Prosecutors dispute a defense claim that 28-year-old Albert Gonzalez suffers from Asperger's disorder, and ask federal judges to throw the book at the former Secret Service informant turned mass identity thief.
Two months after Google shook the world with its threat to leave China on censorship and hacking concerns, there are increasing signs that an exit is imminent as the two sides refuse to back down. Following are the possible paths the world’s largest search company could take -- and the possible reactions from Beijing.
LaDiDa takes even the worst vocal performance and sweetens it, then instantly creates full-band backing tracks in a variety of musical styles. The end result is a batch of DIY songs that sound pretty amazing.
Twitter has taken out South by Southwest presenters in the past, leading to very public — and very embarrassing — onstage meltdowns. Here's how you can avoid a similar disaster.
What's new in the latest installment of the venerable RPG franchise? Oh, only just about everything. A look back at Final Fantasy's fantastic roots and the current state of affairs in Pulse and Cocoon.
Even with Jude Law, Forest Whitaker and a perfect sci-fi setup, this movie sputters a bit in the middle, and the whole bloody affair suffers from a lack of black humor. But that's one hell of a knife fight that first-time director Miguel Sapochnik pulls out of his bag of tricks.
Scientists find that the human tendency toward fairness is a product of institutions, not innate psychology. Most studies conclude that basic behaviors like fairness originated in life on the savannah.
Defense giant Boeing now says it has completed the preliminary design of the Free Electron Laser: a shipboard laser powerful enough to destroy anti-ship missiles.
The Viacom-YouTube copyright battle heated up Thursday. Viacom told a federal judge that Google-owned YouTube turns a blind eye to wanton copyright infringement on the video-sharing site. Google says Viacom uploaded many of the videos that are subject of its suit.
How can a simpleton skit from Saturday Night Live serve as the basis for an entertaining feature film? Director Jorma Taccone seems to have cracked the nut, serving up a sharply written comedy with a not-so-secret weapon: the amazing Kristen Wiig. A report from the movie's star-studded South by Southwest premiere.
A number of websites ask iPhone developers for money in exchange for "expedited" reviews of their apps. One site even refuses to review apps unless developers pay them a fee. The FTC says paid reviews aren't illegal, but the practice should raise questions about a publication's credibility.
An appellate court upholds a preliminary injunction barring a prosecutor from bringing child-porn charges against a teenaged girl for engaging in "sexting."
The nomination of the internet for the Nobel Peace Prize has received a lot of criticism, but neuroscientist Jamil Zaki says its influence in spreading altruism makes the internet worthy of serious consideration.
An attempt to save the endangered Virginia big-eared bat colony at the National Zoo has come under fire from experts saying the colony is failing because of negligence.
The jinxed sex.com domain name is set to be auctioned off for more than a million bucks Thursday -- until creditors of the current, failed owner stop the sale with an odd emergency, forced-bankruptcy filing. The sordid tale continues.
ABC's compelling sci-fi/soap opera/crime thriller returns without The Dark Knight co-writer David S. Goyer at the helm. But Jack Davenport, who plays a physicist who might know what caused the catastrophic global blackout that drives the show, says the series will continue to grow its head-trip mythology.
Google is working with Intel and Sony to develop a new class of Internet-enabled televisions and set top boxes, according to the New York Times. Will this finally bring us the converged living room hub that Media Center, Apple TV and Tivo haven't?
Amazon has at last released Kindle for Mac, which means you can now read your Kindle books on most any device. It joins the iPhone, PC Blackberry and of course the Kindle itself.