Survey results suggested a decline in the perceived status of the television set, as other devices edge into its territory.

Google said general searches for the term “bedbugs” have increased 83 percent in the last year and 182 percent in the last four weeks.

Apple TV may be “an elementary effort” with little content available, but analysts point out that the iPod was also marginal when it was introduced.

For Mark V. Hurd, landing a top position at Oracle would be a quick rebound after a tumultuous exit.

The success of Iron Maiden's latest album and the continued loyalty of its fans offer the troubled music industry some tips on survival in the digital age.

The Advertising Standards Authority of Britain plans to extend its oversight to social media, company Web sites and other nontraditional digital marketing activities.

Craigslist appears to have surrendered in a legal fight over erotic ads posted on its website, shutting down its adult services section and replacing it with a black bar that simply says "censored."

Mark Hurd, who resigned as chief executive of Hewlett-Packard last month, is in talks to join Oracle as a top executive.

South Korea's Samsung Electronics is considering investing a record $25.55 billion next year to bolster its existing operations and expand into new business segments.

Computers may simply melt away like the Cheshire Cat, and become imbedded in all the objects that make up daily life.

Mobile robots have been used for years by the military and law enforcement, but with falling costs, the next frontiers are the office, the hospital and the home.

Craigslist, the classifieds Web site, has blocked access to its “adult services” section and replaced the link with a black label with the word “censored.”

Elaborate requirements for account passwords may sound invincible, but experts say Americans aren’t paying enough attention to other online security threats.

The actor Edward Norton and his partners started Crowdrise, with a mix of edginess and good-humored competition, to bolster online giving.

South Korea's KT Corp. will start selling Apple's iPhone 4 in the country on Sept. 10.

The Texas attorney general has opened an antitrust investigation into how Google ranks search results, striking at the heart of its main search business.

Google has agreed to pay $8.5 million to settle a private class-action lawsuit that alleged its Buzz social networking service violated users' privacy.

The angst over net neutrality reaches from boardrooms to living rooms, but take heart: companies will breach its principles at their own peril. Consumers have come to expect an open Internet.

Google said the Texas attorney general's office is conducting an antitrust review of the Web giant's core search-engine business, another sign of growing government scrutiny of the company.

Apple's new music social network is especially vulnerable to spam, a security firm says.