Technology News Archive - March 01, 2006

Is it a virtual hangout for millions of American teenagers, like a sprawling electronic shopping plaza, or a magnet for sexual predators and pornographers?

U.S. Army officials on Wednesday said a $125 billion communications modernization program is on track for a key Pentagon review in May, despite delays in two other programs that are needed to run its extensive communications networks.

Microsoft will introduce a search engine better than Google in six months in the United States and Britain followed by Europe, its European president said on Wednesday.

Technical glitches by Microsoft and the digital music device makers have hampered Napster Inc.'s ability to close the gap with Apple's iTunes, the dominant online music service, Napster's chief executive said on Tuesday.