Sun's shares fall 14% more
- Benjamin Pimentel, Chronicle Staff Writer

PC-makers unveil home entertainment devices
- Benny Evangelista, Chronicle Staff Writer

52 piracy suits settled
- Benny Evangelista, Chronicle Staff Writer

Sun's yearly loss goes higher
$1.05 billion charge added to 4th quarter
- Benjamin Pimentel, Chronicle Staff Writer

Fiorina, Whitman top Fortune list
Magazine's pick of 50 most powerful women in business includes 7 from Bay Area
- Carrie Kirby, Chronicle Staff Writer

Playing to the Windows audience
New online music service gives Apple a run for its money
- Benny Evangelista, Chronicle Staff Writer

EBay selling made easy
Niche businesses help tech-challenged sellers use online auctions
- Verne Kopytoff, Chronicle Staff Writer

Tiny digital cameras with big image quality
- San Francisco Chronicle, CNET.com

Adobe to link software
Change expected to help designers
- Carrie Kirby, Chronicle Staff Writer

Dell to sell TVs, music gear
- New York Times

Judge to rule on IBM motion
Company seeks to avoid trial over chemical exposure
- Benjamin Pimentel, Chronicle Staff Writer

Safety first
Segway offers software upgrade after several riders fall
- Carolyn Said, Chronicle Staff Writer

Looking for the next big thing in hi-tech
After IT, Silicon Valley must find new ways to stay on top
- John Shinal, Chronicle Staff Writer

Download lawsuit dismissed
RIAA drops claim that grandmother stole online music.
- Benny Evangelista, Chronicle Staff Writer

Security experts' warning
Microsoft ubiquity leaves computers vulnerable to attack.
- Carrie Kirby, Chronicle Staff Writer

IBM suit cites database of death
Plaintiffs say workers exposed to cancer risk.
- Benjamin Pimentel

Mad dash in the microchip race
AMD beats archrival Intel to market with new, ultrafast 64-bit processors for consumer PCs.
- Matthew Yi

No quick fix for Silicon Valley
Study predicts jobs won't return to boom-era levels for years.
- John Shinal, Chronicle Staff Writer

Web detour ahead
VeriSign refuses to suspend Internet address diversions.
- Verne Kopytoff, Chronicle Staff Writer

Leading names say state is in trouble
Top CEOs sign letter protesting taxes and laws.
- Carolyn Said, Chronicle Staff Writer

Alleged hacker grounded at home
Accused of breaking into N.Y. Times' system, he faces his fate with Zen serenity.
- Carrie Kirby, Chronicle Staff Writer

Noise-canceling headphones enable you to tune out
- San Francisco Chronicle, CNET.com

Parents start to rein in kids downloading music
Recording industry suits put a crimp in another teen pastime.
- Benny Evangelista

VeriSign accused of hijacking users
Firm under fire for sending traffic looking for defunct domain names to its own site.
- Verne Kopytoff, Chronicle Staff Writer

Computing Q&A;
Generous programmers' shortcuts for metric conversion.
- David Einstein

Yahoo's powerful new tools lend helping hand to investors
- Harry Domash

Big Dig bill for Bechtel
Boston demands rebate for high cost.
- David R. Baker, Chronicle Staff Writer

IPOs back, banker says
Tech investment heavyweight predicts a busy fall.
- John Shinal, Chronicle Staff Writer

AOL name gone
Time Warner puts merger behind it.
- David A. Vise, Washington Post

Apple banks on laptops
- Benny Evangelista, Chronicle Staff Writer

Offshore debate
Job export issue pits companies against workers.
- John Shinal, Chronicle Staff Writer

Punch comes to shove
- David Lazarus

Sun ready to try new pricing strategy
Systems to be sold at fee of $100 per employee.
- Benjamin Pimentel, Chronicle Staff Writer

Cyber czar named
Symantec's Yoran accepts federal post.
- Benjamin Pimentel, Chronicle Staff Writer

Humble talk by Ballmer
Microsoft to focus on better security.
- John Shinal, Chronicle Staff Writer

Ex-executive files suit against Covad
Company denies improper actions.
- Todd Wallack, Chronicle Staff Writer

Back at the helm
Tenacity, experience prized as failed CEOs get another shot to head startups.
- Benjamin Pimentel, Chronicle Staff Writer

Intel hosting engineers at tech show
Company promoting future products.
- Matthew Yi, Chronicle Staff Writer

Legal online music services
- San Francisco Chronicle, CNET.com

Paving the way for 'systers'
Tech industry needs female force.
- Lynne Greer Jolitz, Special to the Chronicle

Insurers encourage patients to go generic
Plans give discounts for cheaper drugs.
- Chronicle staff report

Computing Q&A;
Pixels versus dollars in digital cameras.
- David Einstein

Novato man sues RIAA over amnesty program
Suit says music industry's plan misleading.
- Benny Evangelista, Chronicle Staff Writer

Oracle holds firm on takeover offer
VP says PeopleSoft price is fair, remains unfazed by company's poison pill defense.
- Carrie Kirby, Chronicle Staff Writer

Microsoft admits serious new Windows vulnerability
- TED BRIDIS, AP Technology Writer

Oracle VP is skeptical
Phillips says PeopleSoft making empty promises.
- Carrie Kirby, Chronicle Staff Writer

Bob Moog: Making small S.F. gamemaker a winner
- Jenny Strasburg, Chronicle Staff Writer

Sun sets on pioneer Bill Joy
Co-founder, leading technologist resigns.
- Matthew Yi, Chronicle Staff Writer

Cingular may get $12.1 million fine
Customers were forced to pay for contracts despite no service.
- Todd Wallack, Chronicle Staff Writer

File sharers not changing their tune
RIAA court tactic has limited success.
- Verne Kopytoff, Chronicle Staff Writer

Music lawsuits snare 18 in Bay Area
Alleging online piracy, industry sues 261 in U.S.
- Verne Kopytoff, Matthew Yi, Jose Antonio Vargas, Chronicle Staff Writers

Dell says some tech firms doomed
Sun Micro disputes CEO's view of trends in computer industry.
- Benjamin Pimentel, Chronicle Staff Writer

Wireless standards to be unveiled today
Cell phone industry moving nine days before state regulators.
- Caroline E. Mayer, Washington Post

Digital Camcorders for the budget-minded
- San Francisco Chronicle, CNET.com

Movielink service polishes its act
Industry venture offers major releases for download on PCs.
- Benny Evangelista, Chronicle Staff Writer

Tech bigwigs to open Oracle show
Firm to tout 'grid computing' at conference.
- Carrie Kirby, Chronicle Staff Writer

Web Celebs
Spread of jokes on the Internet about real people raises privacy, legal issues.
- Vanessa Hua, Chronicle Staff Writer

Lycos e-mail back after 4 days

Computing Q&A;
Putting a file name on Excel spreadsheets.
- David Einstein