- Thu Feb 19 2004 Gartner: Outsourcing to grow, but deals to shrink
Megadollar outsourcing contracts are on the wane, says the research firm, but the number of new deals will grow by 30 percent.
- Fri Nov 14 2008 Week in review: Tech's belt-tightening
Layoffs and profit warnings ripple through the industry, while technology companies prepare for the presidential transition. Also: iPhone's wins (outside India).
- Thu Oct 2 2008 To encrypt or not? That is the question
Encryption hasn't become the privacy panacea it was promised to be in the 1990s for e-mail, but it's making headway on hard drives. Here's a look at why communications encryption isn't mainstream, yet.
- Sat Aug 23 2008 Joe Biden's pro-RIAA, pro-FBI tech voting record
Barack Obama's pick for vice president is an ally of the music industry on copyright and the FBI on wiretaps. He also unintentionally spurred the creation of PGP.
- Thu Feb 21 2008 Google to kick-start medical records program with Cleveland Clinic
As anticipated, the tech giant is launching a project to digitize medical records and make them accessible with a Google account. Privacy advocates, naturally, are concerned.
- Tue Sep 17 2002 HP banks on outsourcing deal
The Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce hands Hewlett-Packard the keys to its technology infrastructure in a seven-year agreement worth about $1.5 billion.
- Thu Jan 12 2006 Can offshore outsourcers end reign of Big Six?
Huge outsourcing contracts are soon up for grabs, and Indian companies could give big players a run for their money.
- Tue Jan 10 2006 The minicomputer returns to a Web site near you
Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen pays homage to a much-loved old friend, DEC's PDP, in all its guises.
- Mon Oct 25 2004 EDS delays earnings, may take charge
Troubled Navy contract spurs delay, and possible earnings hit.
- Fri Mar 28 2008 Week in review: Social media open for business
The formation of a group to promote universal standards for social-network apps stood out amid a slew of headlines this week about companies merging, collaborating, or restructuring.
(By CNET News.com's Michelle Meyers)

