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update IBM is set to lose over 2500 workers across Asia-Pacific as the economy continues on a downward spiral.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Spending a lot of time watching TV, playing video games and surfing the Web makes children more prone to a range of health problems including obesity and smoking, U.S. researchers said on Tuesday.

Eric Holder, the deputy attorney general under President Clinton, has criticized the warrantless wiretapping program. But he wanted to limit encryption use, and his views on other online policies may not be that far from the Bush administration's.

The new browser extension helps identify OpenID participants and manage them across the Web. Good timing, considering Facebook Connect is about to make its big debut.

Media critic Michael Wolff had some pretty blunt things to say about News Corp.'s social network in a BusinessWeek interview about his new Rupert Murdoch bio.

Media critic Michael Wolff has some pretty blunt things to say about News Corp.'s social network in a BusinessWeek interview about his new Rupert Murdoch bio.

A new competition from the Google-owned video-sharing site in conjunction with some classical music heavy-hitters encourages members to enter via video submission and yes, possibly win a trip to perform at Carnegie Hall.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Federal Communications Commission is likely to consider a plan this month to auction public airwaves with a mandate that the winning bidder set aside some for free internet nationwide, a proposal staunchly opposed by the cell phone industry.

NEW YORK, N.Y., Dec. 2 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- EMRG Media, LLC, New York's leading event planning and marketing company, announced today that they have released their best ever 'New Year Year's Eve Guide 2009' for hot events happening throughout New York City. And this year, in an effort to be environmentally-conscious and budget-minded, an e-book is available, listing parties for all budgets.

A group including MoveOn.org, Tim O'Reilly, and Newt Gingrich's organization American Solutions is asking President-elect Barack Obama's transition team to free up content from Change.gov.