Hurley's World

As deserted malls and department stores struggle to court consumers with steep discounts, an even more ferocious price war is being waged online.

It is the latest of several magazine publishers to drop a print edition, as advertising plummets and the cost of printing a paper version rises.

A new digital library, called Europeana, intends to showcase Europe’s history, literature, arts and science.

Steven A. Ballmer’s stance may force Yahoo’s next chief executive to find another way to revive the company’s profit.

Good news for worried parents: All those hours their teenagers spend socializing on the Internet are not a bad thing, according to the MacArthur Foundation.

Does Yahoo want to remain independent or should it sell some or all of itself to another Internet player?

The case shows that the “cop on the beat” is there to ensure the integrity of the markets. But is this something we should care about?

Dr Pepper plans to announce that it will promote a video game player on bottles that it will distribute nationally.

With the move, the software giant appears to be taking aim at McAfee and Symantec, its chief rivals in the PC security market.

The company said business was not declining as quickly as it was at other tech companies, sending its shares up nearly 15 percent.

Medtronic, the medical device maker, said that legal expenses and declining foreign exchange rates weighed down its quarterly profit.

Steven J. Wallach’s newest effort in computing design is intended to tackle one of the principal limitations in the world of supercomputing.

The S.E.C. filed a civil suit against the Internet entrepreneur for selling shares of an Internet search company in 2004.

Yahoo said Mr. Yang, who helped build the company into an Internet giant, would step down as chief executive.

Google is getting caught in a web of privacy laws that threaten its growth and the positive image it has cultivated as a company dedicated to doing good.

Price drops are allowing more corporations to buy supercomputers for everything from processing movie graphics to searching for oil.

Stores such as Lowe’s and Target continued to see signs of a sharp pullback in consumer spending, both online and in stores.

As newspapers shrink, rival operations have arisen in several cities, forcing the papers to follow their lead.

A struggling Silicon Valley maker of flash memory chips filed a pair of sweeping patent infringement suits against Samsung.

Yahoo said Jerry Yang, its chief executive, would leave that role after the company finds a replacement.