The threat that machines will act independently of their operators has stoked fears for longer than artificial intelligence has been a concept — but could a computer actually learn to scare us? Enter ...

A computer monitor that was checked as baggage caused a security scare at New Jersey's Newark Liberty International Airport, leading to a terminal's precautionary shutdown. A computer monitor that was ...

Does the merger of Hewlett-Packard and Compaq Computer scare Dell Computer? Probably not, say analysts. Although the combined company will command a whopping 81 percent of the U.S. retail PC market, ...

Michael Kanellos is editor at large at CNET News.com, where he covers hardware, research and development, start-ups and the tech industry overseas. Does the merger of Hewlett-Packard and Compaq ...