Why women are dialing up HSN to play games
By Mark Albright, Times Staff Writer Friday, February 3, 2012 Named one of the 40 most influential women under 40 in Silicon Valley in 2007, Jill Braff made a career digitizing games and social engagement for today's ever-changing high-tech devices. ¶ Now 43 and executive vice president of digital commerce at HSN in St. Petersburg, she brings a background ranging from marketing the Game of Life ...

Facebook to Investors: You Like What You See?
Facebook's finally decided to take a head-first dive into the mountain of cash it's been standing on for years. Following several days of heated rumors and years of speculation about when CEO Mark Zuckerberg was finally going to cash in his chips, the company filed an S-1 statement with the SEC, paving the way for an IPO as early as this May.

Check out the Red Planet's craziest colors
Science editor Alan Boyle's blog: A picture from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter paints the Red Planet in shades of blue, yellow and green — but there's a method in the madness.

The ultimate TV dinner
Can you survive four weeks eating only food advertised on TV? Twenty years after its first broadcast I can still recite every word to the advert for Kellogg's Pop-Tarts. "Put 'em in your toaster, they pop out hot… Four great flavours and they're waiting for you." I remember the immediate, frenzied parental petition these lyrics induced ("For God's sake start the car," my 10-year-old self would ...

Crazy colors from the Red Planet
There's not much red in this picture of the Red Planet, produced by the high-resolution camera aboard NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter. Browns and blues and greens and yellows and violets ... but red? Not so much.