If you've used a GPS system — or if you happen to be using the Internet to read this — you can thank DARPA, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency. For 50 years, the smallish, somewhat secretive division of the Pentagon has been mostly off-limits to reporters. Now author Michael Belfiore has profiled the agency in a new book.
Ken Auletta's Googled chronicles the company from the bottom up.
Ken Auletta tracks the growth of Google from a search engine to the provider of all things Internet.
BOSTON — The MBTA is taking its first significant step towards offering realtime information on where its buses are, and when they’ll get to the next stop.
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — Google CEO Eric Schmidt joined WBUR’s Tom Ashbrook at MIT on Thursday in a discussion about the next Internet. Watch the video of their conversation.
Massachusetts is profiting from its competitive technical prowess. But the news that Evergreen Solar is moving production jobs to China is a reminder that the manufacturing future for green energy is difficult.
BOSTON — A team at MIT says they’ve made a breakthrough in studying cement that could reduce worldwide greenhouse gas pollution.
BOSTON — Apple Inc. CEO Steve Jobs has returned to his showman role, taking the stage Wednesday at a product launch event for the first time since his nearly six-month-long medical leave.
BOSTON — Just in time for the return of flu season, there’s a free new iPhone application developed locally that lets users track and report infectious disease outbreaks.
BOSTON — The sixth U.S. president was fond of making one-line-a-day entries in his diary. A student visiting his archives noticed how similar those entries are to today’s Twitter updates, which are limited to 140 characters.
NEW YORK — Google CEO Eric Schmidt is resigning from Apple’s board of directors as the Internet search leader increasingly develops products that compete with Apple’s core businesses, including the popular iPhone.
BOSTON — A federal jury on Friday ordered a Boston University graduate student who admitted illegally downloading and sharing music online to pay $675,000 to four record labels.
BOSTON — A federal judge has ruled that a Boston University student violated copyright laws when he swapped music online, paving the way for a jury to begin considering damages Friday.
BOSTON — A Boston University graduate student accused of illegally swapping music online admitted in court Thursday that he has downloaded and shared hundreds of songs by Nirvana, Green Day, The Smashing Pumpkins and other artists.
SAN FRANCISCO — Microsoft Corp. has finally roped Yahoo Inc. into an Internet search partnership, capping a convoluted pursuit that dragged on for years and finally setting the stage for the rivals to make an all-out assault against the dominance of Google Inc.
BOSTON — A Boston University graduate student was “a kid who did what kids do” when he swapped songs through file-sharing networks like Kazaa, his lawyer said Tuesday as his copyright-infringement trial began.
BOSTON — For only the second time, a music downloading lawsuit is going to trial. Opening statements are scheduled in Boston federal court in the RIAA’s lawsuit against Boston University graduate student Joel Tenenbaum, who is accused of downloading 30 songs without paying. To learn more about the case, WBUR’s Bob Oakes spoke with Nate Anderson, senior editor of Ars Technica.
BOSTON — Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have invented an innovative type of barcode that could soon make its way into commercial applications.
