Dallas Morning News

Paper or plastic? If some employers have their way, it'll be plastic--paychecks that is. Increasingly, companies looking to trim costs are moving away from paper checks to payroll cards. Employees...

Although unemployment continues to make headlines, the glut in information technology workers is only temporary, experts say. Once the economy improves, demand for IT skills will rise again. But will...

Employer-provided laptops, PCs, cellphones, pagers and other modern gizmos can be flexible tools for the mobile workplace, but they're also making it hard for employees to leave work behind. A...

Can you really turn your office into a spa? Darrin Zeer, author of "Office Spa (Chronicle Books, $9.95) and a yoga teacher, thinks so. Depending on how accommodating your co-workers...

The electronic baby-sitter has gone mobile. Video systems are hot sellers this year for sport-utility vehicles, mini-vans and other kidmobiles, as parents seek to keep children happy on road trips...

Waiting for a recovery in the computer industry? Better luck next year. The PC sector was supposed to be improving right now, leading to a full-scale recovery in 2003. But...

A 20-something New Yorker charged up her credit card bill paying for Prada pumps and Burberry bags before she curbed her consumer-driven impulses and found herself $20,000 in debt. To...

Alcatel has won the legal rights to a former employee's software idea in a long-running lawsuit dealing with the scope of employment contracts and ownership of ideas and inventions. Texas...

Every office has its coffeepot. And every coffeepot is grounds for war. Once a humble receptacle for something merely dark and hot, the modern-office coffeepot has become the focal point...

Information technology professionals looking for work need to rethink how they apply for jobs once they know of an opening, according to one expert. Sending a paper resume and e-mail...