David Magee

Hurricane Katia is a Category 2 storm with winds of 105 miles per hour, and further strengthening is expected in the next two days, but models show Katia's path may take it out to sea without a direct strike on the U.S. East Coast.

Amazon is redesigning its Web site, in an attempt to make it easier to use and become a better fit for the company's forthcoming tablet, expected to be released in October. The changes, currently in testing phase, are expected to make Amazon's site easier to navigate on a tablet computer.

AT&T's embarrassing debacle of pursing a merger with T-Mobile USA and posturing like federal regulatory approval was a given is public evidence of what others have quietly mused behind the scenes for some time -- that the telecommunications company is facing big internal problems.

Honda will recall nearly one million cars globally to repair an electrical problem and software glitch from its Fit and CR-V, and CR-Z compact hybrid lines.

If Congress doesn't deal with problems facing the United States Postal Service when legislators return Sept. 6 from recess America's mail institution will likely default on a $5.5 billion payment due at the end of this month and likely have to shut down this winter, the postmaster general said.

Jeff Bezos showed a striking mechanical aptitude and insatiable curiosity as a child. Bezos dismantled his crib with a screwdriver, and he developed intense and multiple scientific interests, converting his parents' garage into a laboratory. Even as an adult, the founder and CEO of Amazon is dreaming of launching space tourism by funding the development of a spacecraft.

Amazon will launch a new tablet as early as October and the product could be priced at $300 or lower in the attempt to come out strong in competing with Apple's iPad.Apple's iPad is the global tablet leader, though the fire sale $99 TouchPad made a brief appearance on the sales radar, but the biggest threat to the industry leader is on its way. Amazon has a new tablet -- its first -- expected to start shipping in October, according to a report in Taiwan's DigiTimes.

Former Vice President Dick Cheney wonders: Would Hillary Rodham Clinton been a more effective president that Barack Obama had she won the Democratic party's nomination and the general election for president in 2008? Promoting his new book in an interview on Fox News Sunday, Cheney, who served as vice president for two terms under George W. Bush, suggested that yes, Clinton might have been a more effective president than Obama and easier for Republicans to work with.

Amazon founder and CEO Jeff Bezos can launch an e-commerce giant, he can launch the world's most popular e-reader, the Kindle, and he is likely to soon launch a new tablet to compete with Apple's iPad. But he hasn't yet been able to launch a rocket that successfully leads to space tourism.It's not for a lack of trying, though.

Now that has resigned at Apple's CEO, it's time to recognizing the world's new reigning tech freak geek leader. There was only one clear heir apparent to the post, and really no discussion at all is required in naming Amazon founder and CEO Jeff Bezos to the honor.Jobs is credited as arguably the world's all-time great innovating CEO. He helped launch the Mac computer. He created iTunes, the iPhone smartphone and the iPad tablet. But Bezos has hire share of tech obsessions and ac...

Hurricane Katia strengthened rapidly on Sunday, becoming a Category 2 storm, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said, and forecasters expect it will be a Category 3 storm by Monday.Also, the likelihood that Katia's path will reach the U.S. East Coast is increasing in odds as the storm moves further west.

Hurricane Katia strengthened rapidly on Sunday, becoming a Category 2 storm, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said. Katia had sustained winds of 100 miles per hour, and forecasters said Katia could become a major hurricane on Monday. The exact future track of Katia remains uncertain but models show the U.S. East Coast, and even New York, could bear the brunt of the storm before it's over.

Chaz Bono gives me the creeps, and I also fear her -- err, his -- appearance on Dancing with the Stars will yield a sort of modern day freakshow watching fest, like the bearded lady used to cultivate in the old traveling circus days.

The forecast Hurricane Katia path still leaves unanswered questions that hopefully will be answered by early next week with a positive result, but sharpened models already show New York and the U.S. East Coast could bear the brunt of the storm before it's done.

Green Day rocker Billie Joe Armstrong apparently didn't want to pull up his low-riding rock trousers, so he was booted off a Southwest plane.The 39-year-old Green Day rock musician sent a message on Twitter after he was not allowed to take a flight because his pants were too low, CBS News reported. In California, Armstrong was trying to fly from Oakland to Burbank when Southwest booted off the Green Day front man because his sagging pants were too low.

