Santa via Cellphone: Shopping Online Without a Computer

By CLAIRE CAIN MILLER and VERNE G. KOPYTOFF 48 minutes ago

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Tiffany English, who runs an eBay shop, found a gift for her brother at Bed Bath & Beyond, then bought it on Amazon using her phone.

This holiday season, consumers are beginning to shop and make purchases on their mobile phones and tablet computers.

Best Buy Feels the Pressure of Rivals on the Web

By CHRISTINE HAUSER 48 minutes ago

Best Buy is emphasizing the personal touch and service to buyers of consumer products, but its earnings and sales are declining.

European Antitrust Inquiry Into Google Is Broadened

By JAMES KANTER 9:58 PM ET

The European Commission is taking over two German cases in which publishers and a mapping company are accusing Google of posing unfair competition.

December 16, 2010

Yahoo May Shut Down Some Services

Soon after announcing layoffs, Yahoo may be looking to close Delicious and other Web services.

December 16, 2010

Apple to Open Its Mac App Store in January

Apple's new Mac App Store, with downloadable software for Mac computers, will open for business on Jan. 6.

December 15, 2010

Tech Talk Podcast: Loving Your Phone

In this week's Tech Talk podcast: Damon Darlin on loving gadgets, a new way of foiling malware and iPhone/iPod audio docks.

December 15, 2010

Bing: Still Trying to Keep Up With Google

Microsoft unveiled changes for its search engine Bing in an attempt to keep pace with Google.

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Gary Chapman, Internet Ethicist, Dies at 58

By KATIE HAFNER 9:32 PM ET

An educator gave voice to many leaders in the computer field who struggled with the ethical implications of new technology.

Research In Motion Profit Rises 45%

By REUTERS

R.I.M. said it shipped 14.2 million BlackBerrys in the quarter, narrowly beating Apple’s iPhone sales in the period ending in September.

Jean-Baptiste Michel and Erez Lieberman are co-authors of a Science paper coming about “culturomics.”

In 500 Billion Words, New Window on Culture

By PATRICIA COHEN

A Google-backed project allows the frequency of specific words and phrases to be tracked in centuries of books.

City Room

Creating an Engineering School

By PATRICK MCGEEHAN

Despite being home to more college students than any other city in the country, New York lacks a top-rated engineering school.

A Call for a Federal Office to Guide Online Privacy

By TANZINA VEGA

A Commerce Department task force is recommending that a Privacy Policy Office would work with other agencies on international and commercial data privacy issues.

Nokia Sues Apple for Patent Infringement in Europe

By KEVIN J. O'BRIEN

The lawsuits filed in Germany, the Netherlands and Britain are the latest salvos in a long legal battle between the two mobile phone rivals.

Oracle’s Profit Up 28%, Beating Forecast

By VERNE G. KOPYTOFF

Oracle’s software and hardware businesses showed healthy gains, lifting the company’s second-quarter profit.

Granting Anonymity

By VIRGINIA HEFFERNAN

Tor gives us the freedom of secrecy.

Tech Talk Podcast

Loving Your Phone

Damon Darlin on loving gadgets; a new way of foiling malware; iPhone/iPod audio docks; news.

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Tech Gifts for the Holidays

Video games, computers, GPS devices, musical accessories and David Pogue’s choices for the best tech gifts of 2010.

Special Section: Personal Tech

Can This Be Love?

A special section on personal technology looks at our relationship to our gadgets. Also: more on smartphones, touch-screen-friendly gloves and tablet computers.

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Interactive Feature

Tablets, Compared

2010 was supposed to be the Year of the Tablet. Sort through and compare the latest offerings.

Browse all the mobile app coverage that has appeared in The New York Times by category, and see what Times writers have on their phones and tablets.

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