It has the curves of a Lamborghini and looks like something an astronaut might take into space. Amazon.com's electronic Kindle reader -- a device meant to make reading more convenient and eco-friendly -- is celebrating its first birthday. With a boost from Oprah, can it move into the mainstream?

Most passenger vehicles are coming out with ABS, otherwise known as Antilock brakes. Let's take a look at their design and function.

PC World - Amazon Web Services (AWS) has opened its online database service for public beta testing and said a certain level of usage will be free, at least for now.

PC World - Hitachi Global Storage Technologies and Intel are teaming up to produce solid-state drives for servers and workstations, the companies said Tuesday.

PC World - Linux distributor Good OS and BIOS vendor Phoenix Technologies each have plans to make netbooks speedier devices, the vendors said at the Netbook World Summit in Paris on Monday.

PC World - So long red ring of death? That's what some are asking now that slightly (and stealthily) revised Xbox 360s are finally trickling into the market. New on the inside, anyway, though without so much as a twinge of marketing pomp and circumstance.

PC World - VMware on Tuesday released VMware View 3, new software aimed at providing desktop virtualization, application virtualization and management of virtual desktops in one product.

PC World - Sprint Nextel and wireless wide-area network operator Clearwire have completed a deal to create a new company and build a nationwide WiMax network with help from Intel, Google and three cable operators.

PC World - Want EA's Spore for 20 bucks? The new Spore Creepy and Cute Parts expansion pack free? The Xbox 360 Arcade with Guitar Hero III for $270? Have a look at Ian Paul's "20 Hot Cyber Monday Deals" for a general link grab with a few helpful game tips, and the following complementary list for some last minute extras.

AP - Yahoo Inc.'s stock rallied Tuesday on a report that AOL's former chief executive believes he can raise enough money in a worsening recession to buy the struggling Internet company for as much as $30 billion.

Passing through airport metal detectors may someday become a thing of the past. Security firms are developing 'brain-fingerprinting' technology that uses subliminal images and hidden biometric sensors to screen unwitting passengers not just for weapons but for behavioral intent.

CNET - Nokia spent most of Tuesday buzzing about its N97 phone, but it also quietly completed an important step in its plan to evolve as a mobile computing company.

I celebrated my 42nd birthday on November 26. We were thinking of stepping out for a coffee at the Taj hotel that night when a friend called to say there was a terrorist attack in town.

Bloated? Overstuffed? Ready to slim down? You're not alone -- and we're not talking about post-Thanksgiving torpor.