Few ‘wearables’ balance fashion and function


Gadget show is awash in 'wearable' devices, but questions of acceptance and usefulness remain LAS VEGAS (AP) — Gadget lovers are slipping on fitness bands that track movement and...
    






How Did The Democrats Become The Party Of The Rich?


If you brought back either of the Roosevelts—Teddy or Franklin—from the grave, the most astonishing thing they would find is that the “malefactors of great wealth” have become the benefactors of...
    






Ford’s Alan Mulally Stomps On Microsoft Speculation – And Not A Moment Too Soon


Ford Motor Chief Executive Alan Mulally finally got the message that the incessant speculation about him departing to become CEO of Microsoft was hurting the automaker. And so he delivered his own...
    






Ford CEO Mulally says not leaving for Microsoft


Ford CEO Alan Mulally says he won't leave for Microsoft, to stay at Ford at least through 2014 DEARBORN, Mich. (AP) — Alan Mulally is staying at Ford. The CEO, who was...
    






Technology? Some justices want to keep distance


Supreme Court justices wary of bold action by judges weighing new technology, privacy issues WASHINGTON (AP) — At the Supreme Court, technology can be regarded as a necessary evil, and...
    






SF to charge Google, others with employee shuttles


San Francisco to charge Google, Facebook, others using public bus stops for employee shuttles SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — San Francisco announced plans Monday to start regulating employee...
    






Intel says its processors are now ‘conflict-free’


Intel says its processors are now free of minerals from mines held by armed groups in Congo LAS VEGAS (AP) — Intel Corp., the world's largest maker of computer processors, says its...