VeriSign to spend more than $300M on tech upgrades (AP)
AP - VeriSign Inc., whose technology is key to allowing Internet users to access Web sites with names ending in ".com" and ".net," plans to spend more than $300 million over the next decade to upgrade its systems.

iPad available for pre-order at 5:30 Pacific, 8:30 Eastern (Macworld.com)
Macworld.com - If you're looking to be first in line to pre-order Apple's new iPad, then set your alarm, because Steve Jobs's latest creation is available for pre-order in the U.S. early on Friday, March 12: 5:30 a.m. Pacific Time or 8:30 a.m. for those of us on the East coast.

February video game sales drop 15 percent (AP)
AP - U.S. retail sales of video games declined 15 percent in February, hurt in part by an ongoing decline in sales of music games and lower sales of the Wii system.

It's Time to Finally Drop Internet Explorer 6 (PC World)
PC World - A security researcher has published exploit code for the latest Internet Explorer zero-day flaw on the Web and Microsoft is warning that more attacks against the unpatched vulnerability can be expected in-the-wild. One thing seems to be more apparent with each passing Internet Explorer (IE) vulnerability: its time to upgrade the Web browser.

PHOTOS: Happy Birthday! Steve Jobs Turns 54
A look back at Apple co-founder Jobs and the company he created.

PHOTOS: At 7 Feet Long, Newfie Vies for Biggest Dog Title
Owner wants Guiness Book of Records to recognize Boomer