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Mobile World Congress

A special report from the four-day gathering of leaders in mobile technology 2/14/11

CEO Guide to the Micro Workforce

Learn how companies are cutting costs by hiring microworkers who are paid by task. Read about the businesses and Websites that are helping match workers with jobs and employers. These include Amazon.com, CloudCrowd, LiveOps and ODesk 1/31/11

Focus on Green Business

Using aqueducts to generate electricity; selling power by the watt; battery-powered trucks; and Washington's top wind energy lobbyist 1/20/11

Tech Hot Growth Companies 2010

As the economy improves, which tech companies are making up for lost sales and market share during the recession? It's not your ususual suspects 12/14/10

The CEO Guide to Cloud Computing

Learn how companies including Flextronics, Siemens and Accenture are using cloud computing to cut costs and tackle tasks including human resources and sales management; Oracle, SAP, Microsoft, Amazon, Google, Salesforce.com, Workday and SuccessFactors are competing for a slice of a $148.8 billion market 12/7/10

The CEO Guide to Mobile Business Apps

Learn how companies including Flextronics, Siemens and Accenture are using cloud computing to cut costs and tackle tasks including human resources and sales management; Oracle, SAP, Microsoft, Amazon, Google, Salesforce.com, Workday and SuccessFactors are competing for a slice of a $148.8 billion market 11/2/10

Focus On Cybersecurity

Learn about efforts to use new technologies to protect digital devices such as smartphones, computers and industrial controllers against a growing threat posed by worms and other malware 10/14/10

Focus On Alternative Energy

New cleantech companies face long odds; GE magic at Abound Solar; Brazil's wind power plans; forecasting the wind; Q&A;: Shell's Marvin Odum; and the perils of protectionism 10/7/10

CEO Guide to High-Performance Computing

Learn how General Motors is using high-performance computers made by International Business Machines to make cars safer and market new automobiles. Other companies harnessing high-power computers include Boeing, DreamWorks, Eli Lilly, and Speedo. Supercomputing leaders are IBM, Hewlett-Packard, Dell, Oracle and Cray 10/5/10

Artificial Intelligence

Learn how companies including AT&T;, Intel, IBM, Hewlett-Packard, and Google are developing software, hardware, and components designed to put artificial intelligence onto tablets and other mobile devices 9/21/10

CEO Guide to Collective Intelligence

Learn how companies including Pitney Bowes, AT&T;, Cisco Systems and Electronic Arts are using software to tap workers' collective knowledge and ideas to solve problems at a low cost 9/8/10

Meet the Tech Pioneers of 2011

The World Economic Forum's prestigious annual selection of promising entrepreneurs reveals the diversity of global innovation 9/2/10

CEO Guide to Apple's iPad

Learn how large companies including Wells Fargo and SAP as well as smaller businesses such as restaurants and nail salons are using Apple's iPad to make employees more productive and keep them better connected to the office 7/7/10

Focus On: Green Energy

As world leaders squabble over how to cut emissions and help the planet, City Hall is taking action 6/3/10

CEO Guide to Robots in the Workplace

Read the Businessweek.com CEO Guide to the implications of robots in factories, offices, hospitals, and other workplaces6/1/10

The Bloomberg Businessweek Tech 100

The world's best performing tech companies of 20095/20/10

The CEO Guide to Wellness Technology

Companies are turning to individualized plans for employees to improve their fitness, assisted by wearable technology and Web sites, in an effort to contain health care costs 5/4/10

Best Young Technology Entrepreneurs 2010

Meet the aged 30 and under executives behind some of the tech industry's most promising startups 4/20/10

CEO Guide to Cyberwar

The government and private industry are looking for young engineers and innovative startups to help wage cyberwar 4/6/10

CEO Guide to Combatting the Counterfeit Tech 'Epidemic'

Fake chips, routers, and computers cost the electronics industry as much as $100 billion a year; distributors and law enforcers are fighting back 3/2/10

Mobile World Congress 2010

Some handset makers are skipping this year's annual Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, but there's still plenty of mobile industry news about cell phones, carriers, services, and software applications 2/15/10

CEO Guide to 'Patent Trolls'

Microsoft, McAfee, and Symantec are countering costly infringement litigation by joining a year-old group that buys and licenses its own patents 2/2/10

