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The Internet is coming to your car, watch, and dishwater, but can our systems handle it?
David Brancaccio Apr 26, 2013
The Internet is powered by vast banks of computers which chew up energy. That's a big cost for the people who run these servers -- and the earth, depending on how all the electricity is generated.
Spring cleaning your costly relationships
Barbara Bogaev Apr 19, 2013
We asked: Who in your life costs you a lot of money? Your answers ranged from kids to lovers to siblings. A consumer finance expert offers some advice on how to maintain healthy relationships with the people who cause you financial strain.
Mind Games & Money: A guide to exploring your emotions in personal finance
Daryl Paranada Mar 29, 2013
How emotional are you when it comes to making money decisions? Explore our special grid to find out. Plus, get tips and learn more about how emotions influence your personal finances.
Why mess with an undersea Egyptian Internet cable?
Chester Wisniewski Mar 29, 2013
The Egyptian Navy says it caught three men trying to cut a big Internet cable that runs under the Mediterranean causing slow downs in the country and as far away as Pakistan.
Spam wars clog the Internet
David Brancaccio Mar 28, 2013
If you found your Internet surfing coming up slow in recent days, it's possibly because of one of the biggest cyberattacks experts have ever seen.
EverQuest turns 14: Secrets of the original online multiplayer game
David Brancaccio Mar 26, 2013
Video game years are kind of like dog years, and that makes the game EverQuest, which turned 14-years-old this month, positively ancient.
Hacker reveals vulnerable global Internet
David Brancaccio Mar 25, 2013
An anonymous researcher has found that all sorts of devices connected to the Internet are protected only by the easy-to-guess default passwords that the equipment came with when new.
How telecom reform in Mexico could impact U.S. immigration
Jeremy Hobson Mar 21, 2013
New Mexican President Peña Nieto hopes to reshape the country's phone and television service by increasing competition through foreign investment.
TV Next: Time Warner's Roku future
David Brancaccio Mar 19, 2013
Time Warner teams up with Roku to offer streaming cable. Google Drive outage threatens corporate uptake of Google and cloud-based products.
Google cancels Reader, sets eyes on overtaking the web
David Brancaccio Mar 15, 2013
Is Google Reader's death sentence a sign that Google isn't that interested in what we call the World Wide Web? Instead, does Google, like Facebook, want to be the web.
