Microsoft presents 'cloud' operating system
The company said it would begin offering a new "cloud" operating system that would manage the relationship between software inside the computer and on the Web.

To survive, net start-ups slow their metabolism
To preserve cash during the current downturn, many tech start-ups are rushing to lay off employees and cut expenses.

With smartphones, Cher Wang made her own fortune
The founder of HTC Corporation is one of the most powerful female executives in technology whom you have never heard of.

Casting a ballot, and a wary eye
Although it's illegal to photograph or videotape someone voting, the 2008 election will surely be the most recorded in history.

Forbes magazine turns to its boss for calm
Steve Forbes makes an appearance on the cover of the free-market proponent to reassure readers about the economic upheaval.

Microsoft goes far afield to study emerging markets
A nine-person team at Microsoft Research India assesses whether quirky ideas can make technology useful to those who have heretofore lived without it.

Financial turmoil catches up with online advertising
Until recently, attracting money to Internet advertising was hardly a challenge. Now it is increasingly clear that Internet advertising is affected by the economic downturn. Spending is still rising, but growth has slowed sharply.

Even if royalties for Web radio fall, revenue remains elusive
Internet radio stations have never found a way to make substantial money from streaming music that listeners expect to hear free.

Reducing the clicks in uploading from mobile phones
The Sony Ericsson W595 will be the first in the world to have what is being called the YouTube uploader function, and it is the latest in an effort by cellphone manufacturers and software makers to encourage the use of functions often ignored by people who do not feel compelled to figure out how they work.

Tools for improving social commerce
Devices that analyze human interaction could help users better handle many subtleties of face-to-face and group interactions - or at least stop hogging the show at committee meetings.

Innovator uses YouTube to share ideas
Videos posted by Johnny Lee Chung landed him a job with Microsoft and designation by a scientific journal as a top innovator under 35. "Sharing an idea the right way is just as important as doing the work itself," he says.