When it comes to technology companies, Houston is no Silicon Valley. Not yet, at least. But the world’s oil capital is home to scores of hopeful entrepreneurs looking to strike gold with a hot Web site, software or mobile phone technology. Here’s one of an occasional set of snapshots of local tech startups. Time will tell whether they catch fire or flame out.

Research finds that old flames and flirty friends on the social networking site are stirring jealousy and suspicion in relationships.

Kay Baker Smith, who is renting the property at 112 Walman in Gun Barrel City, said her grandson and friend went downstairs to a garage to get a TV so they could play an XBox game.

Bloggers and Twitterers lit up the Internet with posts about the offer, some insisting Best Buy must honor it, others making jokes.

The adult entertainment business, centered in Los Angeles’ San Fernando Valley, is in one of its worst recessions yet.

Cisco Systems says earnings fell 46 percent in its latest quarter, but the profit comfortably beats Wall Street expectations.

It’s difficult for rightful owners to get back stolen domain names. Just ask Houston dot-com phenom Marc Ostrofsky.

As social networking sites like Twitter and Facebook assimilate into our lexicon as verbs, companies faced with reduced communication budgets are realizing the value of engaging their employees and customers through Web-based interactive media.

Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer is trying to improve the bad feeling Yahoo investors have about the companies’ search-advertising partnership as a way to compete with Google.

Today’s partnership on searches will bring the Bing finder to more computer users. Microsoft claims it is better than Google.