The Commerce Department and the White House announced today plans to appoint a high-level privacy watchdog that would negotiate the issue of online privacy both overseas and in this country. But privacy advocates aren't happy about it. Bob Moon goes over the details with Steve Henn.
Flying somewhere this holiday season? The closer we get to the holidays, the higher airfares go. And we will pay them. But, timing isn't the only thing that we do wrong when it comes to picking a holiday flight. Steve Henn explains.
Oracle's co-founder and CEO Larry Ellison is set to take the stand today in a trial where his firm is suing German company SAP for stealing software. SAP has already admitted wrongdoing, so what else is happening in this case? Steve Henn reports.
Email, Twitter, Facebook, cell phones — there's no shortage of ways to connect electronically to others. Today comes a new Internet browser aimed at making it all easier. Kai Ryssdal talks to Marketplace's Steve Henn about RockMelt.
Geolocation services like Foursquare and Facebook Places are supposed to be all the rage on the Internet these days. But a Pew Research Center study says only 4 percent of Americans online use these apps. Will it grow, or be just a tech fad?
Video games have come a long way since Atari and Super Mario — and sometimes, that means quite a load of visual violence. Senator Leland Yee of Calif. thinks it may be too much and wants to impose limits on selling such games to children. The Supreme Court hears the case today.
The San Francisco Giants are bound to have a lot of opportunities coming their way now that they've won the World Series. One of those opportunities? A chance to pay back some of their long-time debt. Steve Henn reports.
