Are desktop PCs headed for extinction?

When I woke up this morning, for one second, I wanted an iMac. The new ones, have smokin' quad-core chips, gigabyte ATI graphics cards, terabyte internal drives and other equally impressive-sounding jargon. But then I remembered they can't . OK, there are some nuts who bring iMacs to coffee shops for the free Wi-Fi, but laptops rule, right?

4chan members attack Gawker website

Hey. So you know when Godzilla and Ghidorah get in a fight, it's best just to get the hell out of the way? I'm not saying who's who here, but puckish Internet presence 4chan and relentless media gossip blog Gawker are reportedly at odds. And today at least, 4chan appears to be winning.

Margaret Gould Stewart: How YouTube thinks about copyright [VIDEO]

Margaret Gould Stewart, YouTube's head of user experience, talks about how the ubiquitous video site works with copyright holders and creators to foster (at the best of times) a creative ecosystem where everybody wins.

How would you fix Pakistan's public schools? Be part of a Pakistan-U.S. discussion (Video Message)

On February 23, America's international newsmagazine series FRONTLINE/World will air "The Lost Generation," a probing look at Pakistan's troubled public education system.

Technology that makes the heart grow fonder

My college roommate hung on to her hometown boyfriend longer than most. I remember creeping in to the apartment late at night and tripping painfully over the phone cord that snaked from the living room into her bedroom.  And if I listened hard, I could hear the inane murmurings that only a long-distance relationship can produce: