In a bid to educate pirates, copyright holders hire companies such as BayTSP to track down people who share their titles on P2P networks. The alleged infringers then receive a warning and are given the opportunity to resolve the issue. However, this system is vulnerable to abuse and therefore completely useless.

The space shuttle Atlantis crew on Thursday prepared to embark on the first of five spacewalks during its 11-day mission to repair the Hubble Space Telescope.

Running big public companies is hard work, so many execs get a little help to keep their noses to the grindstone. Here are some of the most egregious perks from the golden era of executive compensation, according to corporate governance experts.

Cindy Goodman was having dinner with a group of girlfriends one night when the conversation took a surprising turn.

The nation's financial and economic crisis provided a stress test for the nation's public and private retirement system.

All the ladies want a piece of Ronald and Harry in Harry Potter And The Half-Blood Prince. Watch as Potter plants the seeds for the the slow and inevitable Hermione cat-fight scene.

My message to the national media and political pundits on their premature obits on the Republican Party: Quit throwing dirt on our graves!

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Creative Labs has found a great new way to minimize the risk that a customer will actually benefit from a rebate offer.

Contrary to the notion that daydreaming is a sign of laziness, letting the mind wander can actually let the parts of the brain associated with problem-solving become active, a new study finds.

Susan Boyle, the Britain's Got Talent star, was given subtitles during an appearance on the Oprah Winfrey Show. The first part was pre-recorded at her home in Blackburn, Scotland. The subtitles were added by bosses who thought American viewers would not understand her strong Scottish accent.

A few years back you dropped significant cash to switch over from the virus-laden world of Windows to a shiny new Mac, but over time it's gotten slow and crufty. Let's clean it up.

One would have to wonder how much different that statistic would be if Hollywood WEREN’T pressuring teenagers to engage in the horizontal mambo. If Hollywood put all of its “virginity is for suckers” energy into promoting “saving sex till marriage,” I bet we’d see a very different, much more lopsided statistic.

The average potency of marijuana, which has risen steadily for three decades, has exceeded 10 percent for the first time, the U.S. government will report on Thursday. Increasing potency is leading to higher admissions to emergency rooms and drug treatment programs, officials say. "The children I'm most worried about are children who are heavy users ... people who use it on a daily basis," said Dr. Lawrence Brain, a child psychiatrist in Maryland.

he unannounced MMO in development by World of Warcraft creative studio Blizzard will not be based on one of its established franchises, a representative reiterated today.

The body of their 2-year-old granddaughter, Caylee Anthony, was found in Florida in December. And their daughter, Casey Anthony, is charged in her death. She could be executed if convicted. It's a case that has gripped America.

A new computer model suggests that the outer crusts of so-called neutron stars are the strongest known material in the universe.

You don't want to miss the 5th annual Pro-tec Pool Party going down on Saturday, May 16th 2009! Riders like Bucky Lasek, Rune Glifberg, Omar Hassan, Bob Burnquist and many others will bring their A-game to face the Combi-bowl at the Vans Skatepark in Orange, CA.

Beauty may bag you a man - but brains will bring you more fun in the bedroom. Women blessed with "emotional intelligence" - the ability to express their feelings and read those of others - have better sex lives, research shows.

Ready for a new movie based on a classic Philip K. Dick novel, from the people who are bringing you Terminator Salvation? Halcyon Pictures have announced plans to film Flow My Tears, The Policeman Said.