The video game industry raked in almost as much money as the film industry during the 2007-08 fiscal year. Gaming software grew 38 percent and accounted for $26.5 billion in sales through March of this year (wh...

Silly parents, cell phones are for kids. At least that’s what cell phone companies are telling consumers. Teens, ‘tweens and even younger children have become a huge growth market for such companies...

Forget those massive 50-inch LED screens and jaw-dropping home-entertainment systems. The biggest trend in movies and television is, paradoxically, pretty small. Many of us now can access full-length motion pic...

Virtual worlds such as Second Life and Habbo Hotel are expected to boom in the next 10 years, with more than 1 billion folks expected to create their own virtual avatars by 2018.It’s not hard to see why. ...

The Internet is soooo five nanoseconds ago. At least that’s what some scientists believe. But have no fear: They’ve already created a replacement.They’re calling it “the grid,” and...

The music industry isn’t dead yet, but musicians are increasingly looking for new ways to get out its product. Many classic rockers are turning to popular video games as a prime conduit.Games like “...

The Vatican recently said it’s OK for Roman Catholics to believe in aliens: Just don’t go to Wyoming’s Devil’s Tower to look for them.“How can we rule out that life may have develo...

We all know summer’s the season for silver-screen blockbusters. Turns out, though, many retailers hoped to capitalize on the summer’s biggest movies, too.Iron Man, something of a surprise mega-smash...

Violent crimes against the homeless are growing, and most of the perpetrators are teens or children, some as young as 10. There were 142 unprovoked attacks on the homeless in 2007, and often the only apparent r...

NBC is selling 30-second spots for next year’s Super Bowl for an average of $3 million. By mid-June, the network already had sold 80 percent of the available slots for about $1.9 billion.(AdWeek.com) ...