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Perhaps you missed Leonardo DiCaprio's swashbuckling performance in "The Man in the Iron Mask" when the movie came to theaters. Or to video. Or to HBO. Now, four years after...

It takes more than vital statistics to make an online love connection these days as dating services hone their matchmaking queries to include intangible "lifestyle" questions. Moving beyond age, size...

Palm's new i705 wireless personal digital assistant, priced at $449, is an elegant way to get electronic mail, instant messages and Web access without lugging around a notebook computer. But...

Maybe you remember the quaint old days, early in 2001, when privacy still mattered. That was before big business used its clout to sweep aside or neuter an assortment of...

Desktop computers don't get much stroking. We poke them, haul them and bang on them when they upset us. But stroking? Hardly. That's because most desktop computers do not respond...

Personal technology will take small but significant steps forward this year, perhaps the best that can be expected after the many disasters of 2001. Here's what we predict will be...

We will always view 2001 through the lens of Sept. 11. The distortions, minor and major, have warped the way we see ourselves and the world. The technology arena felt...

I doubt that I'll buy a Segway Human Transporter, the stand-up scooter that has been the topic of the most shameless hype-fest since Windows 95. And unlike almost everyone else...

The second of the major record label-backed online music services is poised to launch, offering the one feature that consumers demand but rival subscription offerings lack: portability. Pressplay's chief executive,...

The price of holiday cheer just went up on the Internet. In time to catch the holiday card bonanza, the Web's largest network of online greetings sites has begun charging...