Freelance writer Amanda C. Kooser covers gadgets and tech news with a twist for CNET. When not wallowing in weird gear and iPad apps for cats, she can be found tinkering with her 1956 DeSoto. Most ...

The Sonoma Slime Fest drew more than 700 fans to a local hotel on Saturday. Why are so many young people fascinated with slime? 'It calms me down,' one said. Holding a clear tub of lavender-colored ...

Nearly a year after raising money for fire victims in Southern California, Violet Quinney, 12, a seventh-grader at Santa Ynez Valley Christian Academy Middle School, is at it once again, putting her ...