Technology

Already besieged by two recalls this year, Toyota Motor (TM) said Tuesday it is recalling 7,300 of its 2010 Camry sedans for possible braking problems, raising the number of cars the world's largest automaker has recalled to more than 8.5 million since last fall.

With results lagging, the software giant just replaced its CEO. That means a hard look at costs might be unavoidable because expenses are way out of line compared to those of rivals such as Microsoft and Google. And that means layoffs may be looming.

The 33rd America's Cup taking place this week in Valencia, Spain, already seems destined to be remembered as one of the most vicious and brutal sporting events in history, as rival billionaires Ernesto Bertarelli and Oracle CEO Larry Ellison duke it out in the courts and the media -- and drive away fans and advertisers.

Much of the biotech's future rests on the experimental bone drug denosumab, to be sold commercially as Prolia. The drug has had its ups and downs, but Amgen says a pivotal Phase 3 clinical trial pitting denosumab against Novartis's Zometa showed that denosumab worked better.

The cloud computing revolution is upon us, and if SAP wants to keep its dominant position in the enterprise software business, it will have to do two things that run counter to its established philosophy: Start buying up small, nimble competitors, and accelerate its own pace of change.

Shares of video game maker, whose games include the popular "Madden" series, plunge after the company issued a disappointing outlook -- a sign that big cost-cuts and layoffs have not ended the company's slump.

Until now, Gmail has been primarily an email and instant messaging product. But Google is finally taking a shot at Facebook's and Twitter's social networking tools, apparently gearing up to turn Gmail into a hub for keeping track of friends, posting rolling updates, and more.

Toyota is reportedly preparing to recall at least 311,000 2010 Priuses to fix a problem with their brakes. Unlike the mechanical issues which led to the two recent recalls of 8 million Toyotas for unintended acceleration, the problem with the Prius is apparently a software issue.

With social networking transforming the way people relate to each other, some fear technology "generation gaps" are increasing. Yet just as Mick Jagger's lips didn't end Western Civilization, the truth is texting, twittering and blogging will only increase connections between people and generations.

Heinz is changing its ketchup this year, introducing a different recipe and different packaging. That's a bold move for the world's most popular ketchup -- and one that also has an unfortunate resemblance to Coca-Cola's infamously bungled launch 25 years ago.