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.

Cracking open the cybercrime economy Hacking for fun has evolved into hacking for profit, and created a business model nearly as sophisticated as that of legal software. "Over the years, the criminal elements, the ones who are making money, making millions out of all this online crime, are just getting stronger and stronger....

Survey: People skills valued over those for IT Microsoft-commissioned survey of execs finds ability to communicate with co-workers is regarded as more important than tech skills. Interpersonal skills are more important in the workplace than IT skills, according to the results of a survey commissioned by Microsoft. In the survey of approximately 500 board-level executives,...

Microsoft strikes back at Opera antitrust claims Software giant denies abusing its market position and says it has no intention of unbundling IE and Windows. Microsoft denied on Friday antitrust claims from Opera Software that the software giant is abusing its dominant market position to lock users into the Internet Explorer Web browser. Opera,...

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.

How to get 10% off everything Business & money: The secret online codes you can use to obtain real discounts at some of Britains biggest retailers

Centrica warns gas bills may rise Business & money: British Gas owner signals that household energy bills could have to rise in the new year

Granddads for Acorns. What is it all about? What is it for? Why are we doing it? What can we achieve? It is about a small group of more mature gentlemen, cycling from Sixways to Kingston Park. Known as the “Silly Old Fools on Bikes What and why can be answered together