Office technology focuses on the office information functions, including word processing, data processing, graphics, desktop publishing, and communications. The backbone of technology-rich office environments is a local area network (LAN), which is a...

A chief technical officer or chief technology officer (abbreviated as CTO) is an executive position whose holder is focused on scientific and technical issues within an organization. Often, the CTO will oversee technical staff at a company, particularly...

Goodyear Tire & Rubber named Jean-Claude Kihn senior vice president and chief technical officer. Kihn was general director of Goodyear's Technical Center in Akron (GTCA). He replaces Joseph M. Gingo, who retired from Goodyear after 41 years to become chief executive officer of...

First, consider that over a 50-year period (and your author has been working for that time), U.S. R&D expenditures have increased from $5 billion per year to just over $300 billion. At the same time, our clients have become impatient, and our work...

Hackers briefly overwhelmed at least three of the 13 computers that help manage global computer traffic Tuesday in one of the most significant attacks against the Internet since 2002.Experts said the unusually powerful attacks lasted as long as 12 hours but passed largely unnoticed by...

A potentially devastating hole in Google Inc.'s prevalent desktop search product could have exposed personal files on users' computers to data thieves. Google fixed the defect within weeks of being informed about it and says it has no evidence the vulnerability was exploited.The flaw was...