IBM Corp. rolls out a new mainframe computer Tuesday boasting a 50 percent performance boost and dramatically lower energy costs than its predecessor.

A group of six international companies, including Google Inc. of the U.S., is building a $300 million underwater fiber-optic cable linking the United States and Japan.

Falling behind rivals in flat-panel development for TVs, Sony is teaming with rival Sharp in procuring liquid crystal displays, a company official said Tuesday.

Lawmakers have proposed a system to investigate and track medical mistakes and so-called “near misses” after brain surgeons at Rhode Island Hospital...

Lawmakers have proposed a system to investigate and track medical mistakes and so-called “near misses” after brain surgeons at Rhode Island Hospital...

ABC said Monday it will release hit shows like “Lost” and “Desperate Housewives” for free over video-on-demand cable services, with the hitch...

Scientists at universities and corporations are about to get a major leg up in their tireless _ and profitable _ effort to reinvent the corn plant. A group of...

Scientists at universities and corporations are about to get a major leg up in their tireless _ and profitable _ effort to reinvent the corn plant. A group of...

For the third time since 1996, officials plan to unleash a manmade flood in the Grand Canyon next month in an effort to restore an ecosystem that was altered by a dam...

For the third time since 1996, officials plan to unleash a manmade flood in the Grand Canyon next month in an effort to restore an ecosystem that was altered by a dam...

Rules that allow only the catching of larger fish may encourage their replacement with slower growing, more timid varieties. That, at least, is the concern of...

When marauding Vikings decided to settle down they usually “went native,” marrying local girls and blending in. Invading honey bees may be doing the same.

A federal jury in Texas has sided with e-learning company Blackboard Inc. in a patent case against rival Desire2Learn that pitted two leading education software...

A woman dying of Alzheimer’s has a fever. Should she be given antibiotics?

Most of the world’s Internet users lost access to YouTube for several hours Sunday after an attempt by Pakistan’s government to block access domestically...

A group of technology companies paid Patton Boggs LLP $500,000 in 2007 to push for patent-reform legislation.

Industrial conglomerate Siemens AG will cut 7,000 jobs from its corporate telecommunications unit Siemens Enterprise Networks, officials with knowledge of the plans...

The Poker Players Alliance spent $900,000 in 2007 to lobby the federal government on online- gambling legislation.

Bone tests aren’t just for women anymore. New guidelines are calling for older men to get a routine check for bone-thinning osteoporosis.

Online advertising revenues exceeded $21 billion for the first time in 2007, although preliminary data compiled by an industry trade group also suggest growth is...