Teenagers and marketers aren’t the only ones riding the social- media wave — several police departments in Japan have joined in, running their own community blogs to improve communication with residents. The latest to join the blog craze are four chuzaisho (police stations that ...

“Wow, it’s popping out at me!” shouts a golfer as he watches sand fly off a bunker shot and hears the splash of a golf ball hitting a water hazard. But this exclamation doesn’t come from a golf course, the sportsman and his friends ...

SAN FRANCISCO — T he next iPhone comes out June 24 and will have a higher-resolution screen, longer battery life and thinner design. CEO Steve Jobs opened Apple Inc.’s annual conference for software developers Monday by demonstrating the iPhone 4, which will cost $199 ...

The music business reinvents itself every 20 years or so — basically every time a new format comes down the pike. But the industry has never faced the kind of fundamental challenge presented by the digital file-sharing revolution. The Internet looks set to destroy ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) At first touch, the PlayStation Move feels awfully familiar. Unveiled at the recent Game Developers Conference in San Francisco, Sony’s forthcoming wand-shaped motion controller and the smaller subcontroller handle similarly to Nintendo’s Wii Remote and Nunchuck. There are differences, of course: ...

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) Viacom Inc. and Google Inc.’s YouTube site began airing each other’s dirty laundry Thursday, providing a tantalizing peek at the wheeling and dealing that triggered a bitter battle over the copyright laws governing the Internet. The previously confidential information came out ...

NEW YORK (AP) An upcoming musical video game lets players strum a real six-string electric guitar instead of tapping buttons on a fake instrument. “Power Gig: Rise of the SixString” is a game first and foremost. But its maker, Seven45 Studios, said players will ...

NEW YORK (AP) A new Web sensation called Chatroulette! feels like a throwback to the early 1990s, when online chat rooms brimmed with lonely strangers looking for meaningful connections, meaningless sex, or something in between. But this time, there’s a twist: Everyone on the ...

NEW YORK (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 ...