Hardware

 MUMBAI, India (AP) — Ashok Kokane sits amid his strawberries at Mumbai’s Crawford Market, a handwritten ledger across his knees and a fan of dirty 10 rupee notes at his hand. The lazy, dust-encrusted ceiling fans above are far past cleaning....

LA Fitness, one of the largest gym chains in the country, has become an even more dominant player in the health club industry. The Irvine-based company last week took over 171 Bally Total Fitness locations in 16 states, including about 40 in Southern...

A couple of bands that played Virgin Mobile FreeFest are returning to the area on tour next year. The Black Keys will perform at the Verizon Center March 9 as part of their tour to promote new album "El Camino." The band closed the festival in...

Two powerful modern rock bands will burst into Norfolk, guitars blazing, in March. An announcement made Monday, Dec. 5, said that the American band Black Keys will team with England's Arctic Monkeys for a show March 23 at the Ted Constant Center....

Technology reporter Nathan Olivarez-Giles on the Kobo Vox: "I wanted to like the Vox, but I didn't. Instead, the Vox feels like a prototype, not a fully finished product ready for the masses. And that left me flatly disappointed."...

The Black Keys' latest album, "El Camino," is out everywhere -- except Spotify, Rdio and Rhapsody. The band's decision, first reported by Digital Music News, comes after Coldplay and Mac Miller made similar calls earlier this year to withhold their newest...

Domino's, Pizza Hut say post-Cyber Monday online ordering breaks records...

  Grayslake joined neighboring towns by enacting a new ordinance that restricts sale and possession of spray paint and markers for youths. People under 18 …...

A classic holiday craft got a modern update this week when artist Emily Green hosted a children's daisy chain party at her Los Angeles home. “I always go back to my childhood feelings,” Green said, citing Christmas and Hanukkah parties......

Planning a funeral — from the prayer cards to the memorial service — has made it way to the World Wide Web, drawing different opinions from …...

With a lengthy post-hurricane power outage threatening her child-rearing plans, Michele Gunderson turned to a local hardware store for dry ice to protect her reserve of frozen breast milk. "I've got three kids, I'm a stay-at-home mom. I can't warm...

Computer users sometimes are startled by the discovery of non-native species harbored by their keyboard. Dust bunnies, crumb colonies and Coke deposits can be safely relocated without the blast of an aerosol can, computer chip designer Karl Brummel...