Despite slower-than-expected sales and tough competition from commercial rivals, the One Laptop Per Child Foundation of Cambridge is enjoying a surge of new orders. (Page D1, 668 words)By: Hiawatha Bray|Date: Dec 1, 2007

Let the music play, wirelessly that is Today's digital music players let us copy thousands of songs from our home computers and stash them in a shirt pocket. Impressive, perhaps, but just the beginning. (Page D1, 1064 words)By: Hiawatha Bray|Date: Dec 14, 2007

The founder of the One Laptop Per Child Foundation of Cambridge, or OLPC, said yesterday that chip maker Intel Corp. repeatedly undercut the foundation's effort to distribute low-cost laptops to children in developing countries, even after joining the foundation's board in July. (Page F1, 551 words)By: Hiawatha Bray|Date: Jan 5, 2008

Do adjust your set If you're a TV viewer grown sick of reruns and incessant political ads, look on the bright side. At least your TV still works. (Page E1, 1072 words)By: Hiawatha Bray|Date: Jan 7, 2008

The kids are alright When 12-year-old Taylor Carol contracted a rare, virulent form of leukemia, it took aggressive medical treatment to save his life. That and a video game. (Page E1, 863 words)By: Hiawatha Bray|Date: Jan 14, 2008

Internet music retailers offer millions of tunes, in every genre from opera to hip-hop to Palestinian folk songs. But it's still hard to find online music that sounds good on a $10,000 stereo system. (Page E1, 908 words)By: Hiawatha Bray|Date: Jan 28, 2008

VMware Inc., the virtualization software company controlled by Hopkinton's EMC Corp. , was the computer industry's Cinderella story last year. Its stock soared after a 2007 public offering; so did sales of its software, which lets one computer do the work of many. (Page C1, 749 words)By: Hiawatha Bray|Date: Jan 30, 2008

A possible deal between EMC Corp. of Hopkinton and German software giant SAP AG could make it easier for small- and medium-size companies to obtain advanced business-management services over the Internet. Specialists say the proposed service could open a big new market for EMC, the world's leading maker of high-end data storage gear. But they say the plan is fraught ... (Page D1, 579 words)By: Hiawatha Bray|Date: Feb 15, 2008

Software industry graveyards are littered with the remains of products that tried to challenge the dominance of Microsoft Corp.'s Office software. Some of the tombstones have the letters IBM carved into them - remember SmartSuite? You can still buy it, but almost nobody does. (Page B5, 744 words)By: Hiawatha Bray|Date: Feb 18, 2008

After a hearing into Comcast Corp.'s Internet policies this week, the company faces a backlash of bad publicity and increasing skepticism about the way the telecommunications giant runs its high-speed Internet service. (Page C1, 967 words)By: Hiawatha Bray|Date: Feb 29, 2008

Unless you are a major multinational corporation, you probably haven't backed up the files on your computer lately. In fact, about one-third of us don't back up our files at all, according to a survey from the Consumer Electronics Association. Many of us think it's too much trouble, and keep on thinking that until a computer crash destroys a decade's ... (Page E1, 731 words)By: Hiawatha Bray|Date: Apr 10, 2008

Studying for the US citizenship exam taught software engineer Raju Gupta how tough standardized tests can be. It also gave him the idea for Socrato.com, his new Internet-based test preparation business. (Page C1, 590 words)By: Hiawatha Bray|Date: Apr 19, 2008

$2.2b deal for 3Com in trouble Bain Capital Partners' $2.2 billion deal for 3Com Corp. is on the ropes after Bain and 3Com failed to satisfy a federal agency that the transaction wouldn't harm national security. (Page E1, 621 words)By: Hiawatha Bray|Date: Feb 21, 2008

CAMBRIDGE - Federal Communications Commission chairman Kevin Martin warned yesterday that Internet service providers can't block consumers from using lawful Internet activities in the name of providing better service. (Page C1, 739 words)By: Hiawatha Bray|Date: Feb 26, 2008

A Massachusetts inventor is suing Apple Inc., saying the company is illegally using his caller identification technology in the popular iPhone. (Page E1, 504 words)By: Hiawatha Bray|Date: Feb 28, 2008

Bain Capital of Boston has given up on a deal to take networking company 3Com Corp. private, after failing to satisfy a federal agency that the transaction wouldn't harm national security. (Page C2, 343 words)By: Hiawatha Bray|Date: Mar 21, 2008

Akamai Technologies Inc. of Cambridge, the leading Internet content delivery company, has won a patent-infringement lawsuit against its chief rival, Limelight Networks Inc. of Tempe, Ariz. (Page B6, 313 words)By: Hiawatha Bray|Date: Mar 1, 2008

As the Internet has risen, the average American's taste in video entertainment has fallen. And a good thing, too. (Page E1, 936 words)By: Hiawatha Bray|Date: May 29, 2008

Computer maker Sun Microsystems Inc. said it will introduce a line of servers and data storage products that use a combination of hard drives and flash memory drives to speed up performance. Sun's move comes nearly six months after EMC Corp. of Hopkinton became the first major storage vendor to add flash memory to its high-end storage arrays. (Page C1, 327 words)By: Hiawatha Bray|Date: Jun 4, 2008

Your new Internet browser is ready - several of them, actually. They're all free, so take your pick. (Page E1, 886 words)By: Hiawatha Bray|Date: Jun 19, 2008

Just weeks before the US switches to all-digital television broadcasting, a federal program to help consumers prepare for the transition has run out of money. (Page B5, 534 words)By: Hiawatha Bray|Date: Jan 6, 2009

In a laboratory at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, there's a suit of clothing that can make anyone feel ready for Social Security. (Page B5, 1116 words)By: Hiawatha Bray|Date: Mar 23, 2009

It's one week later, and by now the initial buzz of your Christmas gifts has begun to fade. Even the thrill of that new video game console has lost its edge. (Page B9, 945 words)By: Hiawatha Bray|Date: Jan 1, 2009

In a bid to keep the transition to digital television on track, Congress wants to spend an additional $650 million to help consumers cover the cost of making the switch. The outgoing Bush administration's commerce secretary says only $250 million more is needed, however. (Page B5, 457 words)By: Hiawatha Bray|Date: Jan 16, 2009

The state of New York is canceling a $2 billion contract with a Lowell-based business unit of Tyco Electronics Corp. to build a statewide public safety communications system. (Page B4, 325 words)By: Hiawatha Bray|Date: Jan 17, 2009