Bill Gates said a teary goodbye on Friday to Microsoft Corp, the software maker he built into the world's most valuable technology company based on the ambitious goal of placing a computer on every desk and in every home.He leaves his full-time executive

Some big retailers are promoting compact fluorescent light bulbs as a way to save energy. But improper disposal of the bulbs creates a hazard, because they contain small amounts of mercury.Recycling them is about to get easier. Home Depot, the nation's se

N.Y. - Three major Internet service providers have agreed with New York state officials to block online access to child pornography.Verizon, Sprint and Time Warner Cable will block child pornography newsgroups and eliminate the material from their servers

They frolic naked in the sun, defend an often-misunderstood lifestyle and boost the local economy in ways few people realize.As many industries struggle, Pasco County's nudist resorts are enjoying the kind of success that would make even Donald Trump smil

platform, to computer people, is the software code on which third-party applications function. There are scores of big platforms out there--something like three dozen in the international mobile-phone business alone. But a truly successful one can extend

Blame for the sub-prime crisis lies at the feet of banks who took too many risks in mortgage lending, U.S. billionaire investor Warren Buffett told newspaper El Pais in an interview published on Sunday."The banks exposed themselves too much, they took on

A revived Faberge luxury goods group plans to resurrect its founder's work next year with the launch of the first jewel-encrusted egg since 1917, when the Faberge family was scattered by the Russian revolution.A group of investors bought rights to Faberge

You know that Sharper Image gift card you got for Christmas? Right now, it's worthless. And other gift cards in your wallet could lose their value, too.As more retailers file for bankruptcy or go out of business, more than $75 million in gift cards are at

The nation's three largest banks said Monday they will team up to buy tens of billions of dollars in investments that lost value after global credit markets seized up.That followed a crisis in the mortgage industry, as people defaulted on their home loans

From clothes riddled with sensors to name tags that detect our moods, computing's next wave could unleash small devices that increasingly augment everyday activities with digital intelligence.That was the predominant vision at a conference on "wearable c