San Jose Mercury News

Analog chip designers are a rare breed in digital-mad Silicon Valley, where turning everything from photographs to music to video into digitized content is a way of life. While digital...

Apple Computer Inc. is making it easier to copy music and video files onto CDs and DVDs, a move that might please fans of renegade file-swapping sites like Napster but...

Fast Internet access is no longer reserved for those lucky to live in neighborhoods served by cable modems or digital subscriber lines. Two-way high-speed Internet access by satellite is open...

Marc Andreessen was a 23-year-old programmer when he helped found Netscape Communications Corp., the company whose free Web browser and spectacular initial public offering set off the Internet boom. But...

Online sales during the 2000 holiday season generally met expectations by more than doubling last year's levels, according to the latest estimates, but the results may not have been enough...

Apple Computer Inc. has cut prices on its high-end computers in an effort to shed excess inventory, and other PC makers might soon follow suit. The price cuts--as steep as...

Apple had quite a year in 2000. OS X, the work-in-progress Mac operating system, started showing its pretty blue face; co-founder Steve Jobs pledged to stick around as Apple chief...

Companies desperate to find and keep qualified workers are increasingly turning to programs such as elder or child-care assistance, parental leaves and flexible work schedules. But a new report says...

Once the province of nerds who put up with poor quality sound for the joy of beating the system, free Internet phone calls are entering the mainstream. The technology--converting sound...

Now that all the gifts have been opened, the post-Christmas spirit for many people includes wondering how to get rid of the presents they don't want. Enter Arra Yerganian, chief...