CEO Guide to PC Alternatives

IT departments attempt to cut costs by experimenting with thin clients, netbooks, virtual desktops, and other substitutes for traditional computing1/13/10

CEO Guide to Context-Aware Technology

Google, Nokia and other tech companies are honing software that tracks a person's location, interests, buying habits and other information12/07/09

Tech Pioneers of 2010

The annual selection of promising entrepreneurs by the World Economic Forum highlights stars in the making12/04/09

CEO Guides to Technology

A collection of helpful tools to guide executives and companies through evolving technology products and services

The Most Intriguing Startups

History shows that a certain breed of entrepreneur feeds off adverse conditions, and this recession is no exception11/12/09

Technology That Helps Seniors Stay at Home

As Baby Boomers retire, companies as varied as GE, Philips, and Nintendo are working on technology that helps seniors stay at home and remain independent 9/22/09

CEO Guides to Technology

A collection of helpful tools to guide executives and companies through evolving technology products and services

The Future of Electric Power

Under pressure from customers and the government, utilities are going green and changing the way they produce and deliver power to homes and businesses 8/6/09

Why Going Green Matters

Entrepreneurs are at the forefront of the environmental revolution with the products they sell. Now they're transforming their companies to cut waste and save money 8/7/09

Social Values in Business

A conference to launch the Aspen Institute's Global Leadership Network calls on entrepreneurs to tackle thorny world problems 6/11/09

Automated Innovation 2.0

Automated innovation—relying on computers to roll out new products—flopped at first. Now it's come back as a cost-cutting tool for hard times 6/8/09

How Cloud Computing Will Change Business

IBM, Qualcomm, Nokia, and other majors, along with startups, are preparing to cash in on new technology. Not that it will be easy 6/4/09

Future of Tech: What's a Friend Worth?

Companies are working fast to figure out how to make money from the wealth of data they're beginning to have about our online friendships 5/21/09

An Executive Guide to Social Media

How smart companies are using Twitter and Facebook—and what's next on the horizon 5/08/09

The Future of Television

TV as we know it is being turned upside-down. Here's a look at some of what's coming to the viewing experience 4/22/09

Best Young Tech Entrepreneurs

Meet the entrepreneurs behind top technology-focused startups; read about social networking, online search, 3D technology, blogging, cloud computing, and more 4/21/09

The Next Net

A look at the new, mobile Internet 2/26/09

Smart Technology

Smart technology that makes infrastructure safer and more efficient is ready just in time for a flood of government spending 2/19/09

Tech Pioneers of 2009

Some former winners such as Google helped give a leg up to the crop of 2009 Technology Pioneers chosen by the World Economic Forum 12/3/08

Future of Technology

Our look at the future of technology in emerging markets 11/13/08

Election 2008

Corporate executives discuss measures—from finance and taxation to energy and tech—that would help U.S. companies survive and thrive 11/6/08

Emerging Markets

A look at growth in the emerging markets 11/6/08

Hot Tech Growth

As recession looms, fast growing tech companies like Apple, Oracle, Google, and Microsoft are looking to budget-minded products, steady streams of revenue, and overseas sales to help fuel growth 10/27/08

Chicago Innovation Awards

From tiny startup PrepMe to giant Abbott Labs, the 10 winners of the annual Chicago Innovation Awards are hot 10/16/08

Best of the Web 2008

Our look at the best of the web for this year, including 9/29/08

Back To School Tech

What every pupil needs to know about the phones, computers and other innovative tech they will need as the school year gets under way. How is technology changing the way students learn and teachers teach? 8/28/08

The Future of Tech: Top 100 IT Companies 2008

Our 2008 look at the technology companies still able to thrive within levels of increased competition 5/22/08

The Future of Social Networking

Facebook and MySpace want to allow users to share data with other sites, but increased competition from Google and Yahoo looms 5/19/08

Best Young Entrepreneurs of Tech

As the economy slumps, many entrepreneurs are looking past consumer Web sites to focus on products and services for companies 4/17/08

Sustainable Tech

Scientists are experimenting with viruses, salmon sperm DNA, potatoes, and more in making biomaterials for consumer electronics 3/17/08

Microsoft Moves on Yahoo

If the No. 2 and No. 3 Web search titans tie the knot—via Microsoft's multibillion-dollar bid for Yahoo—they may only just keep up with No. 1, Google 3/6/08

Mobile World Congress 2008

At the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, the real buzz was off the red carpet where tech starlets showed their talent 02/14/08

