Illinois Senator Dick Durbin is poised to introduce a bill into the United States Senate that would bring about a sales tax for items bought online.

In 1981 the Space Shuttle 'Columbia' launched, initiating 30 years of Space Shuttle service.

On this date in 1961, the first human being entered outer space. Mankind's first venture was brief, but it would lead to many, many more.

Stats taken from StatCounter show that Windows 7 has surpassed Windows XP in the United States. Barely. And both are well ahead of any other OS.

Sony and the hacker known as "Geohot" are no longer at war, as they have mutually agreed to leave each other the hell alone.

New memos released on the FBI's website discuss the 1947 Roswell incident, speaking of 3-feet tall humanoids and saucer-shaped ships.

Minecraft, the addictive puzzle/build-your-own-world game has a firm release date that will leave the "beta" tag in the dust.

Commodore USA has released their line of new Commodore 64-styled computers. Sure, they may be overpriced and underpowered, but they're still Commodore!

In 2008, Internet surfing human beings consumed nearly ten billion terabytes of data. For the record, the largest hard drive widely available at retail is two terabytes. Just two.

The Osborne 1 was the first "portable" computer ever released to market. The iPad 2 is a new tablet from Apple that was released about a month ago. Naturally, these are similar.