By Philip Michaels Macworld - If you expect the team of Apple executives presenting the keynote at the Worldwide Developer Conference to pull back the curtain on some game-changing piece of Mac hardware, you're likely to wind up disappointed on Monday.

NEW YORK - Analysts tempered their enthusiasm for Palm Inc.'s Pre smart phone, which went on sale this weekend, with limited supplies of the device and a relatively small number of software applications drawing concern.

By ANDREW JACOBS BEIJING - China has issued a sweeping directive requiring all personal computers sold in the country to include sophisticated software that can filter out pornography and other “unhealthy information” from the Internet.

By Kelly Carter, special for USA TODAY Los Angeles Lakers guard Derek Fisher , whose team is playing the Orlando Magic in the NBA Finals as it goes for its fourth title in 10 years, is winding down another grueling, eight-month season of travel.

When Roger Federer passes on to the players' lounge in the sky after a long and fruitful life, only one number will matter. XIV -- or maybe XV or XVI or XVII.

By Michael Lombardi From Judd Zulgad of the Minneapolis Star Tribune... Brett Favre has taken a significant step in his quest to play for the Vikings, but that doesn't mean he will be wearing purple this season.

He gave a great speech, banked some good pictures, notched up some favors with world leaders, and managed to keep the protocol nerds from going crazy.

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court on Monday turned down a challenge to the Pentagon policy forbidding gays and lesbians from serving openly in the military, granting an Obama administration request to maintain the Clinton-era "don't ask, ...