Anita Sheneberger, the Youth Services Supervising Librarian at the Peninsula Branch of the Pierce County Library, assists library patron Melinda Anthony.

CHICAGO -- Olympics organizers are touting the next two weeks in Beijing as the most multimedia games yet, with the event being fully broadcast in high-definition for the first time and a far wider array of content for online viewers and mobile phone user

Lenovo has announced its IdeaPad S10 "netbook," featuring a 10.2-inch screen, Wi-Fi, an Intel Atom processor, WIndows XP, and prices starting at $399.

NBC hopes to take Games watching to a new level, and raise the bar for mega-events to come. LOOK AT Bob Beamon's record 29-foot, 2 1/2-inch long jump from the 1968 Summer Olympics on YouTube; it almost looks like a grainy animation. It was perhaps the

MASON CITY — A Mason City man who was familiar to many as an avid bicyclist, soccer fan and enthusiastic cook was remembered Sunday by family and friends as a generous, inquisitive person who was excited about everything.