From scooters to off-road trucks to utility vehicles, all sorts of plug-in hybrid electric vehicles are on display at the Plug-In 2008 car conference in San Jose, Calif. CNET News reporter Kara Tsuboi stops by the world's first showcase of its kind to see what's new in the industry.

The region has diesel expertise, a green populace, and interested governments. Could Europe be a big player in green tech?

Policy analyst Randolph J. May says the Federal Communications Commission should make needed market reforms to communications policy.

Aaron Greenspan warns that Facebook is sacrificing user privacy on the altar of hyper growth.

CNET News.com's Charles Cooper says loyalists who want to give Yahoo's CEO one more chance are living in the past.

The rarefied world of achievement is awash in metaphors, so News.com's Michael Kanellos lists some that can be applied to the heroes, villains, and principles of ordinary life.

Internet attorney Eric J. Sinrod finds that educational institutions have been anything but smart about preventing security breaches.

PFF's Adam Thierer says the state's decision is a troubling harbinger for makers and users of electronic game technologies.

It's long been time for the instant-messaging walls to come down, says CNET News.com's Charles Cooper. But that's not likely anytime soon.

Internet attorney Eric J. Sinrod notes that where technology travels, the law will follow--sometimes to our detriment.

There's a chance green products will save the world, so why are they so boring compared to a cell phone with a built-in TV?