Jon Van

While speaking of his company's expansion plans, Juergen Stark is interrupted by his cell phone's ring. At first he appears annoyed, but after glancing at the phone's screen, his face...

Lab-on-a-chip technology has been under development for years by firms hoping to market quick diagnosis products to the physician's office. But during the past few years, new emphasis on such...

Sitting in the bright sunshine of a United Center parking lot during the past week, some 18 semi-truck trailers, portable toilets and a huge white tent gave the impression that...

Ever since Nextel Communications Inc. first offered it, the function that makes its phones double as walkie-talkies has been a winner that competitors have sought to imitate, without much success....

George E. Jones likes to describe himself as an "explorer in the business jungle," and he does so with some reason. Nearly 30 years ago, for instance, he was among...

A federal judge, harshly critical of the General Assembly and Gov. Rod Blagojevich for overstepping their authority, on Monday ordered a halt to the big increase in phone rates SBC...

Customers of major long-distance phone carriers should brace for another round of fees added to monthly bills as carriers seek to get more revenue from their shrinking customer base. One...

Among the half-dozen national wireless phone companies, Nextel Communications tries to set itself apart by offering customers the ability to reach a circle of friends by pushing a single button....

Bankrupt WorldCom Inc. has agreed to pay a record $500 million fine for the largest accounting fraud in U.S. history, lawyers for the company and the government announced Monday. WorldCom...

People use computers to send e-mail and surf the Web so much that it's easy to forget that down deep these machines were built to compute. Even typing an e-mail...