Microsoft Office plays detective in new novel

In “Crush,” a crime thriller by chiropractor-turned-author Alan Jacobson, Microsoft’s Office suite plays a central role in helping track down a serial killer.

The number of visitors to Warner Music Group’s YouTube videos doubled in January and outpaced the much larger Vevo. But those numbers are now being questioned.

Stephen Shankland likes Buzz overall, but perversely, its arrival re-energized his Facebook activity. Why? That’s where his friends are.

Deployment of smart-grid systems would reduce U.S. carbon emissions from utilities 12 percent by 2030, according to DOE researchers.

Sun issues an all-hands memo to vehemently deny a report from market researcher UBS that Oracle may lay off half of Sun’s workforce post-acquisition.

More than 1,000 staff at Hewlett-Packard Enterprise Services in the U.K. took part in a one-day strike on Friday as the result of a dispute over pay and job losses.

Apple says fiscal fourth quarter was its most profitable, with “some really great new products in the pipeline for 2010.”

Fresh off his stellar shootout performance shutting down the Swiss, Canadian goalie Martin Brodeur talks about the pressure to win gold and the technology of hockey.

Imagine if iTunes added a social component so your friends could see which apps you’ve downloaded. That’s Yappler in a nutshell–but the service needs a little work.

Redmond follows up on a security researcher’s claims of a URL loophole that could let an attacker upload and execute code on an Web server.

San Francisco start-up Lookout aims to keep mobile devices–and their data–safe.