Why do people write confessional blogs? It's a creative outlet. It's a forum to vent. It's an exercise in exhibitionism. To mental-health experts, though, it's more than that: a blog is medicine. Psychiatrists are starting to tout the therapeutic powe

about an exchange between Linus Torvalds, Jonathan Schwartz and Theo de Raadt regarding licensing and documentation. It all started with a 'cynical' message from Linus about Sun's motivation with regard to Open Source.

Is it a blog or an advertising network? On Monday, the line between the two got a little thinner at Six Apart, a blogging-software company that offers Moveable Type and TypePad, announced a restructuring that includes three new legs: acquiring creative ag

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DETROIT — He didn't have any hard numbers about the 2009 Chevrolet Corvette ZR1's fuel economy, but the vehicle's chief engineer predicted recently that "the ZR1 will be the most fuel-efficient 600-hp car you can buy in the world."