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An executive at EMC, the data storage giant, has offered some of the most positive language to date about the state of corporate spending on technology, saying customers were at last planning for the future rather than just battening down the hatches. And he uttered one of the most beloved phrases in the technology industry vocabulary - "new innovative projects."

Increasingly at universities like Tufts, student applicants are submitting YouTube videos alongside written essays.

New robots serve and cook food, and, in the process, act as good-will ambassadors for a more automated future.

BRUSSELS - Facing a new wave of antitrust complaints in Europe, Google stood firm Wednesday, saying it would not offer concessions to companies that have accused the Internet giant of abusing its market power in online search and advertising.

The latest online phenomenon connects you through webcams to a random, fathomless succession of strangers from across the globe.

LIVE traffic reports - even weather updates - are available on the navigation screens of many new cars. And it's easy enough to turn a minivan into a roving Wi-Fi hot spot with Internet access for everyone on board. Unlocking a car from 1,000 miles away? A simple task for a smartphone.

Apple's patent suit against HTC will not cause major problems for the Taiwan technology company in the short term, analysts said. But it could strain its relations with partners in the U.S. market.

In the first major fracture between television show owners and the wildly popular Hulu.com, Viacom will remove "The Daily Show With Jon Stewart," "The Colbert Report" and other Comedy Central programs from the video site next week

Microsoft unveiled a new version of its flagship smartphone software, now called Windows Phone.

Katherine Evans did not like her English teacher. She created a Facebook page to say so. Now the matter is in court.

Once again, Pentax demonstrates a new focus on design with an update to its line of rugged cameras. The new $330 Optio W90 looks like it belongs on a mountainside (thanks to its included carabiner) and feels more solidly built than its predecessor, the Optio W80.

Samsung is first to market with two 3-D TVs. Sears and Amazon are already taking orders.

Google said it would close its China-based Web site and direct Chinese users to a Hong Kong-based uncensored version of its service, which may get blocked in mainland China

Chances are you have a few USB thumb drives floating around your house; it's also very likely that you use a USB external hard drive for backing up PCs or expanding your storage capacity. Iomega has created an inexpensive way to wirelessly share all these USB drives and create a network-attached storage device without investing a lot of time and money.

The research and development labs of General Motors have been working closely with several universities, including Carnegie Mellon University and the University of Southern California, to build an augmented reality system that could assist motorists in difficult driving situations.

The audience for news online tends not to stick to a single site - that much has been known for years. But a new study says that even with a vast array of digital choices, "promiscuous" news consumption goes only so far.

Apple detailed its battery replacement policy for the new iPad: $99 plus $6.95 shipping.