Tech industry, unions at odds over 'stimulus' plan WASHINGTON–As a presidential candidate in 2008, Barack Obama famously courted both labor unions and Silicon Valley firms. Now President Obama is finding that two groups that have been some of his most enthusiastic supporters are at...

Kicked out ... 90,000 registered sex offenders were booted off MySpace MYSPACE has booted 90,000 registered sex offenders from its popular online social-network, it revealed this week. Several US attorneys general subpoenaed MySpace, owned by News Corp, to tell them about sexual predators on the social...

Recession could mean more Warcraft fans AS recession ripples around the world, online games companies hope the freshly-unemployed will spend more time on cheap entertainment. Online games, which allow thousands of players to compete simultaneously over the internet, are a dominant form of video gaming in...

Former Netscape executive Mike Homer lost his battle with a rare brain disease on Sunday, reported Kara Swisher of All Things D. He was 50. Homer suffered from Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease, a degenerative and fatal neurological disorder with a variant that’s also known as mad cow disease. Among other...

Beware Revived Valentine's Day Virus Spam trumpeting the power of love is nothing more than an old trick dressed up in new clothes, more evidence that the backers of the Waledec bot Trojan are the same bunch that hammered users in 2007 with Storm, security companies are warning. Multiple security...