I happened across a mention of the “Worlds Apart” series in a posting on Baen’s Bar, from a reader who enjoyed them. Based on that reader’s description, I was intrigued—then I checked out the first book in the series, and was completely drawn in. The “Worlds Apart...

Sci-fi author Cory Doctorow has always been adamant that making his books available for free online has actually improved sales in hard copy. Currently, on BoingBoing.net, he has an interesting discussion going about Tor Books and their attempts to test that theory. The contributions from posters pr...

The slick little Nintendo DS Lite has snared plenty of adult fans with games like Brain Age and New York Times Crosswords. But this device has much more to offer than just game play. You may already be aware of the Nintendo DS Browser, which brings textual web-surfing to the DS anywhere a WiFi conne...