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Google has introduced a new security feature that alerts Gmail users whose e-mail accounts may have been broken into by a malicious intruder and helps them regain full control.

With high expectations for the tablet, Apple's biggest challenge will be achieving the mass-market penetration and cultural impact of the iPod and iPhone.

Blu-ray, the high-definition, high-capacity disc format that is replacing DVD has its uses, particularly for watching movies, working with files from an HD camcorder or backing up the computer. But if you decide to get a drive, pay attention to what it promises to actually do.

Google is previewing rewritten versions of its cloud-based Docs applications, which features new collaboration tools.

No one doubts that social media - all the stuff on Facebook, Twitter and other online forums - provides a rich lode of user sentiment that companies ought to be able to exploit. And not just to sharpen their marketing, but also to improve their products and services - potentially, the ultimate source of customer views and a crowd-sourced suggestion box.

Google is said to be hard at work on its own version of an iPad killer that will allow the use of Adobe's Flash video and games.

With Apple having sold 50 million iPhones, it was perhaps inevitable that a cottage industry of iPhone repair shops would spring up. The one-year warranty that comes with the iPhone doesn't cover damage unless it is shown to be caused by a manufacturing defect. And using official Apple channels for repairs can get expensive quickly. Screen replacements alone can cost as much as $300, inspiring some iPhone owners to seek out alternative ways to restore their phones' health.

With Apple selling millions of iPhones, it was perhaps inevitable that a cottage industry of iPhone repair shops would follow.

I've always wanted a robot. I often fantasized as a child about my own personal robot that could carry my backpack to school for me or stay up late and help me with my homework. Robots haven't advanced that far - yet. But they still can do amazing things. Below, you can see a selection of robots currently "in the wild" or in research labs. There's everything from the Okonomiyaki robot, which makes pancakes, to everyday robots that build cars or help the military on the battlefield.

BEIJING - In what appeared to be a coordinated assault, the e-mail accounts of more than a dozen rights advocates, academics and journalists who cover China have been compromised by unknown intruders. A Chinese human rights organization also said that hackers had disabled its Web site for five days in a row.

Remember when book writing used to be a solitary experience? If you needed feedback, you'd e-mail (or fax or mail) a few pages to a trusted friend and hope that he or she wouldn't trash your efforts.

SAN FRANCISCO - This year, Netflix made what looked like a peculiar choice: the DVD-by-mail company decided that over the next two years, it would move most of its Web technology - customer movie queues, search tools and the like - over to the computer servers of one of its chief rivals, Amazon.com.

MUMBAI, India - Faced with stricter Internet security measures, some spammers have begun borrowing a page from corporate America's playbook: they are outsourcing.

The Supreme Court agreed Monday to decide whether California can ban the sale or rental of violent video games to children.

How is it possible to get Internet access on an airplane?