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- FCC, Wireless Providers at Odds Over Plan for Unused Airwaves
A report released yesterday by the Federal Communications Commission concluded that using empty airwaves to provide free wireless Internet would not cause major interference with other services, paving the way for FCC Chairman Kevin J. Martin's proposal to sell the airwaves at a federal auction. - Consignment Sales Rise as Economy Falls
Patricia Ohlemiller packed up her Edmund Scientific Astroscan telescope last week and headed to the Gaithersburg iSold It eBay drop-off center. She hoped to recoup $150, minus commission, of its original $350 value. - U.S. Allegedly Listened In on Calls of Americans Abroad
The chairman of the Senate intelligence committee is looking into allegations that a U.S. spy agency improperly eavesdropped on the phone calls of hundreds of Americans overseas, including aid workers and U.S. military personnel talking to their spouses at home. - Security Fix Live
Security Fix blogger Brian Krebs answers your questions about the latest computer security threats and offers ways to protect your personal information. - Craft Flies 16 Miles From Moon Of Saturn
The international Cassini space probe flew within 16 miles of the surface of Saturn's moon Enceladus yesterday -- a breathtakingly close flyby designed to gather dust and water particles that will help scientists better understand the recently discovered geysers that spew constantly from the moon's... - The $700 Billion Man With an Engineer's Mind
Many of the complicated securities at the center of the subprime mortgage crisis were designed by mathematicians and physicists, and now the U.S. government has tapped an aerospace engineer who used to design NASA satellites to start unraveling them. - Kentucky Tests State's Reach Against Online Gambling
An effort by the state of Kentucky to seize more than 140 online gambling Web site names is raising novel legal questions about the physical location of digital property and the reach of local and regional governments on the global Internet. - IBM sells $3.9 billion in corporate bonds
NEW YORK -- IBM Corp. sold $3.9 billion in bonds on Thursday, a sign that the stalwarts of the corporate world are still finding lenders. - Cameras Get Cheaper, but at a Price
Something wonderful has happened to digital cameras in the past few years. They've become enough of a commodity for manufacturers to start acting a little silly in their quest to find some new feature to set their hardware apart from everybody else's. - MoveOn Grows Up
NEW YORK Five days after Sen. John McCain named Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin as his running mate, Quinn Latimer and co-worker Lyra Kilston sent an e-mail to 40 female friends and invited them to outline the reasons they were upset with his choice. It elicited such a huge response -- from friends of... - An Optimized View
BORN DIGITAL Understanding the First Generation of Digital Natives - District, Verizon Reach Deal on FiOS Service
D.C.'s Office of Cable Television and Verizon have reached an agreement on a 15-year franchise pact to bring FiOS television, high-speed Internet and telephone service to the city. - 3 Physicists Win Nobel Prize
An American and two Japanese physicists won the 2008 Nobel Prize in Physics yesterday for their discovery of tiny breaks in the symmetry of nature's fundamental particles that help explain why our universe exists and the rules that govern it. - YouTube to sell music, games in revenue push
NEW YORK (Reuters) - YouTube, the world's most popular video-sharing site, will start to sell music and video games and experiment with new advertising formats to grow revenue, executives said on Tuesday. - Army's Life-or-Death Drama
Alarmed by a record rate of suicide in its ranks, the Army yesterday unveiled a unique prevention tool -- an interactive video to be mandatory viewing Army-wide -- in which soldiers will play the role of an anguished infantryman and make virtual choices that lead the character to get help or, in the... - EBay to Fire 10 Percent of Workers, Buy Bill Me Later
EBay, whose shares are trading at an almost six-year low, will cut 10 percent of its workforce and agreed to buy two payment and classified advertising companies for $1.34 billion as sales growth slows at its Internet marketplace unit. - Studies Lift Hopes for Great Lakes Wind Turbine Farms
CHICAGO -- Picture 100,000 wind turbines rising from the Great Lakes off Michigan's shores, casting spinning shadows on the water and producing electricity for the entire Upper Midwest. - House Gives Thumbs-Up To Members' Web Videos
Members of the House, relax. You will still be allowed to post YouTube videos of yourself on your official congressional Web sites, so all your interested constituents can click and see you pounding the podium and championing a bill for your district. - High Court Lets Dish Ruling Stand
The U.S. Supreme Court yesterday rejected Dish Network's appeal of a patent-infringement ruling that may force the company to shut down its digital video recording service and pay TiVo hundreds of millions of dollars. - Bells and Whistles in Search of an Audience
Pop in a new Blu-ray version of the animated flick "Sleeping Beauty" this week, and you (or your kids) will be able to connect online while watching the movie to text-chat with friends or other Disney fans. Or you could pick your favorite scene and send it with a personalized video message to fam...
