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CONSUMER ELECTRONICS SHOW
A Touching Story at CES The Apple iPhone's impact was widely evident at the Consumer Electronics Show, as new touch-screen devices could be found everywhere
NEWS ANALYSIS
Raikes to Follow Gates Out the Door Microsoft Business Division President Jeffrey Raikes has announced he'll be stepping down in September
TECHNOLOGY
Online Privacy's Call to Arms A salvo against Sears, including a lawsuit, shows just how riled up users are getting about their data being shared without their knowledge
TECHNOLOGY
Tech Earnings Have Investors on Edge For technology stocks, there may be more damage to come—in the form of quarterly earnings reports. Still, analysts see some buying opportunities
NEWS ANALYSIS
EU-Microsoft II: The Rematch This time, the stakes are higher. The European Commission's two new antitrust investigations challenge the software giant's core businesses
CHINA
Mozilla Takes on Microsoft in China Internet Explorer has held a virtual monopoly on the mainland, home to 160 million Internet users. Now, Firefox is pushing for more market share
NEWS ANALYSIS
Raikes to Follow Gates Out the Door Microsoft Business Division President Jeffrey Raikes has announced he'll be stepping down in September
CHINA
Apple Loses a Big One in China China Mobile confirms that it has ended talks to team up with Apple on the iPhone. Maybe China Telecom is a better bet as a partner
APPLE'S NEW FRIENDS AND FOES
What Should Apple Do Next? Sexy hardware and sleek new media services are all but certain. But what other products, services, or industries should the company tackle?
GAME DESIGN
A New Front in the Console Wars The downloads gaming market is opening up a new avenue of competition for console manufacturers and giving indie game developers a shot at the spotlight
DEBATE ROOM
Genetic Tests: Insurers Should Pay Health insurance companies should foot the bill for genetic tests for diseases and other medical problems. Pro or con? The 'World Wide Computer'—Another HAL? The giant grid of computing power emerging from the likes of Google and Microsoft could have a dark side
EASTERN EUROPE
• From Transitions Online
Estonia: Cyber Superpower This Baltic country is getting a reputation for being security savvy. Just ask the hackers
TECH HOMELAND SECURITY
Homeland Insecurity The Homeland Security Dept.'s overreliance on outside contractors and insufficient management of them could leave the U.S. vulnerable
TECH PIONEERS
Meet This Year's Tech Pioneers The World Economic Forum has bestowed the coveted honor on 39 companies, which could become the Googles, a previous winner, of tomorrow
BEST OF THE WEB
Scaling the Social Web Move over, MySpace. Online players from media giant Viacom to auctioneer eBay are adding networking features for their users
TECHNOLOGY SPECIAL REPORT
Selling Computers to India With growth slowing in China, computer makers hope Asia's other big market will pick up the slack
SPECIAL REPORT
The Power of Gaming A recent report estimates that the video game market will increase to $48.9 billion in 2011. Our special report looks at some of the innovations sparking this growth
SPECIAL REPORT
The Future of Social Networking A rising tide of companies are tapping Semantic Web technologies to unearth hard-to-find connections between disparate pieces of online data CEO Guide to Green Computing As a threat to operations and the bottom line, corporate computing's fast-growing power consumption is forcing companies to adopt green energy
VIRTUAL LIFE
The Coming Virtual Web In the future, the Internet is almost certain to look more realistic, interactive, and social—a lot like a virtual world
CEO GUIDE TO TECHNOLOGY
Taming the World Wide Web A rising tide of companies are tapping Semantic Web technologies to unearth hard-to-find connections between disparate pieces of online data
SPECIAL REPORT
Wireless World Ultrafast networks and whizzy features are about to turn your cellphone into—well, your right arm
NEXT-GEN GAME CONSOLES
Game Definitely Not Over On the eve of the launch of PS3 and Wii, stakes in the console tussle amid Sony, Nintendo, and Microsoft have never been higher
CEO GUIDE TO TECHNOLOGY
CEO Guide to Social Networks Networking technology gives companies a new set of tools for recruiting and customer service
PREDICTION MARKETS
CEO Guide to Technology -- Prediction Markets More corporations are setting up their own markets for economic forecasts, hoping to tap into the wisdom of employees
WEB SERVICES
The On-Demand Software Scrum Oracle, Microsoft, and SAP are battling each other—and smaller players—to gain a bigger slice of a fast-growing pie
SPECIAL REPORT
Computer Security Computer-based fraudsters are finding new ways to trick people—not technology—to get the information they seek
SPECIAL REPORT
Young Entrepreneurs of Tech We surveyed dozens of the country's biggest venture capitalists to come up with a short list of the 11 young people that are shaking up tech
HEART HEALTH
Heart, Heal Thyself? So far, stem cells have not delivered the results scientists hoped for. But excitement is still rising
SPECIAL REPORT
Open Source's New Frontiers How free software startups are challenging industry giants
SPECIAL REPORT
Eight Tech Trends for 2006 Tech Special Report on living-room wars, social search, wireless' new world, Web moviemakers—and lots more
SPECIAL REPORT
Computing's Next Generation For the first time in years, hardware startups are trying to break into the market. Their gambit: Inexpensive special-purpose machines
SPECIAL REPORT
TV Goes Broadband Name any gizmo. Chances are it's gotten more sophisticated since you last looked
SPECIAL REPORT: YOUNG ENTREPRENEURS OF TECH
Tech's Young Turks Are Back As Internet companies and the economy in general rebound, so has the college-age entrepreneur—but it's a tougher road today IT white papers, webcasts and reports for tech leaders and decision-makers
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