Absence Manager enables employees to make a call to an automated system at any time to report their first day of absence. The system records the call details and automatically sends alerts to relevant contacts in real-time.

Earthquake scientists want to borrow your laptop or maybe a little space in your basement or garage. Researchers don't have enough high-tech monitoring stations to track every instance of ground shaking, so they are enlisting help from ordinary people to

Software giant drops $42.3 billion offer Microsoft Corp. withdrew its $42.3 billion bid to buy Yahoo Inc. on Saturday, scrapping an attempt to snap up the tarnished Internet icon in hopes of toppling online search and advertising leader Google Inc.

SHANGHAI, China (AP) -- An anti-piracy tactic by Microsoft that turns some computer users' screens black is setting off a wave of unexpected indignation among Chinese consumers, posing renewed problems for the software maker in the huge China market.

The ongoing efforts of law enforcement to combat the exploitation and sexual abuse of children on the Internet is the topic of a week-long conference kicked-off Monday (Nov. 17), at the Hilton Hotel in downtown London.