Jon Van

From a technical viewpoint, it is way easier for a cable TV system to add phone service to its system than it is for a telecom carrier to add video,...

Sneaking a peek behind the scenes of a rock concert tour can produce a shocking discovery: It looks like an insurance office back there. Maybe not quite, but an amazing...

Geckos, the small lizards that can run up walls with ease, are the inspiration for a new adhesive technology developed by researchers at Northwestern University. The researchers also drew on...

Although neither as sexy nor exciting as Apple's iPhones, some new electronic gadgetry is expected to sell millions of units when it hits the market next year. These would be...

Every two years, the electronics industry creates a new generation of products with processing power double its predecessors, a routine described by Intel Corp. co-founder Gordon Moore and commonly known...

In telecom, the big get bigger and equipment manufacturing is going global. So, is there any room left for smaller players, especially minorities and women? Those questions were raised by...

They're not hard to spot: folks in meetings who steal glances at their BlackBerries and tap out a few messages even as colleagues make presentations to the group. At least...

Borrowing broadband from a neighbor as if it were a cup of sugar or a can of beer is the concept behind FON Wireless Ltd., a Spanish company that operates...

Should Chicago host the 2016 Olympics, ubiquitous video cameras will gather information from game venues and parks as well as at CTA and Metra stations and the city's airports. "Any...