Microsoft may offer you a break on Windows Me, but that doesn't mean the upgrade won't cost you.

Live 8 performances for download. Plus: Stuff your mouth with grapes and snap a photo to win a prize from Xiu Xiu.

Why did Mattel include technology that can encrypt and send data to and from your PC in its children's CD-ROMs?

There's something for everyone and every budget, from puzzles & pizza prep to scuba diving & literally being bread

Don't you dare compare Apple to Microsoft! Readers respond to Andrew Leonard's "Musical Snares."

Fire department is searching the building for victims. Plus: Slide show

Congressional Republicans are preparing to hold vital legislation hostage in order to ram through deregulation

The Dope Wars drug-running game strikes a nerve among the "buy low, sell high" crowd.

The Wonderful Company -- makers of FIJI Water and POM juice -- created their own town, and Brooks loves it

Mozilla's browser is taking market share away from Microsoft. Sometimes, slow and steady really does win the race.

Let's Get This Straight: Scott Rosenberg on Microsoft's agreement with Justice, Netscape's distribution of its source code and a dubious e-mail from Wired.

The Apple CEO's new plan to add third-party programs to his new phone disappoints people hoping for a fully functional pocket computer.

From a mimosa to French 75, top off these cocktails with a bit of bubbly

Microsoft's pushing ActiveX. Apple's got OpenDoc. Everyone has Java. You're not supposed to worry about who wins. Here's why you should.

DivX Networks aims to do for video what MP3s have done for music. Can it please both hackers and the movie biz? First of two parts.