Venture capitalists are getting inundated by pitches claiming a "cloud computing" technology, even when the claim is clearly a stretch. Already called "the next .com", these days the word "cloud" should be carefully applied to venture pitches.

Will energy storage on the power grid be more a giant mainframe computer or a small PC? A U.S. utility company will try small-scale, distributed storage later this year.

I'll wager they can't, but all-female Brit band The Mentalists certainly can. Using software from the iPhone App Store, the group makes music using nothing but their handsets.

The price on the high-end version of the latest MacBook Air has been cut at resellers.

Lars Josefsson, the CEO of Swedish utility Vattenfall, says that storing carbon underground at coal power plants is a necessary technology in climate change abatement.

Sometimes you just need a break and you want to sit back and relax while watching funny videos. We have you covered with this list of the top 10 news reporter bloopers.

Psychiatrists use "party drug" to treat veterans suffering post traumatic stress disorder.

Rod Beckström, director of Homeland Security's secretive National Cybersecurity Center, says folding his group into the National Security Agency would endanger "our democratic processes."

Craigslist CEO says Cook County's sheriff is wasting his time, that federal law will not hold the Web classified publication liable for content submitted by users.

Amazon's latest move into the games re-sale business has sent a message to competitors. It means business. What does Amazon's program do right and wrong?

F.B.T. Productions, the company that discovered Eminem, wanted digital sales to be split equally between artists and labels. They couldn't convince the jury.

Reports say the tech giant will acquire Pure Digital for more than $500 million.

The new application vPost lets you send up to five multimedia files from your BlackBerry, with a few drawbacks.

California State Sen. Joe Simitian says consumers should be given more information to understand the threat to their privacy when their data is affected by a security breach.

First-person shooter fans with nothing to do this weekend can download and play Unreal Tournament III Black, which includes the Titan Pack expansion, on Steam for free.

Hulu moves once again to block Boxee. Boxee managers say that Hulu can't win because Boxee's community has the upper hand.

Valleywag has reported twice this week that Apple has laid off small groups of workers, but the company has now denied both reports.

The server seized south of Stockholm contained 65 terabytes of digital data; The Pirate Bay has not been accused of being behind the site.

Don't fall for that tweet promising a Webcam chat with a 23-year-old woman, warns Trend Micro researcher.

CNET News reporters Greg Sandoval and Declan McCullagh discuss the high-profile suit brought against the online classifieds site by an Illinois sheriff over prostitution.