We can probably engineer Earth's climate to cool the planet, scientists say, but are we willing to live with the downsides? Those could include creating more droughts, more ozone holes and, oh yeah, a thin cloud layer that obscures blue skies and gives astronomers fits.

  Apple's iPhone is making its long-awaited formal debut in the world's most populous mobile phone market, without a key feature and at higher prices than widely available black market models.

  The North Korean government was the source of high-profile cyberattacks in July that caused Web outages in South Korea and the United States, news reports said Friday.

  Facebook said Thursday a California court has awarded the social networking Web site $711 million in damages in an anti-spam case against Internet marketer Sanford Wallace.

  A legislative oversight committee went to court Thursday to stop a $13 million no-bid computer contract between Gov. Bob Riley's administration and a company with no listed business phone number and no Web page.

  Acme Packet Inc. said Thursday that stronger sales of its communications equipment and services helped its third-quarter profit nearly double.

  Varian Semiconductor Equipment Associates Inc. more than quadrupled its net income for the fourth quarter, as the company offset a revenue drop with aggressive cost cuts.

  RealNetworks Inc. posted a surprise third-quarter profit Thursday after a year of losses, as cost cutting helped make up for declining revenue.

  Tessera Technologies Inc. said Thursday it made a profit in the third quarter, reversing a year-earlier loss as sales improved and costs fell. But the company's fourth-quarter sales outlook fell below analyst expectations, sending shares down nearly 10 percent in aftermarket trading.

  Novatel Wireless Inc. posted a third-quarter profit, reversing last year's loss, as strong sales of its MiFi personal Wi-Fi hotspot device took off. But a weak outlook for fourth-quarter sales sent shares tumbling nearly 18 percent in after-hours trading.

  The computer will store all of your recipes in a digital format. There are complete meal preparation videos to show you the art of cooking, recipes, ingredient information and a magazine all built-in.

  Phase Forward Inc., a provider of data management software for drug safety and clinical trials, reported its third-quarter profit sank nearly 50 percent, but still handily beat Wall Street's forecast.

  Even though the for the first time in more than a year, don't assume that the Great Recession of 2008-09 is over.

  Newsvine contributor Nearing seeded an article discussing how the German High Court has apparently banned electronic voting.  Predictably the first comment to this article was that we should only have paper ballots, which is a common enough position on this subject.  Pe …