Trendy California isn't a trendsetter when it comes to relying on cell phones. And while the 1987 movie "Wall Street" helped introduce the then-brick-sized mobile phone to popular culture, New York and other Northeast states lag in dropping landlines. Surprisingly, Oklahoma and Utah lead in going wireless, according to federal estimates released Wednesday. ...more

March 12, 2009

For all the sweeping changes that President Barack Obama has delivered, there also has been an ample helping of more-of-the-same. ...more

February 28, 2009

A Washington lobbyist has settled her $27 million defamation lawsuit against The New York Times over a story involving then-presidential candidate John McCain, both sides disclosed Thursday ...more

February 19, 2009

Yahoo said Wednesday that it will shorten the amount of time that it retains data about its users' online behavior - including Internet search records - to three months from 13 months and expand the range of data that it "anonymizes" after that period. ...more

December 22, 2008

The fees that cell phone carriers charge customers who break service contracts took a big hit in a California courtroom when a judge said such charges by Sprint Nextel Corp. likely violate state law. ...more

July 30, 2008

Verizon Communications' second-quarter earnings rose 12 percent, the company said Monday, while revenue was slightly shy of expectations and customers disconnected their landlines faster than before. ...more

July 29, 2008

President Bush signed a bill Thursday that overhauls rules about government eavesdropping and grants immunity to telecommunications companies that helped the United States spy on Americans in suspected terrorism cases. ...more

July 11, 2008

The House, in an overwhelming bipartisan vote, approved a sweeping surveillance law Friday that extends the government's eavesdropping capability and effectively shields telecommunications companies from being sued for cooperating with the Bush administration's warrantless wiretapping program. ...more

June 21, 2008

Sens. Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton will campaign together Friday, the first joint public event for the former rivals, as the senator from New York returns to the political scene after her defeat in the race for the Democratic presidential nomination. ...more

June 21, 2008

Sure, things look rough for Yahoo Inc. and Microsoft Corp. because they couldn't agree on a deal. Yahoo's stock has cratered, and Microsoft has to figure out another way to catch up in the online ad market, a flaw it was willing to pay $47.5 billion to fix it. ...more

May 6, 2008