Green Design

Without a fully funded, federal alternative energy policy, the U.S. risks squandering the potential of a powerful economic engine and will continue to depend on foreign energy resources 2/11/08

Top 8 Tech Trends in 2008

With the analog-to-digital changeover a little more than a year away, owners of rabbit-ear sets must decide: a new set, pay TV, or a converter box? 1/28/08

Macworld Roundup

Investors were underwhelmed by Apple's lineup at this year's Macworld conference. Give it time 1/14/08

Consumer Electronics Show 2008

The annual Consumer Electronics Show, usually the stomping ground of geeks, was a circus of stars as Comcast and Sony introduced their new wares 1/7/08

Homeland Insecurity

The Homeland Security Dept.'s overreliance on outside tech contractors and insufficient management of them could leave the U.S. vulnerable 12/21/07

Tech Hot Growth 75

Four of the top 10 companies in our annual Hot Tech Growth 75 are involved in the manufacture of semiconductors. What's behind their banner year? 12/3/07

Auto Design

Matt Vella went to the L.A. Auto Show to preview the best and brightest in car design at the nation's most high-profile auto exhibit 11/28/07

Best and Worst in Tech

Winners were clear in the music player and game console categories, but the dust has yet to settle in the fight over PC-to-TV and next-gen DVD technology 11/21/07

High-Tech TV 2007

The latest in television technology, including the best high-definition sets, add-on devices, and Net-to-TV 10/4/07

Demystifying Health Benefits

With health-care costs rising and 47 million uninsured in the U.S., Presidential candidates talk about reforming the system. Few have detailed proposals9/17/07

Doing Business Online

How do you turn the Web into the marketing tool it's cracked up to be? These businesses used blogs, wikis, social networking sites, podcasts, and more 9/10/07

The Power of Gaming

Everyone knows video gaming is a growth industry. What's less well known is how Web 2.0 and big business are contributing to that growth 8/13/07

The Future of Social Networking

For those hooked up to Facebook and MySpace and similar Web sites, managing diverse profiles can be a chore. That's where aggregators come in 6/18/07

The Digital Home

Today's decked-out domiciles are big on gear that helps you get a good night's sleep, keep the germs away, and stay fit 5/28/07

Road Warriors

These days, you really can take it with you. Here's a look at slimmed-down tech gear for executives on the go 5/14/07

Virtual Life

In the future, the Internet is almost certain to look more realistic, interactive, and social—a lot like a virtual world4/16/07

The Future of the Web

A rising tide of companies are tapping Semantic Web tech-
nologies to unearth hard-to-find connections between disparate pieces of online data4/9/07

Best Young Entrepreneurs of Tech

Here's the latest crop of techno-wonderboys, from widget-wranglers to playlist-parsers3/26/07

No Rest for the Wiki

The online tools for building collective info banks are making deeper inroads in corporations and rewriting the rules of collaboration3/12/07

The Future of Apple

With the iPhone, Apple TV, and a name change, Jobs & Co. are setting a new course for the outfit once known only for its computers 1/10/07

Best of the New Web

The Web is no longer for idle wanderings or passive viewing. It's about socializing, sharing—and creating 9/26/05

Dancing to the Digital Beat

With the Web transforming the music industry, here's a consumer guide to how the major players stack up 6/28/05

The Power of Us

Mass collaboration on the Internet is shaking up business. Plus our annual Info Tech 100 rankings 6/20/05

Manufacturing Technology

Electronics manufacturers have 12 months to comply with stringent and costly new EU environmental laws. Some may not make it 8/9/05

Personal Tech—Back To School

The tops in high tech for the college bound 8/8/05

Retailing's New Tech

From in-store cameras to data-mining loyalty-card use and beyond, retailers are depending more and more on technology to boost sales 7/6/05

Homeland Security: A Tech Boom?

The expected spending surge has been slow to develop. Now, though, the money could be coming 5/10/05

The Broadband Life

Spreading high-speed Net access is driving new ways to meet, talk, shop, study, and work. And the under-25 set is a prime force 4/5/05

Web Services

Not sure what this software phenomenon is all about? We'll help you sort it out and understand why it's so crucial 2/8/05

The Shape of Tech This Year

Though plenty of uncertainty remains, we've pinpointed seven trends likely to play out during 2005 that will make the year memorable 1/10/05

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