Software Industry

A game born in a Salisbury High School computer class is becoming one of the Internet's most popular time-wasters. ''Quadradius'' -- an online, amped-up cousin of checkers -- is the brainchild of longtime friends Jimmi Heiserman, formerly of Salisbury...

A legal fight erupted Tuesday over the ability of consumers to copy DVDs onto their computers, setting the stage for a new battle between Hollywood and a purveyor of technology that could alter how consumers watch movies at home. The six major...

MIAMI—In a nod to how finicky people have become about the gadgets they use, software company Citrix Systems Inc. is rolling out a new program for its workers: BYOC—Bring Your Own Computer. Employees get a $2,100 stipend to buy a laptop and...

When it comes to voting technology, Maryland will soon take a big - and welcome - step backward. In 2004, the state switched almost all of its precincts to Diebold touch-screen voting equipment, called direct recording electronic machines (DREs). In...

MIAMI (AP) _ In a nod to how finicky people have become about the gadgets they use, software company Citrix Systems Inc. is rolling out a new program for its workers: BYOC — Bring Your Own Computer. Employees get a $2,100 stipend to buy a laptop...

Even as India's booming economy has made it the envy of Asia, acute problems such as water scarcity and climate change threaten its progress as an emerging economic power, said a prominent observer of the country in a speech at UCF on Tuesday. Mira...

Google Inc. has changed the world. ¶ The way we learn, buy things, are entertained, view ourselves and everyone else -- all have been transformed by Google, which was incorporated in California 10 years ago Sunday. In the process, it has become one of the...

Google's new Web browser is widely viewed as keen competition for Microsoft's Internet Explorer. Here's another thought: Chrome, which debuted Tuesday, takes computer users a step closer to an environment where they may no longer need an operating...

In simple terms, a browser is your on-ramp to the Internet, and the announcement by Google that it will launch its own browser, Chrome, threatens to shake up traffic on the Web. Specifically, a browser is the piece of software that displays content...

Google Inc. reignited the Web browser wars Tuesday, releasing a competitor to Internet Explorer nearly a decade after Microsoft Corp. used its monopoly powers to win control of the market. When Microsoft crushed Netscape, it wasn't a fair fight. But this...

Google Inc., owner of the most popular Internet search engine, will offer its own free Web browsing software to challenge Microsoft Corp. The browser, known as Chrome, will be available as a test version for download Tuesday in more than 100 countries,...

Bidding to dominate not only what people do on the Web but how they get from site to site, Google Inc. plans to release a browser today to compete with the likes of Internet Explorer and Firefox. It's yet another salvo in the company's intensifying...