Information Age

How Verizon Wireless Spies on You

To better serve advertisers, it silently modifies users’ web traffic on its network so that other sites can assemble a deep, permanent profile of its users.

Hewlett-Packard Reports a Miracle

After 11 straight quarters of declining sales, they tick up for the wrong reason, and net profit plunges nearly 30%. But no problem. “I’m very pleased with the progress we’ve made,” bragged CEO Meg Whitman.

‘To Protect the Press,’ Spain Tries to Muffle the Internet

The law hounds the new media, from blogs to Google, to protect the loyal mainstream press from insolvency and irrelevance. Other governments are ogling similar laws.