A new kind of torture
The goat. The black cat. And, now, the fan. The Cubs added a new kind of torture to their legendary misery Tuesday night, in an unbelievable eighth inning, an inning...
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It’s a familiar tune for Apple
Not only are illegal music downloaders getting sued, the most popular legal download site is as well. Apple Computer, whose iTunes Music Store and iPod music player quickly have become...
Easy-to-use tools make hosting service a winner
The newest version of a California company's hosting service is a winner for the casual Web page designer because of its easy-to-use collection of tools that even a beginner can...
Bonds’ exploits draw ailing father
Was he coming to the game? No one seemed to know. For the longest while, Bobby Bonds was the invisible man Wednesday night at Pacific Bell Park. That was how...
Despite glowing past, Rice targets more to accomplish
At the snap of the ball, he surges upfield without a lurch, his head up, his arms perfectly synchronized. He doesn't run so much as glide. He cuts to the...
Apple founder’s invention can find almost anything
Steve Wozniak, the guy who brought us the personal computer, has another idea. His new company has created a wireless network that he says can help you find almost anything--lost...
Latinos find way around language gap
It all began with a corked bat, a baseball star and one grammatically incorrect sentence. Now baseball finds itself confronting issues of language, ethnicity and the growing influence of Latinos...
Flush with success in Japan, firm floats toilet idea in U.S.
An American in Tokyo recently entered a restroom in an office building and pressed a button, expecting to hear a recording of rushing water, designed to mask the sounds of...
Families adapt as Internet comes in
Like many parents, Donna Nguyen is concerned about the dangers her children face on the Internet--unsolicited porn, identity theft and child predators, to name a few. But policing their usage...
Wired generation holds Net values
The first wave in a generation of teens unlike any other have graduated from high school: The vast majority of them will remember an adolescence lived to an astonishing degree...