Credit Cards, Cell Phones Work On New LA Parking Meters (NBC 4 Los Angeles) City officials unveil the parking meter of the future, which takes the swipe of a credit card as well as small change.

A killer site for Dexter victims Showtime partners with video and chat service Meebo to promote series about vigilante serial killer. Showtime Networks is partnering with Meebo, a firm that fuses video programming and chat rooms, to offer Dexter fans additional content after the serial-killer show airs its season finale on Sunday. A...

Samsung L830 (Silver) The Samsung L830 is a compact 8-megapixel camera that offers plenty of manual controls, but its sluggish shooting and disappointing picture quality hold it back.

Dell Inspiron 531s Desktop Computer (AMD Sempron 3600+, 320GB HDD, 1GB RAM) Dell may not have the most bang for the buck in its new, trim Inspiron 531S, but it offers more options than the competition in this new, small-scale Windows desktop. For systems in its slimmed down class, we recommend it. For budget PCs in general, you can find a better deal if you shop around.

Motorola i335 (Nextel) The Motorola i335 isnt showy or exciting, but it offers superior call quality and the standard Nextel features in an accessible design.

Civil servants kept out of loop on data security Junior civil servants dealing with the records of 25 million child benefit claimants were not given the official instructions on how to share the data with the rest of Whitehall, the Guardian has learned

Iraq can handle policing, British army says Iraqi security forces are now capable of policing the entire south of their country without British help, senior defence and Foreign Office officials said yesterday

Samsung L830 (Red) The Samsung L830 is a compact 8-megapixel camera that offers plenty of manual controls, but its sluggish shooting and disappointing picture quality hold it back.