The Good Neighbor Disaster Response
Disaster relief experts say the best way to find victims is to ask the locals.

Ask.com hopes to make search faster, more relevant (AP)
AP - Assuming your company's name isn't a verb synonymous with looking things up online, how do you get Web surfers to not just try your search engine, but also frequent it?

IBM Shifts Focus To Cloud Computing with New Services (NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - IBM is getting in the cloud. After a string of announcements over the past few weeks from Citrix, Red Hat, VMware, Cisco and Hewlett-Packard, Big Blue is launching an initiative to extend its traditional software delivery model toward a mix of on-premise and cloud-computing applications with new software, services and technical resources for clients and independent software vendors (ISVs).

Why Do We Believe Impossible Things?
Even false beliefs can serve a useful purpose, a British scientist says.

Top court stays out of DVR patent fight (AP)
AP - The Supreme Court refused Monday to disturb a $74 million judgment against Dish Network Corp. for violating a patent held by TiVo Inc. involving digital video recorders.

Forget to Lock Your Door? Do It by Remote
A company now offers locks that can be wirelessly locked and opened.