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Barnes & Noble has become the latest company to try to lure customers to an electronic reading device. But will the new Barnes & Noble Nook be able to compete with Amazon's Kindle?

For the many consumers without a home computer, an iTunes account is out of reach. One wireless provider is targeting those people with a service that turns their phone into the music manager.

Google claims that Microsoft is unfairly raising the price of smartphones. Both Samsung and HTC make phones with Google's Android operating system. They have both agreed to pay Microsoft — not Google — for the privilege. That's because Microsoft claims Android steps on its patents.

Two San Diego men were among four people arrested Thursday on suspicion of conspiring to distribute confidential financial information, amid a nationwide crackdown on insider stock trading.

Can't put your BlackBerry down? Your boss may come to dread that if you're working while you're off the clock. A police sergeant in Chicago is suing the city. He says he's due plenty of overtime back pay because he logged in on his BlackBerry to continue working even though his shift was over.

Advances in voice recognition technology are making it more fun, and productive, to talk to your computer. The technology, which has migrated to a number of free apps, can give our fingers and hands some much needed rest. But it's still not perfect.

After Thanksgiving dinner, my guests were cajoled into a tableau vivant for my camera. Some may cry sacrilege, but I like to think of it as an homage to da Vinci (not the Code, the artist).

San Diego Teens Win Trip

Today, newspaper comics seem like something that remains part of the culture thanks to inertia and the tastes of old folks. But children don't always understand what they're supposed to dislike or find irrelevant.

The proposed acquisition of Motorola Mobility would give Google full control of its mobile experience, but it's also likely to elicit protests from other handset manufacturers and federal regulators. Observers say Google's bid is an acknowledgment that Apple's model of controlling both hardware and software is the way to go.