September 9, 2015 Intel to End Sponsorship of Science Talent Search by QUENTIN HARDY By QUENTIN HARDY The high school competition counts among its past competitors eight Nobel Prize winners, along with chief executives, university professors and award-winning…
September 9, 2015 Yahoo Rethinking Alibaba Spinoff After Getting No I.R.S. Guidance by VINDU GOEL By VINDU GOEL The Internal Revenue Service refused to rule in advance on whether a proposed spinoff would incur a huge tax bill. Published:…
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September 8, 2015 Mac User Groups Fade in Number and Influence, but Devotees Press On by KATIE BENNER By KATIE BENNER These organizations thrived in the 1980s and ’90s and were the backbone of Apple’s faithful, but for some members, the tech…
September 8, 2015 Humanizing Technology: A History of Human-Computer Interaction by STEVE LOHR By STEVE LOHR The rise of modern computing owes much to human-centered software design. A leading computer scientist has built a web site highlighting…
September 8, 2015 For Online Sports Videos, the Action Is No Longer on the Field by CONOR DOUGHERTY By CONOR DOUGHERTY Young sports fans are increasingly drawn to a digital parallel world where videos of skateboarding, snowboarding, surfing and other “action sports”…
September 7, 2015 New Apple TV Is Said to Focus on Games, Challenging Traditional Consoles by NICK WINGFIELD By NICK WINGFIELD Vying for a spot in living rooms, Apple — which is expected to announce its new system on Wednesday — may…
September 6, 2015 Mike and Quentin’s Week in Tech: Amazon’s Offline Game Changer by MIKE ISAAC and QUENTIN HARDY By MIKE ISAAC and QUENTIN HARDY The online marketplace will now allow its Prime members to download some movies and TV shows to iOS…
September 5, 2015 A Sharing Economy Where Teachers Win by NATASHA SINGER By NATASHA SINGER On TeachersPayTeachers, some educators have been able to convert hours of class preparation into thousands of dollars, and 12 have become…
September 5, 2015 BlackBerry to Buy Good Technology, Getting Deeper Into Security by IAN AUSTEN By IAN AUSTEN For years, the two companies have repeatedly denigrated each other’s products in marketing efforts, a practice that extended to the highest…