The Department of Commerce has awarded $2 million to a Massachusetts state agency to create a map of the state’s broadband Internet services. The money will go to the Massachusetts Broadband Institute, which was founded last year to expand affordable Internet access throughout the state. (Page B5, 104 words)By: Hiawatha Bray|Date: Nov 7, 2009

The biggest hedge fund insider trading case in US history ensnared more Massachusetts companies yesterday as federal investigators brought new charges against 14 people, including a Westwood investor. (Page B7, 976 words)By: Hiawatha Bray|Date: Nov 6, 2009

I love it when big, rich technology companies start smacking each other around like robots in a Transformers movie, because you’ll generally find some pretty cool gadgets poking out of the wreckage. (Page B5, 832 words)By: Hiawatha Bray|Date: Nov 5, 2009

In a direct challenge to computer giants IBM Corp. and Hewlett-Packard Co. , data storage firm EMC Corp. of Hopkinton has allied with Cisco Systems Inc. , the world’s leading computer networking company. (Page B7, 524 words)By: Hiawatha Bray|Date: Nov 4, 2009

Windows 7 launch could give economy boost Microsoft Corp. says it won’t be the only one to benefit from sales of its new Windows 7 software. The local economy could see a lift, too. (Page B7, 722 words)By: Hiawatha Bray|Date: Nov 3, 2009

Music Heroism, with a hip-hop spin Nearly everybody wants to be a rock star. That’s why consumers have spent billions on such video games as Rock Band and Guitar Hero. But who dreams of being a record-spinning disc jockey in a grungy nightclub? (Page B7, 763 words)By: Hiawatha Bray|Date: Oct 29, 2009

Housekeeping - and hygiene - on the cutting edge.By: Hiawatha Bray|Date: Nov 1, 2009

One day after US Airways said it will reduce service at Logan International Airport and close its Boston crew base, rival JetBlue Airways announced plans to boost flights out of Boston by 30 percent. (Page B5, 532 words)By: Hiawatha Bray|Date: Oct 30, 2009

Some may find Microsoft upgrade a chore Ready to upgrade your old computer to Windows 7, Microsoft Corp.’s new operating system? I wasn’t, and I do this sort of thing for a living. (Page B7, 778 words)By: Hiawatha Bray|Date: Oct 22, 2009

In his first public comments on the insider trading investigation involving Akamai Technologies Inc. in Cambridge, chief executive Paul Sagan said the scandal had taken the company by surprise. (Page B7, 356 words)By: Hiawatha Bray|Date: Oct 29, 2009

Tech firms on upswing even while downsizing It’s been a long, hard recession, but for Massachusetts technology companies, the end may be in sight. (Page B7, 913 words)By: Hiawatha Bray|Date: Oct 27, 2009

Entangled in one of the biggest hedge fund insider trading cases in US history is a leading Massachusetts high technology company: Akamai Technologies Inc. of Cambridge. (Page B6, 770 words)By: Hiawatha Bray|Date: Oct 18, 2009

Comcast Corp. is eliminating 64 jobs at its Spotlight television advertising operation in Wellesley, according to a layoff notice filed with the state. (Page B5, 85 words)By: Hiawatha Bray|Date: Oct 17, 2009

Microsoft Corp. chief executive Steve Ballmer believes the digital technology industry will lead America’s economic rebirth but the process is likely to take a while. (Page B5, 463 words)By: Hiawatha Bray|Date: Oct 17, 2009

It only took a few brief phone calls to link an executive at Akamai Technologies Inc. of Cambridge to a massive hedge fund insider trading case. But which executive? His name has not been revealed by legal authorities, and it’s possible that even Akamai officials don’t yet know who he is. (Page B7, 973 words)By: Hiawatha Bray|Date: Oct 21, 2009

Lessons learned on e-mail Michael Kineavy, chief aide to Boston Mayor Thomas M. Menino, has learned the hard way that simply deleting e-mails does not make them go away. The city is potentially facing hundreds of thousands of dollars in expenses to retrieve e-mail messages he deleted that have been subpoenaed by federal authorities and are the subject of a formal request from the ... (Page B5, 933 words)By: Hiawatha Bray|Date: Oct 7, 2009

Enticed by electrical rates cheaper than in Massachusetts and government financial incentives, EMC Corp. of Hopkinton is expanding its footprint in North Carolina. (Page B5, 386 words)By: Hiawatha Bray|Date: Sep 26, 2009

You paid for your antivirus software? Why? Good free options have been available for years, mainly from no-name companies. Nervous consumers figure they’re better off buying major brands, like Norton security software from Symantec Corp. Well, here’s a major brand for you: Microsoft Corp. (Page B7, 706 words)By: Hiawatha Bray|Date: Oct 1, 2009

E-mail inquiry yields 2d computer Boston officials acknowledged yesterday that they have discovered a second computer used by chief mayoral aide Michael J. Kineavy, a hard drive tucked away in a sixth-floor office that may contain the bulk of the e-mail subpoenaed by federal authorities and formally requested by the Globe. (Page A1, 1001 words)By: Donovan Slack and Hiawatha Bray|Date: Oct 6, 2009

Nikon is projector and camera in one My wife takes pictures of everything. Then she immediately shoves her camera under my nose to demand I admire the digital view. Drives me nuts. (Page B7, 738 words)By: Hiawatha Bray|Date: Oct 8, 2009

Hub to get early look at next-level Web link Before the year is out, Boston residents will have a new way to get high-speed Internet service: with their cellphones. (Page A1, 930 words)By: Hiawatha Bray|Date: Aug 13, 2009

Westwood-based video game maker named in patent infringement suit Turbine Inc. of Westwood, a leading maker of Internet-based, multiplayer video games, has been named in a patent infringement lawsuit that targets several of the world’s largest online gaming firms. (Page B7, 388 words)By: Hiawatha Bray|Date: Sep 16, 2009

Ex-Intel executive heading to EMC A former high-ranking executive at chipmaker Intel Corp is coming to EMC Corp. in Hopkinton with a plan to boost the company’s global profile and hopes of eventually rising to the top job at the giant data storage company. (Page B5, 606 words)By: Hiawatha Bray|Date: Sep 15, 2009

GPS navigation device maker TomTom NV of Amsterdam and Concord, Mass., has fastened millions of its units to American windshields. Now the company is climbing into our pockets as well. (Page B7, 784 words)By: Hiawatha Bray|Date: Sep 10, 2009

EMC Corp. of Hopkinton is betting big on India as a major market for data storage hardware and software, and as a key source of first-rate engineering talent. (Page B7, 282 words)By: Hiawatha Bray|Date: Sep 11, 2009