There's a wide variety of entities operating our electrical infrastructure. Here's why the difference matters, even if you don't have much of a choice. Eric Mack has been a CNET contributor since 2011 ...

The Mac Evaluation Utility is an Apple tool most people never experience, but it is very useful for IT teams, making it a lot easier to see what they must do with their existing deployments to bring ...

In many parts of the country, gas and electric are operated by different companies. But in Baltimore, one utility covers both ...

Marginal utility helps set product pricing; high initial satisfaction decreases with more units. Some stores use bulk pricing when consumers value additional items less. Progressive taxes assume each ...

A utility function measures a consumer’s preference and satisfaction with different goods or services. As part of rational choice theory, it helps economists analyze how consumers make decisions to ...

Akron-based utility says it is drawing up its plan and will soon share details about PUCO-ordered customer refunds that ...

As uncertainty continues to loom over software patents around the world, is the utility model the way to go in the fast-moving industry? This was one topic discussed by panellists at Managing IP’s ...