‘Simpsons’ video game spoofs industry

Title hopes to build on two other milestones this year: the 400th episode of the TV show and the long-awaited movie adaptation. In the latest antics of The Simpsons, Bart chases a giant ape through a video game factory, Lisa destroys a logging camp, and Marge storms city…

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Google Aims to Blow Social Networking Space Wide Open

Google is getting set to make a splash in the burgeoning social networking space with the introduction on Thursday of OpenSocial. It is rare for Google to be behind the curve of any Internet trend — much less one that has become nearly mainstream in the last few years. However, it’s making up for lost […]

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Meebo Says ‘Me Too’ to Third-Party Apps

To mark its second birthday Monday, Meebo unveiled a surprise for its users — applications for the Meebo platform. With the announcement, the instant messaging site joins social networks such as Facebook and MySpace that have opened up their platform to third-party developers. The first round of applications are designed to pep up Meebo’s communications […]

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UC Berkeley creates a radio out of a nanotube

Nanotube, you've got me on my knees

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Google launches Privacy Channel on YouTube

Google starts public education campaign about its privacy practices on YouTube one day before FTC holds behavioral ad targeting event.

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Mac OS malware targets porn surfers

Intego Security issues warning about malware targeting Mac OS X users that disguises itself as a codec required to view a porn video.

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Throwing the book at cyberbullies

New book explores the trend in child intimidation via the Internet and cell phones. Can parents get even with cyberbullies? What are they already doing wrong?

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Sony's Folding@home project gets Guinness record

The project, which uses distributed computing to allow scientists to do research related to proteins and serious diseases, is called the world's most powerful such system.

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Creating the world's-largest corn maze

What does it take to make a complex maze in 40 acres of corn fields? And what does it take to get out?

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Hot deal: Mechanical severed head for $68

Need a gross-out prop for your haunted house? Look no further.

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