Technology

The much-anticipated iPad tablet computer from Apple Inc. will start hitting U.S. store shelves on April 3, slightly later than originally planned.

A half-century ago, after Russia jolted Americans by sending Sputnik into orbit, the Defense Department launched a little-noticed program designed to help the United States leap-frog the frontiers of technology by doling out millions of dollars for research on radically new ideas.

TiVo Inc., the pioneer of the digital video recorder, hopes its new DVRs coming out this spring will keep the company relevant in an age when broadcast and broadband will be combined in TVs.

For airline passengers, the attempted Christmas Day attack and a directive by President Obama to pursue advanced screening technology will certainly mean added security procedures at airports. So for high-tech companies, the increased focus on airport security means new opportunities to land hefty government contracts.

Apple Inc. is allowing iPhone owners to use Internet calling services over cellular networks.

Truckers, bus drivers and other commercial drivers are prohibited from texting while behind the wheel under a new federal rule announced Tuesday by U.S. Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood.

Nebraska may soon let store clerks do more than just look at drivers' licenses when selling alcohol, tobacco and lottery tickets.

Hundreds of thousands of us send out email newsletters on a weekly (or monthly) basis. We send these out to dozens, hundreds, thousands of customers (or others) in the hopes that they are doing some good.
Guess what? Too often they are useful pieces of digital trash, strewn in someone's email box, quickly deleted or never even read.

Lawyers and accountants are great and very much needed, but without a great technology adviser you won't know how to do more in less time, save money and overall be more productive using technology as a tool to grow your business.