Irreverent comedian George Carlin, whose profanity-laced skewering of US political and social conventions made him a counter-culture hero, has died of heart failure at the age of 71.

Andrew Rasiej, founder of the Personal Democracy Forum, a Web site that focuses on the intersection of politics and technology, talks about the Twitter debate between presidential hopefuls John McCain and Barack Obama. He also discusses the...

The Electronic Frontier Foundation weighed in this week on the Jammie Thomas file-swapping case, where the judge has asked for public comment on whether just making a file available for download on a P2P network should count as copyright infringement....

Two major supermarkets were cordoned off by police today after a man shocked shoppers by allegedly spraying urine on the food.

Sprint this morning reported its results for the first quarter of 2008 and has revealed continued severe losses in its cellular business.

HP said Tuesday morning that it has signed a deal to acquire IT outsourcer EDS for $13.9 billion, or $25.00 per share.

Paris Hilton is desperate for a baby - and is convinced she will be a good parent because she owns so many animals. The heiress has said she would like to get pregnant soon, following her close friend and’Simple Life’ co-star Nicole...

A MAN who lost two homes in Hurricane Katrina has won $102 million in Powerball.

“To err is human,” the old joke goes. “But to really mess things up requires a computer.” Even when Windows routinely gives you the Blue Screen of Death, all may not be lost. We’ll show you how to restore both your data and...

As a single man in my mid-thirties, I’ve spent 20 years trying to understand women, with mixed results. It wasn’t until six months ago, however, that I was given a clear insight into how the female mind works.