Fluidigm's BioMark system can replace more traditional, and more costly, lab equipment used by drug researchers and hospitals.

  Media watchdogs and educators worry about the nascent industry having relatively no standards for advertising.

  RIAA President Cary Sherman says the music industry's response to the theft of creative works helped rescue a business under siege.

  Medsphere has a bright future ahead of it. But first it needs to fix its past.

  With echoes of rival Rhapsody, the music service ticks up to version 4.

  The comedy site launches a new mashup in which eager procrastinators can create movies of themselves battling zombie versions of their least favorite politicians.

  Oracle once again plays the musical chair tune, retooling its enterprise applications business and losing a key executive.

  Version 7.10, "Gutsy Gibbon,"finally brings a flashy 3D interface to the desktop edition of Ubuntu. Meanwhile, Canonical is staffing up its server effort for 2008.

  Powered by Microsoft's recent acquisition, Tellme, Microsoft has just announced their new free 411 service, called Live Search 411.

  The new Universal Widget API will eventually mean that all those cool widgets will work on all the cool widget platforms. Or something close to that.

  By adding the video game icon to its rolls, the British Academy of Film and Television Arts is acknowledging that the medium is an art form.

  Attorneys for Jammie Thomas, who was slapped with a whopping fine after allegedly "making available"music on Kazaa, say the penalty is unconstitutionally onerous.

  Cleanup crews worldwide join Google's International Cleanup Weekend, a community service event centered on the MyMaps Web application.

  Video: Web-connected sensors and sustainable building materials used. Santa Clara University student Yasemin Kimyacioglu talks to Martin LaMonica from CNET News.com about the green features of the Mission style home her university entered into the Solar Decathlon in Washington D.C., a competition to build the best solar-powered house. It's the university's first entrance into the competition.