Amazon.com, the maker of the Kindle e-reader, is introducing two new smaller, lighter versions with high-contrast screens and crisper text.

The $9.75 billion deal should end a dispute between Telefónica and Portugal Telecom over their joint cellphone operation in Brazil.

New technologies can help adult children keep track of their aging parents.

Under pressure to find new revenue sources, Congress is reconsidering legalizing, and taxing, Internet gambling.

A security researcher released a file containing the names, profile addresses and identification numbers of more than 100 million Facebook users.

Noam Cohen discusses the recent Wikimania convention in Poland and Samy Liechti explains how his Internet sock-subscription company works.

Facebook introduced Facebook Questions, becoming the latest Web company to start a personalized Q. & A. search engine.

Google getting suggestive, tech products as heirlooms and the meaning behind a surge in Bible apps hit the reading list.

With the New Meadowlands Stadium set to give fans free applications, enhanced video and the ability to compete against other fans, is the live game no longer enough?

A new television series will be seen by Vanity Fair readers, cruise line passengers, hotel guests and iPad owners before its network premiere.

Despite the overall gain in customers, the wireless phone provider posted a quarterly loss because of tax issues.

Strong sales of its glass for flat-panel televisions, computers and mobile devices helped profit rise 49 percent in the second quarter.

The carmaker has begun taking orders for the plug-in vehicle, which is expected to be at dealers in November.

Disney will initially pay $563.2 million for Playdom and will make $200 million in additional payments if Playdom achieves unannounced growth goals.

Take the right phone and use the right network. And keep in mind that your smartphone’s apps may rack up huge charges.

Yahoo Japan announced it would use Google technology to power its Internet search engine, putting Yahoo Japan on a divergent path from that of its American cousin.

Cash-strapped governments looking for ways to narrow budget gaps are embracing a source of revenue they once viewed with wary skepticism: online gambling.

Utilities are developing storage batteries to smooth the flow of intermittent sources of power, like wind farms.

Owners of iPhones will be able to run applications that have not been approved by Apple.

The European Commission says that I.B.M. might have abused its dominant position in the mainframe computer market.

Dragon Quest IX: Sentinels of the Starry Skies, a role-playing game for the Nintendo DS, features both Western and Japanese flavors.

Members of Nightowls gather in the wee hours with laptops and caffeinated beverages to work on pet projects and side ventures.

Hackers are gathering this week for a conference in Las Vegas, where they will discuss their roles when hunting for security holes.

The company Nuance offers a new version of Dragon NaturallySpeaking, proving that even near-monopolies like to tinker with their products.

The Internet is changing the way many people learn languages. Books, tapes and CDs are being replaced by e-mail, video chats and social networks.

The apps work best when analyzing bar codes, labels and other inanimate objects that are easily found in images on the Web.

What appeared to be a conspiracy by AT&T to raise data plan income, isn't. Here's what it is.

Camera makers are announcing new models this month, but none has added a camera with built-in GPS capabilities.

Adventures into using mobile applications and the Web for logging personal data in an effort to learn more about habits and tendencies.