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CNET's Neha Tiwari takes a stroll down San Francisco's Pier 14 and talks to onlookers about the new Burning Man art exhibit there, Passage, which weighs in at a whopping 25 tons. The art will only be displayed for six months; it's part of the initiative t

CNET's Rafe Needleman took part in the "Under the Radar: Digital Media Conference" in Mountain View, Calif., on June 14, and took a look at the best software--from Skype on your cell phone to your own Web-based television station.

A project born during World War II led to Howard Hughes leading the construction of a gigantic, plywood-framed cargo plane in 1947. Here is video of that plane courtesy of LikeTelevision.

On the heels of Microsoft's "Patch Tuesday" cyberattacks are exploiting a new Excel flaw, a coincidence? Also, Web 2.0 flaws rising and cybercrime costs businesses less.

CNET's Neha Tiwari takes a stroll down San Francisco's Pier 14 and talks to onlookers about the new Burning Man art exhibit there, "Passage," which weighs in at a whopping 25 tons. The art will only be displayed for six months; it's part of the initiative to add more imagination to the city's Embarcadero.

Reporter roundtable : The world's richest technology baron is taking leave of the company he co-founded. Is this a turning point in Microsoft's history and what impact will Bill Gates' exit have? Join Charlie Cooper, Dan Farber, Jim Kerstetter and Mike Ricciuti for this week's edition of the CNET News.com Reporters' Roundtable.

At the Samsung Experience in Manhattan's Time Warner Center, Samsung unveiled its first Blu-ray player in the U.S. The event on June 15, 2006, was the first of many Blu-ray hardware and software introductions this summer.

Bill Gates explains how he came to the decision to focus his time as a philanthropist at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Gates foresees that the hand-over to Ray Ozzie and Craig Mundie over the next two years will be smooth. He will continue as chairman until June 2008.

Chairman Bill Gates says Microsoft has been building up to the move for years. And he praises CEO Steve Ballmer's leadership as he orchestrates the handoff of the corporation he co-founded.

Microsoft's new chief software architect is Ray Ozzie. Gates looks forward to spending more time being the world's greatest philanthropist. Gates made this announcement on June 15, 2006, in Redmond, Washington.

CNET's Elsa Wenzel takes a first look at downloadable software from Google. Your online albums can be either private or public.

CNET's Rafe Needleman takes a peek at Loki, a location-based Internet search and navigation tool that lets you find your exact physical location using Wi-Fi technology and then find nearby points of interest.

On June 15, 2006, in Redmond, Washington, Bill Gates announced his plans, to go in effect July 2008, to work full-time with the Gates Foundation and part-time with Microsoft.

Ann Livermore, executive vice president of Hewlett-Packard's Technology Solutions Group, introduces the BladeSystem C-Class -- a new chassis design for the company's blade server line. Livermore introduced HP Thermal Logic for power and cooling, HP Virtual Connect to improve virtualization and HP Insight Control to simplify management of the servers.

CNET's James Kim takes a first look at the MusicGremlin, an MP3 player/digital music service that lets you download new songs to your portable without a PC.