Jon Van

Information technology's many advances--e-mail, instant messaging, wireless phone calls and so on--leave many feeling a bit overwhelmed. And that's just from personal correspondence. Imagine the predicament of financial analysts and...

Michael Powell played a pivotal role in influencing everything from the cultural content of television to the way the nation talks on the phone. But the outgoing chairman of the...

When a vehicle traveling through Boston's new underground highway system pulls over, digital surveillance cameras will automatically take pictures and check out the license plate. "This is an intelligent system...

At Landauer Inc. in suburban Glenwood, folks seldom see surprises, but they're always on the lookout. Landauer, a 50-year-old firm, is the nation's leading radiation monitoring service. Some 1.5 million...

High-speed Internet connections offered by phone companies at low rates are pulling in more customers than the higher-priced service offered by cable TV operators, new data suggest. A report from...

Not everyone wants to churn out high-quality video programming for a small audience, but the folks at MemoryLink, a Rolling Meadows company, believe some consumers are ready. MemoryLink will staff...

One trend a lot of technologists are watching is the rise of so-called smart radios--ones equipped with computer chips that make them aware of their electronic environment. The goal is...

Most cell phone users never give a thought to their carrier's operating system--until they take a trip abroad and discover the phone won't work in Europe or Asia. Travelers who...

Europe's aggressive opposition to genetically modified crops is something the agricultural biotech industry can and will work around, an industry veteran explained in October at the Chicago Technology Forum. The...

The growing popularity of digital photography is playing havoc with the traditional film business. Eastman Kodak Co., the industry leader, is doing all it can to cope. Not long ago,...