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Technology
Silicon Prairie
Updated 4:19 PM CST
Ask Jim why
Microsoft date settings hidden, but changeable
Tribune computer columnist James Coates formats dates and synchs Outlook calendars and contacts over small networks.
Tool box
Relax! Buying a PC doesn't require agony
What you need to know before buying your next machine.
Product review
Digital pen transfers scrawl to screen
Digitize handwritten notes to save or share with others. Think of it as digital carbon paper.
The strategy behind building empires
The gaming gods should be smiling with the release of "Age of Mythology."
The Mac experience
Apple weathering 'the switch'
With only 5 percent of the market, Apple’s $117 million campaign takes direct aim at the 95 percent of computer owners who use some version of Microsoft Corp.’s Windows. But is it working?
Tech fuels porn industry's growth
New: While many parts of the nation’s economy have suffered, the past five years have been good for the adult industry, as new video and computer technology opened the doors to hundreds of millions of potential customers around the world.
Computing pioneer Alan Kay joins HP
New: Alan Kay, who was instrumental in the development of modern programming languages and graphics-based computer interfaces, has joined Hewlett-Packard to continue his work on programming tools for kids.
Will tech continue leading rebound?
New: Nasdaq has outperformed other indexes in the most recent stock rally. But investors remain wary.
Chicago college radio ready for Web return
College Webcasters are on the rebound thanks in part to the archconservative Jesse Helms?
Feds: Largest identity theft ring in U.S. history busted
New: Federal authorities charged three men with orchestrating a massive identity-theft scheme in which credit information was stolen from more than 30,000 victims.
Smart CTA fare cards rolling out
Chicago Transit Authority smart cards – more reliable than the error-prone magnetic-strip fare cards and replaceable for the full value if lost – go on sale today.
Blue Tooth cuts the cord
New: Europeans love using Bluetooth technology with their cell phones; it's just now catching on in this country, and has great potential for computing.
Internet gambling makes it nicer to lose shirt
New: In the quiet of their homes, gamblers are clicking their way ever deeper into debt.
Retailers find way on the Web
Although industry experts say results have been mixed, small firms have found that whether a Web site is a direct revenue generator, it still serves as an invaluable information tool for customers who later make purchases in their brick-and-mortar stores.
New CEO finds right cure for ailing WebMD
Marty Wygod's years in the health-care business put him in an excellent position to treat the ills of WebMD Corp.
China tries to woo tech talent back home
New: After two decades of watching thousands of top computer engineering and science students immigrate to the United States, the Chinese government has launched an aggressive push to win back some of the country's brainpower.
More technology headlines:
AOL, Time Considering Content Deal
CoorsTek Rejects Coors Buyout Offer
Xerox: Will Meet Profits Outlook
Feds Widen Computer Associates Probe
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