When David DeBry was working on the computer-animated film ``Antz" in 1998, he studied video games to figure out how to make armies of ants move on-screen. These days, DeBry makes video games, and now he picks up pointers by watching the digital special effects in Hollywood films. (Page D1, 726 words)By: Hiawatha Bray|Date: Jul 31, 2006

Not content with Donkey Kong and Mario Bros., Japanese video game maker Nintendo is now peddling a time machine. (Page B6, 955 words)By: Hiawatha Bray|Date: Apr 24, 2006

A federal judge indicated yesterday that he is prepared to give the US Department of Justice a partial victory in its effort to subpoena millions of search records from Google Inc.'s industry-leading Internet search service. (Page E1, 654 words)By: Hiawatha Bray|Date: Mar 15, 2006

Amazon.com taught millions of Americans to buy books, music recordings, clothing, and electronic gadgets over the Internet. Now the giant online retailer wants to sell you cornflakes, disposable diapers, and doggie treats, all ordered on the Web and mailed to your door. (Page E1, 674 words)By: Hiawatha Bray|Date: Jun 19, 2006

Wayne Chang hopes to return to the University of Massachusetts at Amherst this year to finish up a business degree. But he might not be altogether welcome on campus, since dozens of his fellow students are threatening to sue him for $157,500. (Page D4, 594 words)By: Hiawatha Bray|Date: Jan 19, 2006

In 1972, a thrilling, tawdry novel about gangsters was transformed into a cinematic tragedy that ranks among the best of all American films. Three decades later, the video game designers at Electronic Arts have shifted the process into reverse with a game based on ''The Godfather" that is much less grand and profound than the film that inspired them. (Page B6, 802 words)By: Hiawatha Bray|Date: Mar 27, 2006

Everybody wants to be a rock star. Good thing it takes years of relentless effort or everyone in America would be launching a summer concert tour right about now. (Page E6, 1068 words)By: Hiawatha Bray|Date: Jun 19, 2006

Chinese authorities used information obtained from the American Internet company Yahoo Inc. in 2003 to convict a Chinese citizen of ''inciting subversion," a French human rights group said yesterday. (Page D3, 519 words)By: Hiawatha Bray|Date: Feb 9, 2006

Sometimes the police have too little evidence to make a case. Jeffrey Burton usually has too much. (Page D1, 805 words)By: Hiawatha Bray|Date: Jul 10, 2006

Microsoft Corp. advanced its strategy to move more of its business onto the Internet yesterday as chief executive Steve Ballmer unveiled yet another product that will be based online. (Page D1, 806 words)By: Hiawatha Bray|Date: Jul 12, 2006

A new version of the popular WiFi wireless data network system performs up to five times faster than current gear, and the computer industry expects it to spawn a new era of networked home entertainment. (Page E1, 738 words)By: Hiawatha Bray|Date: Apr 24, 2006

Boston's population of computer wizards is surging this week as Microsoft Corp. brings its biggest trade show to the Boston Convention & Exhibition Center. (Page C1, 648 words)By: Hiawatha Bray|Date: Jun 13, 2006

While Congress battles with US Internet companies that help China restrict its citizens' Internet access, independent computer specialists are developing technologies that could reroute Internet information and put it beyond the reach of government censors. (Page A10, 890 words)By: Hiawatha Bray|Date: Feb 20, 2006

Everybody knows they're supposed to make backup copies of their computer files; hardly anybody does it. ''If you ask them why, the answer is simple," said Boston entrepreneur David Friend. ''If it was cheap and simple I'd do it." (Page A11, 419 words)By: Hiawatha Bray|Date: May 20, 2006

Vicki Hail's world came to an end on Dec. 30, and like anyone caught up in such an all-consuming disaster, all Hail could do was say her good-byes and wait. No amount of effort or skill could save the day. It was the end. (Page C1, 957 words)By: Hiawatha Bray|Date: Jan 17, 2006

Jeff Taylor, the Bay State entrepreneur who founded the popular job search website Monster.com, is preparing for his golden years -- and everyone else's too. (Page B9, 750 words)By: Hiawatha Bray|Date: Apr 1, 2006

EMC Corp. of Hopkinton is doubling down on its commitment to develop new data-storage software in India. (Page F1, 501 words)By: Hiawatha Bray|Date: Jun 21, 2006

LOUDON, N.H. -- A nudge from Brian Vickers 's race car sent Joe Nemechek out of control and slamming rear-end-first into the wall at New Hampshire International Speedway. (Page C1, 705 words)By: Hiawatha Bray|Date: Jul 26, 2006

The car that Denny Hamlin drove to victory in a NASCAR auto race in June costs around $150,000. But Hamlin paid a lot less for the other machine that helped him win -- a good personal computer with a make-believe steering wheel attached. (Page B5, 905 words)By: Hiawatha Bray|Date: Jul 31, 2006

Novell Inc. of Waltham, a major distributor of the free Linux computer operating system, is being sued for patent infringement by a California firm. (Page E11, 296 words)By: Hiawatha Bray|Date: Oct 13, 2007

Greg Kushmerek of Jamaica Plain likes high-definition television so much, he custom-built a computer just to record HD versions of his favorite shows and play them back in his home theater. (Page A13, 1154 words)By: Hiawatha Bray|Date: Oct 30, 2007

A federal judge in Boston has issued an injunction against a Chicago-area robot maker accused of stealing trade secrets from iRobot Corp. of Burlington. (Page D3, 331 words)By: Hiawatha Bray|Date: Nov 3, 2007

Forget about $100 laptops. It's a price point nobody's going to hit anytime soon - not even the One Laptop Per Child Foundation in Cambridge, the nonprofit organization that two years ago unveiled its plan to give ultra-cheap computers to poor kids. (Page G1, 894 words)By: Hiawatha Bray|Date: Nov 19, 2007

Will robots become as common as PCs? If the United States is still at war in 2010, its wounded soldiers may be carried off the battlefield in the metallic arms of a BEAR. (Page D1, 920 words)By: Hiawatha Bray|Date: May 16, 2007

The Army has frozen a $280 million contract with a Chicago-area robot maker that is being sued by iRobot Corp. of Burlington. (Page C5, 517 words)By: Hiawatha Bray|Date: Oct 25, 2007