productivity

Companies are turning to open source for cost savings and productivity, but will vendors benefit?

Pageonce can already track your personal finances on the iPhone. Starting Monday it will also keep tabs on your online accounts on the BlackBerry.

US productivity rose unexpectedly in the second quarter, and labour costs fell, official figures show.

AP - Americans' productivity soared in the spring while labor costs declined, two welcome outcomes that should relieve concerns that inflation is getting out of hand.

Stocks struggled higher Wednesday morning, as investors considered falling oil prices, better-than-expected readings on productivity, employment and the services sector of the economy and more problems for Lehman Brothers.

Social networking and community is infiltrating the enterprise and a younger generation of workers demand these sites at work.

Meanwhile, companies say social networking and collaboration but then ban these community sites. Is Facebook a productivity drain or something that can be used for corporate use?

It took all of about 20 minutes to get accustomed to Linux's virtual desktops, which let you switch between work environments with a single click.

The problem is, I still spend most of my computing time on Windows machines that lack this handy productivity-boosting feature.

I tried using Microsoft'...

Stocks solidified modest gains Wednesday morning, after fluctuating early on, as a better-than-expected report on productivity helped investors shake some recession fears and encouraging corporate earnings fueled some bargain hunting.

Stocks were mixed Wednesday morning, after tumbling in the previous session, as a better-than-expected report on productivity helped investors shake some recession fears.

A reading on productivity that came in stronger than expected and solid media earnings could help stocks rebound Wednesday, after recession fears sparked the biggest sell-off in nearly a year.