internet search company in 2004.

Yahoo said Mr. Yang, who helped build the company into an Internet giant, would step down as chief executive.

Google is getting caught in a web of privacy laws that threaten its growth and the positive image it has cultivated as a company dedicated to doing good.