Topic: Koninklijke Philips Electronics NV

App-driven life: When in Rome, you can turn lights on back home

Want to know how to change your smart phone into a light switch? Philips Hue bulbs are controlled by your Android or iPhone, letting you turn them on and off from another room or another country. 

Stocks fall. Greece weighs on markets.

Stocks are down in Asia and Europe ahead of a key European summit. S&P futures are also lower. Investors shun stocks as concerns linger about Greece's long-term solvency.  

Stocks get a boost from Europe, corporate earnings

The Dow rose 69 points to close at 12462 as hopes for strong corporate earnings boosted the markets.

Why Republicans are fighting to save the 30-cent light bulb

House Republicans are attempting to repeal energy-efficiency standards that would phase out the least efficient – and least expensive – incandescent light bulbs. They see the regulations as another example of government meddling.

Walmart Black Friday 2010: Will you shop all night?

Now that Walmart has released its Black Friday 2010 ads, customers should rest up. The sale starts at midnight.

Why is there a link between price inflaction and unemployment?

Free market economists and Keynesian economists have weighed in. Here's a new angle.

Local Ladakhi films trump India's Bollywood in Himalayas

'The Beatles Remastered.' Getting better all the time?

With improved sonics and sparkling-clean tracks, the 14 albums offer a chance to experience the fab four's recorded legacy.

BlackBerry Storm: more thunder than lighting?

Does community service really change anything?

Our group of teens discovered the answer is complex.

Greenpeace slams Nintendo, offers others faint praise

Greenpeace released its eighth quarterly Guide to Greener Electronics Wednesday, raising its standards and handing out poor marks to all of the 18 companies it reviewed.