Strap on the headset and adjust the goggle to your eyes. Look down and you'll see the floor of a space station. Look up and pipes weave above your head. Turn left or right and the tight walls of a dark corridor flank your sides. An alien bursts through a door. Look at the monster, pull the ...
SEOUL, South Korea -- As "Gangnam Style" gallops toward 1 billion views on YouTube, the first Asian pop artist to capture a massive global audience has gotten richer click by click. So too has his agent and his grandmother. But the money from music sales isn't flowing in from the rapper's ...
SAN FRANCISCO -- Netflix's video subscription service has trumped pay-TV channels and grabbed the rights to show Disney movies shortly after they finish their runs in theaters.The multiyear licensing agreement announced Tuesday represents a breakthrough for Netflix as it tries to add more ...
NEW YORK -- Americans clicked away on their computers and smartphones for deals on Cyber Monday, which is expected to be the biggest online shopping day in history.Shoppers are expected to spend $1.5 billion on Cyber Monday, up 20 percent from last year, according to research firm comScore. ...
SAN FRANCISCO -- Hewlett-Packard's $9.7 billion acquisition of Autonomy seemed like a bad idea long before Tuesday's allegations of an accounting scandal made clear it was a deal that should never have happened.It's the latest in a cavalcade of costly blunders at HP. The Silicon Valley pioneer ...
WASHINGTON -- The chairman of the Federal Communications Commission on Tuesday proposed to greenlight Dish Network's long-fought plan to create a wireless service that would compete with those of giants AT&T and Verizon Wireless.The plan, which needs the approval of the agency's ...
It's a familiar scene at any bustling restaurant during the Sunday brunch rush -- the only thing standing between you and eggs Benedict is an unwieldy waitlist and an overwhelmed hostess who may not remember your name when a table opens up in an hour.The backlog of hungry customers and an ...
LONDON -- Performance-boosting drugs, powered prostheses and wearable computers are coming to an office near you -- but experts warned in a new report Wednesday that too little thought has been given to the implications of a superhuman workplace.Academics from Britain's leading institutions say ...
Depending on whom you ask, Netflix is either a company that's poised for a remarkable resurgence or a washed-up has-been whose best days are behind it.While both sides have a legitimate case to make, corporate raider Carl Icahn is betting on a rebound.While they're at odds with Icahn, Netflix's ...
Teri Osborn vividly remembers the first time she appeared on television."I was freaking out," Osborn said. "I was calling my husband into the living room."Osborn's 15 seconds of fame were achieved without an appearance on a reality TV program, game show or local news segment. In fact, she never ...
