Archives: 2007 November

Thomas Gateway redevelopment project along the Thames River would include water-neutral and carbon-zero buildings.

It’s 10:00 p.m. Do you know what your teen is doing online? Hopefully, the answer is not “attracting the unwelcome interest of the FBI for operating an international botnet ring that infected millions of computers and stole approximately $25 million from the bank accounts of unsuspecting victims.”

That’s the grim news received by the parents of […]

If Google wins the 700MHz wireless spectrum auction in January, expect Google-branded phones galore. There may just be a Google phone after all. Google said on Friday it would apply to bid in the U.S. Federal Communications Commission’s auction of 700 megahertz band wireless spectrum….

CHICAGO — Ed Zander is out as Motorola Inc.’s chief executive after a roller-coaster four years that saw him oversee the cell-phone maker’s Razr-led resurgence but ultimately bear blame for strategic gaffes and product whiffs that led to its steep decline.

DALLAS — An ambitious plan to re-ignite Dell Inc.’s fortunes got a mixed response from analysts and investors, who appeared split over how well _ and how quickly _ the computer maker can reinvent itself as an all-in-one technology juggernaut.

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. — Google Inc. plans to bid for wireless spectrum in an upcoming government auction, raising the possibility the Internet’s leading search engine will become a wireless service provider.

Sean Lane’s purchase was supposed to be a surprise for his wife. Then it appeared as a news headline — “Sean Lane bought 14k White Gold 1/5 ct Diamond Eternity Flower Ring from overstock.com” — last week on the social networking Web site Facebook.

The desire for greater control over how search engines index and display Web sites is driving an effort launched yesterday by leading news organizations and other publishers to revise a 13-year-old technology for restricting access.

NEW YORK — Leading news organizations and other publishers have proposed changing the rules that tell search engines what they can and can’t collect when scouring the Web, saying the revisions would give site owners greater control over their content.

The Washington Post’s Rob Pegoraro discusses his recent reviews and answers your personal tech questions.