Rick Perera

If humans don't watch out, computers will take over the Earth, says Stephen Hawking.

Claiming a revolution for the semiconductor industry, Motorola Inc. announced Tuesday a breakthrough in materials science that it says will be the key to a new class of high-performance chips. The innovation should pave the way for faster and less expensive devices, from 3G (third-generation) mobile handsets with streaming video, to automotive collision-avoidance systems, the company said.

Red Hat is teaming with Compaq Computer and system integrator Pioneer-Standard to provide an e-commerce suite for medium-sized enterprises.

A piece of Internet history went on the auction block Saturday as the coffee pot that was instrumental in brewing up the world

Software company Lernout & Hauspie Speech Products NV (L&H) is on track to meet a court-ordered restructuring plan, president and CEO Philippe Bodson said Friday.

Brokat AG is in negotiations with investors, looking for a new influx of cash. But questions remain about the future of the German electronic commerce software maker, named one of Europe's 30 hottest technology companies for 2001 by Time Magazine but now awash in red ink.

A year after Germany introduced its much-ballyhooed plan to attract IT experts to the country through a special work visa scheme, the program has yet to make a major dent in the industry's labor shortage.

Turkey's president has vetoed a controversial media bill that critics say would have put sharp limitations on the freedom to publish information via the Internet.