AP - The pen, once mightier than the sword, has been getting trounced by the keyboard in the computer era. Now and then there's a push toward "pen-based computing" that doesn't get very far.

Reuters - The start of summer is often bittersweet for gamers: there is lots of free time to play, but typically few new releases to fill the long days.

Reuters - Verizon Wireless said on Thursday it would buy rural mobile service provider Alltel Corp for $28.1 billion including debt, which would vault it to first place in the U.S. market ahead of AT&T Inc .