[Q] I’m getting a new computer for my family and want software to back up whatever we put on it. What’s the difference between file-based backup and image-based backup software?

[A] File-based backup software generally works like this: The program saves copies of files and data on the computer to an external hard disk, recordable disc […]

Hewlett-Packard CEO Mark Hurd has a simple credo: Follow the numbers. His insistence that employees focus on the bottom line is beginning to pay off.

On Nov. 18, the tech giant countered a spate of recent dour warnings from tech bellwethers, saying fiscal fourth-quarter results would beat analysts’ forecasts. HP also issued a surprisingly upbeat outlook […]

The world’s largest consumer products company and the online search leader are working together to learn more about each other and about targeting customers.

Procter & Gamble Co. said Wednesday it has done job swaps with Google Inc., and Google employees have been at P&G’s Cincinnati headquarters helping with training.

P&G spokeswoman Allison Yang said the company […]

Facebook plans to start charging for verifying applications built for the social network — an optional process that has upset some developers despite the company’s assurances it will bring plenty of positive benefits. Platform program manager Sandra Liu Huang said Tuesday that Facebook opened the verification process to developers on Monday. The process is meant […]

The world’s largest consumer products company and the online search leader are working together to learn more about each other and about targeting customers.

Procter & Gamble Co. said Wednesday it has done job swaps with Google Inc., and Google employees have been at P&G’s Cincinnati headquarters helping with training.

P&G spokeswoman Allison Yang said the company […]

The admission by Facebook chief executive Mark Zuckerberg — that the social network’s optimum revenue model remains a mystery four years after its launch — has raised some eyebrows. Despite claiming that it will double its revenue to between $300m and $350m this year, the question remains as to when, if ever, Facebook will turn […]

Doctors have given a woman a new windpipe with tissue grown from her own stem cells, eliminating the need for antirejection drugs. “This technique has great promise,” said Eric Genden, MD, who did a similar transplant in 2005 at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York. That operation used both donor and recipient tissue. Only a […]

Perhaps the greatest invention of the 20th century is the hardware and software infrastructure that makes up the data communications system known as the Internet. It’s led to revolutions in the way people and businesses communicate, advertise and sell. Although the technology underpinning the Internet had been in development and use for several decades — […]

Version 6.5 of the open-source NetBeans IDE has support for the PHP scripting language and a preview of Python support. Sun Microsystems on Wednesday introduced a version of the open-source NetBeans integrated development environment IDE, with expanded support for web and Java software development. The…

After Apple began selling Macintosh systems based on Intel processors, a program called “Parallels Desktop” was released that let you run Windows in a window on a Mac. It instantly became the de facto standard for breaking down walls between operating systems on the Mac OS. Parallels uses a technique called “virtualization,” which creates a […]