With big names discovering electric cars, how long can the new guys last?

  Bill Gates gave Will Poole a not-so-simple job: figure out how to connect the rest of the world's inhabitants to computer technology.Video: Microsoft's MultiPoint for emerging markets

  Video: Microsoft's answer for classrooms with only one computer. To bring technology to emerging markets, Microsoft has an ongoing project called Unlimited Potential. CNET News.com's Ina Fried sat down with Microsoft VP Will Poole to discuss what the project's new "multipoint"technology is doing to help address the problems of having just one computer for a large classroom.

  British Parliament member criticizes U.K. government's IT strategy, accusing it of "skewing the market"in favor of Microsoft.

  Samsung gives us more cell phones for Verizon Wireless and AT&T.

  'Popular Mechanics'announces its 2007 Breakthrough Awards tonight, and CNET has exclusive early coverage.

  The good news is that they aren't worried. So they say.

  Lawsuit against former employee and the delayed production of new vacuums are blamed for anticipated third-quarter loss.

  Caller ID is not to be trusted. Caller ID information, primarily the phone number that often appears on the recipient's telephone display, can easily be faked.

  To mark the arrival of RealNetworks'Rhapsody music service on TiVo, the pair throw a Manhattan party with 'The Bachelor'host and the band Fountains of Wayne.

  Social-networking site, rapidly losing ground to Facebook and its wildly popular developer platform, may be launching a platform of its own.

  Spammers may have changed tactics, targeting a familiar Web site rather than PCs for the purpose of spreading the trojan.

  Traffic that comes from the news aggregators doesn't seem to hang around for long. Are we creating a culture of superficiality?

  Copyright attorney Alex Chachkes says the pressure is on to fix a system generally agreed to be in a state of disarray.