The Apple CEO had traded his black turtleneck for a tuxedo at the 82nd Academy Awards on Sunday, where he kept a low profile but some bloggers managed to spot him entering the theater.

Many filmmakers at Sunday's Academy Awards used Apple's Final Cut Studio to edit their movies.

Bit Torrent has tabulated the numbers of downloads for each Oscar movie on its site. If each download represented one vote, then the winner, with more than 12 million votes, is a surprising one.

As the Apple iPad and its A4 chip get ready to ship, plenty of competing products are waiting in the wings.

Inside Intel's Photonics Lab in Santa Clara, Calif., researchers are seeking ways to enhance data transfer using silicon germanium optical transfer.

Microsoft shows a game that's playable on Windows Phone 7, Xbox 360, and Windows 7, and the gaming session is maintained as you move from one device to another.

The first wave of electric cars are targeting consumers willing to pay a premium for a greener machine, but government mandates to get them on the road are also needed, say experts at MIT Energy conference.

Two IT employees at Lower Merion School District have been put on administrative leave while alleged misuse of Webcams in student laptops is investigated.

Executive Vice President David Perlmutter downplays the importance of laptop graphics performance and speaks about ARM chip rivals at an investor conference.

In one of the stranger pre-iPad launch tales, CEO Steve Jobs reportedly e-mails a customer in Sweden to answer a question about iPad.

A new report shows that the business press writes little about enterprise IT--despite being the industry cash-cow--and instead focuses on gadgets and trends.

Developed by an MIT researcher, MeBot is a small robot avatar for telepresence applications that can gesture to help convey the user's emotional state.

Here are a few of CNET Reviews' favorite items from the past week, including the unlocked HTC HD2, Dell Mini 10, HP Mini 210 HD, and TomTom Ease.

CNET has answers to the most frequently asked questions about Apple's new touch-screen tablet, due April 3.

MIT Media Lab Complex by architect Fumihiko Maki and his firm offers labs on display to encourage creativity and collaboration.

Apple's iPad will fly out of stores when it goes on sale in four weeks, building momentum through the rest of the year, analysts said today.

The Download Sort add-on for Firefox can automatically save your downloads to various folders based on rules you define. This freebie might take a bit of work to set up, but once you've got it rolling your downloads will sort themselves right into place.

Everyone's a critic this week, some with more success than others. One of our favorite pundits--if not the favorite--gets a little over-eager when bashing the iPad. Critics of Apple's suit against HTC, meanwhile, are not hard to find. And, after some early rave reviews, a big name in design comes out against Windows Phone 7 Series.

iPhones in the lives of children are an underappreciated cultural phenomenon, says Mike Elgan. Wait until they get an iPad.

People who stayed at the Westin Bonaventure Hotel & Suites in Los Angeles last year and used their credit or debit card to eat there should keep a close eye on their bank statements.

Two major events -- the RSA Conference and the annual Cebit extravaganza -- dominated the IT headlines this week. In other news, all eyes were on Chile as the after-effects and aftershocks continued following a devastating 8.8 earthquake last Saturday. Taiwan also was hit by a major temblor, and given the prevalence of technology companies based there, the effects are rippling into IT.

Hewlett-Packard has been forced to reduce the amount of profit it reported last quarter to cover additional costs awarded against its EDS division in a lawsuit brought by British Sky Broadcasting in the U.K.

Fear, uncertainty and doubt is an integral part of the security industry. Vendors sell FUD, the media loves reporting it, and trade shows thrive on it.

Microsoft will discontinue development of Windows Essential Business Server (EBS) as of June 30, the company announced via a blog.

Apple's iPad could seriously disrupt the e-reader business of Amazon, Sony and others, according to a survey last month that queried American consumers on their purchase plans.

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At the HIMSS healthcare IT show, HIT vendors and medical pros reviewed the latest in clinical equipment, electronic health records systems, and more.

BP CEO Tony Hayward told top managers the company had become a "serial underperformer." Here's how CIO Dana Deasy and the IT teams answered the challenge.

BP CEO Tony Hayward told top managers the company had become a "serial underperformer." Here's how CIO Dana Deasy and the IT teams answered the challenge.

Dana Deasy's IT transformation idea "caught on like wildfire." when people realized they had to get on board or get out. To keep people focused on the right goals and to force a consistent approach, BP's IT leaders came up with a communication strategy of the Four R's.

Unified communications can solve some of the unique challenges faced by healthcare centers. We help CIOs make the business case.

Project portfolio management is about process and behavior than tools.

Project portfolio management is about process and behavior than tools.

Unified communications can solve some of the unique challenges faced by healthcare centers. We help CIOs make the business case.

Web apps and consolidated data centers are adding pressure, and video will bring even more. It could be time to explore new options.

Windows 7 does speech recognition one better.

Column about Starwood Hotels opening Cisco TelePresence suites in two hotels with 8 more to come around the world this year with Tata Communications building an online portal for reservations and payment.

The tech VP's pet peeve? Don't tell her "That's not my job."

By acquiring DocVerse, Google is paving the road to cloud computing.

Adobe and Microsoft execs debate the merits of Flash and Silverlight, the looming threat of HTML5, and the battle for mobile dominance in our weekly Fritz & David Show Podcast.

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AP - A new online database promises to crack some of the nation's 100,000 missing persons cases and provide answers to desperate families, but only a fraction of law enforcement agencies are using it.

AP - Cablevision says WABC-TV's signal has been switched back on for its 3.1 million subscribers in New York, New Jersey and Connecticut shortly after the Academy Awards telecast got under way.

AP - Federal regulators trying to bring high-speed Internet connections to all Americans will propose tapping the government program that now subsidizes telephone service in poor and rural areas.

AP - It's the new front in the nanny state: Microchips placed in garbage bins to monitor how much people throw away.

AP - Toyota has for years blocked access to data stored in devices similar to airline "black boxes" that could explain crashes blamed on sudden unintended acceleration, according to an Associated Press review of lawsuits nationwide and interviews with auto crash experts.

AP - Microsoft Corp. has said its new software for smart phones, Windows Phone 7 series, is a "clean break" with the past. Now it's clear just how clean that break is: The new phones, expected late this year, won't run any applications written for older versions of Microsoft's phone software.

Reuters - Is holding an online office pool to predict Oscar winners unlawful gambling?

AFP - Somali pirates raked in an estimated 60 million dollars in 2009 but the Indian Ocean's ransom hunters have also spurred a much larger industry of ship protection devices.

AP - Mobile phone software developer Sybase Inc. said Friday that it has redeemed $390 million of convertible debt.

AP - Among the stock activity stories for Friday, March 5, from AP Financial News:

AFP - As an electronic reader, Apple's iPad has been touted as a possible "Kindle killer" but what has videogame makers buzzing is the potential of the touchscreen tablet computer as a gaming platform.

PC World - We're down to the final weeks before the debut of Apple's famed iPad. Even with the sale date set, though, plenty of pressing questions remain about the highly hyped device.

AFP - Indian software engineer Prithvi Sen has a spring in his step after getting re-hired by the country's flagship outsourcing industry, which is shaking off the effects of the global recession.

PC World - Microsoft will discontinue development of Windows Essential Business Server (EBS) as of June 30, the company announced via a blog.

AFP - US government cybersecurity efforts are being hampered by a need to better define the roles of the agencies responsible for defending against cyber threats, a US Congressional watchdog said Friday.