Ex-NSA and CIA head tells Black Hat crowd that rules for when military can attack foreign networks might exempt power grids and financial networks.

Though short on details, Microsoft's CEO said it is Job One to make sure that Windows 7 is an attractive option for slates and tablets.

As Nvidia falters, AMD's ATI graphics unit is on the rise, spurred by "radical" shifts in a notoriously fickle market, says Mercury Research.

Microsoft's CEO takes the stage at the company's financial analyst meeting. CNET's Ina Fried is in Redmond with coverage live from the event.

The government using the Web to make its policies and processes more "open" sounds sunny, but the inability of a Supernova conference panel to go into much depth about it highlights its complexities.

The names and Facebook profile Web addresses for 171 million accounts are scraped from the site and posted on file-sharing site Pirate Bay.

Evatran introduces a "hands free" EV charging station that eliminates the need to remember to recharge at the end of the day--or dirty your hands.

An experiment by Topspin and the Pixies for a couple of U.K. concerts demonstrates that in the future many acts won't need ticket brokers or promoters.

The "essential use" exemption means that only customers can legally perform jailbreaks. And it doesn't stop companies such as Apple from various work-arounds, argues Stanford Law Fellow Larry Downes.

Planning a barbecue, dinner party, or anything else that means group resource gathering? Divvyus lets you dole out those tasks in an orderly fashion.

Want to put videos longer than 10 minutes up on YouTube? It's now a reality, with a new 15-minute limit.

Taiwan mobile phone maker announces series of new jobs and promotions in management staff as part of ongoing effort to drive future growth.

Solar thermal plants to retain heat and produce power even on sunless days.

Concerns over the U.S. and global economies and regulatory uncertainties prompt a drop in confidence among venture capitalists.

Big Blue acquires privately held company and its technology for compressing data in real-time and making it available to analytics apps.

The software maker is kicking off a daylong analyst meeting in Redmond, Wash. CNET's Ina Fried will have live coverage of the meeting throughout the day.

The Nintendo 3DS will have a price and release date in two months, YouTube may change user video uploads to 15 minutes, and Amazon releases a new version of its Kindle e-reader.

The new technology could move the United States away from its dependence on fossil fuels--if it can overcome the high price tag for the massive plants needed.

If you know what this is and where it's located, you could win a prize in the CNET Road Trip Picture of the Day challenge.

Through its the new Best Buy Connect service, the electronics retailer plans to offer customers a new 4G tier starting in 2011.