EA Mythic is betting on 'Warhammer Online'

Mythic's new title, "Warhammer Online," went on sale recently after three years of development. The sword-and-sorcery game is the 13-year-old studio's first release after its 2006 acquisition by publisher Electronic Arts. - 10/10/2008

Oakland County

Wireless Internet could be restored

Months after money woes indefinitely pulled the plug on Wireless Oakland, there's a chance the county's free wireless Internet service could be back online by the end of this year. - 10/08/2008

Patient info goes to Web exchange

Three Southeast Michigan physician groups have teamed up with Compuware Corp. subsidiary Covisint to establish a new Web-based health information exchange that will give participating doctors one central access point for calling up patient information stored electronically by other health providers, such as hospitals and laboratories. - 10/07/2008

Google agrees to brief delay of Yahoo ad deal

WASHINGTON — Google Inc. agreed to delay the start of a Web advertising partnership with rival Yahoo Inc., giving U.S. antitrust regulators more time to review the deal. - 10/06/2008

Google agrees to brief delay of Yahoo ad deal

WASHINGTON -- Google Inc. agreed to delay the start of a Web advertising partnership with rival Yahoo Inc., giving U.S. antitrust regulators more time to review the deal. - 10/04/2008

CNN hands over info on author of Steve Jobs rumor

SEATTLE -- A CNN-owned Web site called iReport.com, which publishes reports written by ordinary citizens, said Friday it will give the Securities and Exchange Commission information about the author of an item that claimed Apple CEO Steve Jobs had suffered a heart attack. - 10/04/2008

Market turmoil takes costly toll on video games

The swoon in video game shares this week, as with the rest of the stock market, can make any investor queasy. - 10/04/2008

Facebook founder leaves

Facebook co-founder Dustin Moskovitz is leaving the social networking start-up to form another, continuing the recent string of high-level departures. Moskovitz, 24, founded Facebook with Mark Zuckerberg, chief executive, while both were students at Harvard. - 10/04/2008

Rumor is: Snopes.com snowed under with election legends

This election has been hard on all of our inboxes. - 10/03/2008

Game on

Two winners: 'Crysis Warhead' and 'Hell's Highway'

There's little debate that "Crysis" was one of the top shooters for PCs last year. It was, don't fight it, and let's move on. Fast on its heels is "Warhead," a standalone expansion that packs all of the punch of the original but making some nice upgrades in the process to keep the overall experience feeling fresh. - 10/03/2008

Local spotlight

Security makes sense for Web site analyst

David Lamkin thinks like a computer hacker -- and that is exactly what his clients pay him for. - 10/02/2008

Hollywood aims to block RealNetworks' DVD software

The studios stand to lose a key revenue source if consumers stop buying DVDs and copy rental discs from outlets like Netflix and Blockbuster instead. - 09/30/2008

Royal Oak

Virtual relief for troops: Soldier's program sends video games overseas

ROYAL OAK -- Under times of stress, games can be a wonderful distraction. Even in wartime. - 09/26/2008

Are Facebook users ready for some football?

This fall, a couple of start-up software companies are trying to make a business out of melding two popular online activities: social networking and fantasy football. - 09/26/2008