Barbecue Digest: The secret history of BBQ sauce

If there's one issue that divides barbecue fans more deeply than any other, it's the kind of sauce that should be served on the meat - if, indeed, a sauce is to be served on it at all. Though it inspires passionate argument, the colorful variety of regional sauces - peppery vinegar-based in eastern...

Microsoft secures 'Xbox 8' name

Wait -- we weren't done pondering the Xbox 720. So what, if anything, is "Xbox 8"? The real, no-fun, answer is "maybe nothing." But it's been enough to kick up a round of speculation among tech and gaming enthusiasts after Microsoft fought, and won, against a cybersquatter who had grabbed the Web...

Sharp unveils 'world's biggest' LED TV

How's this for a superlative? The biggest TV in the world. It may not be that simple. We know of at least a couple of plasma screens that are larger.But with a 90-inch screen, Sharp may have just rolled out the biggest LED high-def television on the market.The new Aquos LED TV, unveiled Tuesday, stands...

Police embracing tech that predicts crimes

For something that predicts the future, the software is deceptively simple looking. A map of a city is marked up with small red squares, each indicating a 500-by-500-foot zone where crimes are likely to take place next. A heat-map mode shows even more precisely where cars may be stolen, houses robbed,...