Todd Simpson

Mozilla's latest update of its Firefox Web browser, released Tuesday, includes a new feature that allows users to access Facebook directly from the browser. The feature is called Facebook Messenger for Firefox, and it brings two key Facebook features...

In the holiday spirit, first the positives from Sunday night's Blackhawks game at the United Center. Michael Holmqvist was a plus-1. That just about covers it for a night on which the Dallas Stars came into Chicago and essentially took care of...

Michael Holmqvist has spent the season on the fourth line and wouldn't come immediately to mind if the Blackhawks needed shootout candidates. Neither would defenseman Jaroslav Spacek. But Spacek and Holmqvist were tapped by coach Trent Yawney on Sunday,...

When it comes to matching up against the better teams in the Western Conference, it's beginning to appear the Blackhawks are a 15- to 20-minute team. For about that amount of time—sometimes a little more, sometimes less—the Hawks can play with the best...

When this season's Blackhawks were assembled, there was a heavy emphasis on getting character players—players who would show up and give a hard day's work from the start of the season until the end. It's not Halloween yet, but already Hawks coach Trent...

Tuomo Ruutu skated to the front of the Nashville net Sunday night and couldn't take it any longer, the pain in his right ankle too great to continue. As Ruutu crumpled to the ice with 3 minutes 57 seconds left in the second period, with him went one of...

If there is such a thing as a must-win game in the first month of the season, Sunday night was it for the Blackhawks. With their captain and three of their top forwards sidelined with injuries and a stern upcoming schedule, the Hawks could ill afford...

Thursday wasn't your typical day for Brandon Bochenski. What began as just another bus ride in the minor leagues ended with a trade and nearly 10 minutes of ice time with his new NHL club. "I've never experienced anything like this before," Bochenski...

Fernando Pisani scored twice and Ty Conklin stopped 23 shots, leading the Edmonton Oilers to a 5-0 victory over the reeling Blackhawks on Tuesday night. Shawn Horcoff, Ryan Smyth and Jani Rita also scored for Edmonton, which moved within two points of...

They have been skated nearly to exhaustion, and they have been thrown off the ice. They have been made to watch their own horror show, and they have been berated by one of their own. None of it seems to have worked. Now, after another dismal...