Tropical Storm Lee is moving at a crawl, slowly slipping onto southern Louisiana's coast Sunday morning as New Orleans hunkers down in heavy rainfall, hoping levees that breached in Hurricane Katrina in 2005 hold. The National Hurricane Center said Lee's center is about 125 miles west-southwest of New Orleans Sunday morning, with maximum sustained winds of 45 miles per hour at around 8 a.m. EDT. Winds are gradually weakening from the storm, but that's the least of the threat from Lee. U...

Self-published author John Locke, who built a large audience selling digital books and became the second independent writer to sell one million books through Kindle, has a few lessons to teach you, if you want to try and follow in his bestselling footsteps by tackling Amazon's Kindle Direct Publishing.

Self-pubilshed author John Locke, who built a large audience selling digital books and become the second independent writer to sell one million books through Kindle has a few lessons to teach you, if you want to try and follow in his footsteps.

Amazon founder and CEO Jeff Bezos can launch an e-commerce giant, he can launch the world's most popular e-reader, the Kindle, and he is likely to soon launch a new tablet to compete with Apple's iPad. But he hasn't yet been able to launch a rocket that successfully leads to space tourism. It's not for a lack of trying, though.

The rain keeps falling in New Orleans and along the Gulf Coast as Tropical Storm Lee pushes closer, and it's likely only going to get worse.The slow-moving storm is expected to bring massive flooding to some areas Alabama, Louisiana and Mississippi this Labor Day weekend.Lee is spawning tornado warnings, evacuation and knocking out power in New Orleans and southern Louisiana on Saturday.

Slow-moving Tropical Storm Lee is spawning tornado warnings, evacuation and knocking out power in New Orleans and southern Louisiana on Saturday. Lee has strengthened and continues pounding New Orleans and the Gulf Coast region with heavy rain and flooding threat. The storm has spawned multiple tornadoes and flash flooding in the New Orleans area Saturday, and residents in the town of Jean Lafitte, La. living south of Goose Bayou Bridge have been issued an evacuation order because of possible fl...

Tropical Storm Lee has strengthened and continues pounding New Orleans and the Gulf Coast region with heavy rain and flooding threat. The storm has spawned multiple tornadoes and flash flooding in the New Orleans area Saturday, and residents in the town of Jean Lafitte, La. living south of Goose Bayou Bridge have been issued an evacuation order because of possible flooding from storm surge, tides and rain.

Apple's iPad is the global tablet leader, though the fire sale $99 TouchPad made a brief appearance on the sales radar, but the biggest threat to the industry leader is on its way. Amazon has a new tablet -- its first -- expected to start shipping in October, according to a report in Taiwan's DigiTimes.

Hurricane Katia is maintaining strength and direction on Friday, and while a direct strike on the U.S. is not highly likely at this time, the storm could still take a path similar to what Hurricane Earl did last year, with impact along the East Coast without making landfall late next week. Also, a U.S. strike remains a possibility since storm forecast models so far in advance high a high margin of error. Meanwhile, Tropical Storm Lee is drenching the U.S. Gulf Coast, with the worst yet to come. ...

The story about Apple's lost iPhone 5 prototype just keeps growing, with San Francisco police involvement while the company has no comment. Employees are just laughing all the way to the corporate bank, ready to pile more onto the company's $76 billion cash hoard once the iPhone 5 is released to unprecedented global smartphone demand.

Tropical Storm Lee will pound the Gulf Coast today and into the weekend, putting levees in New Orleans that breached during Katrina at risk before eventually spreading heaving rains and flooding risks from the coastal region up through the Appalachians. One forecaster said Lee could become a billion dollar coastal disaster for the U.S. coastal region.

The U.S. is on high tropical cyclone alert, as Tropical Storm Lee strengthens and is forecast to inundate the Gulf Coast including New Orleans with possible severe flash flooding and Hurricane Katia forces U.S. East Coast residents to keep a keen on that storm's strengthening and path.

The National Hurricane Center has upgraded tropical depression 13 into Tropical Storm Lee on Friday, as Mississippi joined Louisiana in declaring a state of emergency as the storm prepares to assault the U.S. Gulf Coast with a threat of torrential rains and widespread flooding. On Thursday, Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal declared a state of emergency as the storm developed.

Louisiana has declared a state of emergency and Alabama, Florida, Mississippi are warned to be on alert as the tropical depression that's likely to become Tropical Storm Lee or Hurricane Lee poses a significant threat to the U.S. Gulf Coast region. Heavy rains and flooding are forecast.