From leaking sensitive data to spreading toxic e-waste, U.S. corporations perform poorly when it comes to recycling. Some, such as Las Vegas resort giant MGM, have come to associate sustainability with good returns
IT departments and outside security firms are using a host of techniques to protect companies that are under siege from rivals, insiders, and hackers interested in acquiring their confidential information
As companies consider the power of "the cloud" for their operations, they're weighing cost and security issues. But there are plenty of efficiencies to reap
Learn how companies including Coca-Cola, Unilever and American Express are trying to reach customers on smartphones in an advertising market set to quintuple to $18.3 billion by 2015. Their strategy could spell profits for mobile ad players including Facebook, Google and Twitter
Read about the boom in business-focused startups such as Box and Jive are adopting features pioneered by consumer Web companies like Facebook and Zynga to launch an assault on traditional enterprise software companies such as EMC, IBM and Oracle—luring venture capital dollars and takeover interest
Learn how companies from PepsiCo Inc. to Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. are adopting tablets, digital signs, touch-screen kiosks and mobile applications to help customers interact with products before buying and capture part of the estimated 85 percent of purchases that will be influenced by some sort of digital experience in 2015. Read about Intel's efforts to court retailers, and how startups are building tablets to help restaurants serve diners
Learn how companies like FICO, EBay and Peet’s Coffee are using new tools from Core Security, Juniper Networks and IBM to prevent cyberattacks before they occur. Read why many businesses fail to protect themselves in the cloud, and flip through a slide show of celebrities who have been subject to hacks
Learn how Google is reducing its carbon footprint by using wind power to keep its data centers cool; why some venture capital firms are shunning wind projects; the challenges of designing wind turbines; how Adobe is using wind power in an urban setting
Learn how employees are building their own mobile apps to boost productivity. Read about how app development services are making it easier and less expensive to create apps for smartphones and tablet computers. Find out how high school girls are learnings to become app creators and tech entrepreneurs
As more companies use 3D printers to make finished products, not prototypes, NASA may use them to make parts and tools on the International Space Station
As researchers confidently predict a future of faster-than-ever transformations in computing, they are creating chips that learn and respond as they gain experience
As some rush to bury the role of chief information officer, CIOs are innovating, stimulating fresh revenue, and helping companies respond better to customers
Learn how the technology industry is coping with surging demand for workers in a market where there are too few engineers and sales people. Find out which cities are undergoing the fastest growth in technology-related jobs
Learn how Apple, Microsoft, IBM, Google and Hewlett-Packard are crafting tools and hardware that help people with disabilities live and work more productively
Learn how software developers are hacking into Microsoft's Kinect motion sensor to build products and services that take advantage of its ability to capture 3-D images at low cost. It's being used by businesses as varied as Nordstrom for window displays, Evoluce to help users control PCs by hand, and researchers at UC Berkeley to help robots "see"
Learn how companies including Siemens, SAP, Nissan and Mattel are using game technology to improve how they train workers and design and market products. The gamification market may surge to $1.6 billion in 2015 from $100 million this year
Learn how companies are cutting costs by hiring microworkers who are paid by task. Read about the businesses and Websites that are helping match workers with jobs and employers. These include Amazon.com, CloudCrowd, LiveOps and ODesk
Learn how companies including Wells Fargo, Google, Starbucks, McDonald's, AT&T and Verizon Wireless are using near-field communications to help consumers make purchases with a mobile phone