10 arrested in international cybercrime ring
Ten people have been arrested as part of an investigation into international cybercrime rings that steal millions of computer users' credit card, bank ...

Hockey fans fed up with ongoing NHL labor strife
Sitting in a hockey locker room, Steve Chase became the latest die-hard fan fed up with the NHL lockout. Living in Los Angeles, Chase believed the ...

A look at prolific Twitter accounts
Pope Benedict XVI hit the 1 million Twitter follower mark on Wednesday as he sent his first tweet from his new account. In amassing an army of ...
Facebook poised to roll out more privacy controls
Facebook is trying to make its privacy controls easier to find and understand in an effort to turn the world's largest social network in to a more ...

Pope hits 1M mark as he tweets: 'Dear Friends... '
Pope Benedict XVI hit the 1 million Twitter follower mark on Wednesday as he sent his first tweet from his new account, blessing his online fans and ...
Facebook says some users briefly kept from site
Facebook says some users were briefly unable to access the site because of a technical glitch. The social networking site with over 1 billion users ...

Ex-Fla. Gov. Crist tweets he's joining Democrats
Former Florida Gov. Charlie Crist, who was elected the state's chief executive as a Republican and then ran unsuccessfully for the U.S. Senate as an ...

SC Gov. Haley shuts door on Colbert for US Senate
South Carolina's governor appears to have closed the door on appointing Stephen Colbert to the U.S. Senate, all because the comedian didn't know the ...

Netflix gets SEC notice over CEO's Facebook post
Netflix Inc. is facing scrutiny from government regulators for a Facebook post by its CEO in July that may have boosted the online video company's ...

Did Costas overstep his bounds with gun comments?
Clearly, Bob Costas stirred up a hornet's nest Sunday with a halftime commentary about Kansas City Chiefs player Jovan Belcher, who killed his ...
25 top-rated Facebook games from 2012
Games can be both a welcome and an annoying diversion on Facebook, the world's most popular online social network. This year, Facebook crossed a big ...
Frankie Muniz tweets that he had a 'mini stroke'
Actor Frankie Muniz says he was hospitalized last week after suffering a "mini stroke." The former star of "Malcolm in the Middle" wrote on Twitter ...
Israel's President tweets the pope a welcome
Israeli President Shimon Peres welcomed Pope Benedict XVI, both octogenarians, to social media with a personal tweet on Tuesday. Peres, 89, tweeted ...

Costas gun control commentary gets notice
Bob Costas' "Sunday Night Football" halftime commentary supporting gun control sparked a Fox News Channel debate Monday on whether NBC should fire him ...
Study shows growth in second screen users
Television viewers were once called couch potatoes. Many are becoming more active while watching now, judging by the findings in a new report that ...

Pope joins tweeting masses with Pontifex handle
Benedict XVI, the pope known for his hefty volumes of theology and lengthy encyclicals, is now trying brevity — spreading the faith through his own ...
Baltimore blogger airs police talks, surrenders
A Baltimore blogger wanted on a court-issued warrant surrendered without incident to authorities late Saturday after broadcasting on Internet radio ...

MacFarlane surprises UCLA class, announces contest
Oscar host Seth MacFarlane is inviting college students to join him on stage at the Academy Awards. The "Family Guy" creator made a surprise ...
Zynga stock falls after Facebook terms change
Shares of Zynga slumped Friday after it disclosed with its partner Facebook that they have loosened their close ties to one another. THE SPARK: The ...
Tajikistan blocks US-funded news website
Tajikistan has blocked a popular U.S.-funded news website, only days after barring access to social networking site Facebook for featuring content ...

Watney takes 2-shot lead at Sherwood
Sure enough, putting was all the rage Thursday in the World Challenge. One day after golf's governing bodies proposed a new rule that will ban the ...

Greater email privacy won't hinder law enforcement
Over objections from law enforcement officials, the Senate Judiciary Committee has approved legislation that would require police to obtain a search ...

Review: Rooming with strangers _ a game of trust
"Do we still have a TV?" That's the text message I got from my husband as I walked up the steps to our Brooklyn apartment on a Friday afternoon this ...
House panel promises more aggressive VA oversight
The House Veterans' Affairs Committee warned the VA Wednesday to expect much more aggressive oversight in the coming months as lawmakers review the ...

Facebook stock climbs after upgrade
Facebook's stock is climbing after an upgrade from an analyst who believes Wall Street is underestimating the company's potential to grow revenue.