From the rebirth of the airship to a tech tycoon stepping in to save CBGB, these are some of the below-the-radar stories from this week.

PC innovation is alive, thanks to hackers
By Scott Ard
Some headlines just state the obvious. Case in point, BusinessWeek Online posted a story a few days ago saying that Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates thinks "The PC era is just beginning." A man whose company and personal fortune is intertwined with the continued purchase of PCs is arguing that innovation is not dead? Shock. Read more...

Airships: An idea whose time has come?
By Michael Kanellos
The Hindenburg disaster didn't completely kill interest in airships. Although large and slow, airships can carry large amounts of cargo when time isn't of the essence. Think of it as a manatee of the sky. Read more...

Exterminated by Doctor Who
By Karen Said
Having fended off daleks, cybermen and giant maggots, Doctor Who has brought down his latest enemy: an Internet leaker. Read more...

Live from NY: The Donald and floor shows
By John Spooner
The folks who run giant tech conferences could learn a thing or two from attending an auto show. Read more...

Buster furor helps me understand TiVo a bit better
By Evan Hansen
The PBS children's show that dared speak its name--but not show its face--is available for viewing online. Read more...

Extreme makeovers for historic rides
By Scott Ard
What weighs as much as 25 commercial airliners, produces the power of 85 Hoover dams and was considered the premier people mover in the early 1970s, but eventually became a neglected breeding ground for mold and vermin? Read more...

Who's Voomin' who?
By Scott Ard
If you're one of the approximately 40,000 subscribers of Voom, as I am, you no doubt have heard at least bits and pieces of the father-and-son squabble that could ground the fledgling TV satellite service by the end of the month. Read more...

Wanted: Browser specialists?
By Michael Kanellos
Software engineers specializing in browsers seems so...1995. But Opera Software is on a tear to sign some up. Read more...

For the love of iPod
By Leslie Katz
Is the love of the iPod so intoxicating that it can sway PC users to ditch their desktops for Macs? If you believe a new survey by Morgan Stanley, it is. Read more...

Call off the lawyers
By David Becker
OK, so maybe the folks at LuxPro aren't the most copyright-oblivious bunch of potential defendants to ever hit the consumer electronics business. Read more...

Bad handwriting kills thousands
By Michael Kanellos
Roughly 7,000 people die in the United States annually because they got the wrong prescription medicine, and the medicine was largely misprescribed because of poor handwriting. Read more...

North Carolina cuts the cards
By David Becker
Here we go again; another state legislator has decided to take on the game industry. This time, it's North Carolina, and the target is--solitaire? Read more...

Billionaire Cuban to save punk birthplace?
By Scott Ard
Mark Cuban has emerged as a potential savior of CBGB, the New York club that is considered the birthplace of punk but now faces eviction. Read more...