The Cabby Takes Plastic, or at Least Is Supposed To (New York Times) More than half the city’s yellow cabs are now fitted with devices to accept credit cards for payment, but riders may have to resort to arm-twisting to be allowed the privilege.

Amazon buys J.K. Rowling tales for $4 million Handwritten, illustrated book is one of seven in existence; proceeds from sale go to childrens charity co-founded by author. Amazon.com, the Web retailer known for selling books, said it had paid about $4 million to buy a handwritten, illustrated book of wizardry by Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling....

Antibiotics could help slow MS Adding antibiotics to standard drug therapy may slow down the progress of multiple sclerosis, research suggests.

Battered PM launches comeback blitz Government fightback derailed by unforced errors as Tories concentrate fire on Browns leadership

Gene test to screen at-risk embryos Doctors may be allowed to screen human embryos for gene that increases risk of heart attacks

Call of Duty 4 Hardware Performance Guide Find out how Call of Duty 4 runs on our stable of hardware and what we did to improve frame rates.

Codename Panzers: Cold War Hands-On [PC] Codename Panzers: Cold War takes the acclaimed real-time strategy series out of World War II for the first time. We flew to Hungary for a full briefing.

Tom Clancys EndWar Hands-On [Xbox 360] Our first hands-on with Ubisoft Shanghais upcoming strategy game was surprisingly hands-free, but we still delivered massive destruction to our enemies.