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It’s talk-back time. Who hasn’t spoken to their computer on occasion?

The thought of being able to dash off e-mails, compose a letter or even write a book by speaking — without ever having to tap away at a keyboard — seems like a dream out of a sci-fi film.

If you’re a boss, what do you do about employees who love to tweet, text and social network throughout the day?

The recession has put the brakes on all sorts of industries, but the upward spike in gun sales that began about the time President Obama was elected continues.

The sound — and sight — of cell phones is all too familiar in airports.

You thought your retirement plan was being managed by smart advisers in the most conservative way.

As consumer electronics companies race to create more flat screens, touch-screens and other sleek innovations to woo mainstream consumers, there’s at least one group of people who are not celebrating this trend: the blind and visually impaired.

Walking the floor of the International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, one passes a dizzying array of televisions, computers and cameras that are all lit to perfection and powered up to showcase their features.

Fritz Scholder broke almost every rule there was for an American Indian artist.

While some cities have seen their dreams of providing wireless Internet access for all fade, others have forged ahead with wireless networks for an altogether different purpose: surveillance.