Filling jobs with foreigners isn't a one-way street. India's prolific movie industry is always looking for Western extras and bit actors. Scott Carney reports from Chennai, India.
Readers respond to tips on better JavaScript debugging. Plus: Another lesson on why fancy animations shouldn't be considered part of a quality user experience. In Webmonkey Mailbox.
Webmonkey takes a gander at NapsterLinks and shows you how to bring free streaming music to your web pages. Plus: Adobe's Spry new Ajax framework. In Monkey Bites.
Suspending taxes would jack up prices at the pump, an economist contends. Plus: Clean diesel is ready to roll.... Super Hummer gives cops massive horsepower. In Autopia.
Docs worry that rich families will follow in Tom Cruise's footsteps and buy ultrasound machines to view their unborn spawn. Plus: Scientists discover how the AIDS virus forces DNA to do its bidding. In Bodyhack.
Congress reacts angrily to a report that the National Security Agency has built an enormous database containing every phone call made within the country since shortly after 9/11, with the information being provided by the nation's largest phone carriers.
Saying its lawyers were denied security clearance by the National Security Agency, the Justice Department abruptly ends its probe into the Bush administration's domestic eavesdropping program.
Hoping to attract younger members, a Dutch union offers stripped-down online membership at a fraction of the cost of traditional dues. By Allen Riddell.
"Union" is a dirty word to a lot of people these days, but the need for workers to be protected is as important as it ever was. A revitalized labor movement is the answer. Commentary by Tony Long.
Exotic pets are increasingly becoming exotic pests with, for example, an infestation of giant snakes giving Florida's alligator population a bad time. They can also cost their owners an arm and a leg -- literally. By Ruth David.
It's dog-pile time in game console battle. Plus: Parents sue Warcraft's Chinese distributor after son's suicide.... Hollywood video game store owner tampers with Xbox.... and more.