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The PGA Tour's 42-year run in Milwaukee is over. The board of directors of Milwaukee Golf Charities Inc. voted Wednesday to dissolve the organization, which had run the Greater Milwaukee Open - later the U.S. Bank Championship in Milwaukee - since 1968. - Steve

We're bringing you live coverage of Apple's rock 'n' roll-themed event, which kicked off in San Francisco just after 10 a.m. Pacific time. - Steve

If it seemed as if summer lasted a day or two this year, the meteorologists who keep track of these things concur. - Steve

Starting Friday, the Xbox 360 Elite will be priced at $299, $100 cheaper than its current price. The Xbox 360 Pro, which currently retails for $299 will be priced at $249 starting Friday. Once retailers sell through their entire stock of Xbox 360 Pro units, that SKU will no longer be offered by the hardware maker. - Steve

GamesCom 2009: Thinner, matte-finish 120GB model goes on sale first week of September; 80GB $299, 160GB $399 starting tomorrow; new PS3 motion-control details at TGS; PSN to offer <100MB "PSP Minis" casual games; digital comics coming in November. - Steve

After a topsy-turvy month, Brett Favre, the face of the Green Bay Packers for 16 seasons, is now officially the quarterback of the Minnesota Vikings. - Steve

Brett Favre told Minnesota Vikings coach Brad Childress that he will remain retired in a recent phone conversation, Childress told the Minneapolis Star Tribune this afternoon. - Steve

Recent patent filings have shown Bill Gates and his friends exploring subjects as diverse as electromagnetic engines and beer kegs. Now they're thinking even bigger -- trying to stop hurricanes. - Steve

Last night, Mark-Paul Gosselaar showed up to "Late Night With Jimmy Fallon" dressed as Zack Morris (I have to admit, the hair had me swooning like it did when I was six), and did an entire interview in character, and it was actually pretty brilliant. - Steve

we'll be live-blogging Phil Schiller's keynote speech that will open Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference. - Steve

E3 2009: Square Enix's next due in 2010, Gran Turismo PSP coming Oct. 1, Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker, Team Ico's The Last Guardian, and Rockstar's PS3 exclusive Agent unmasked--full event live blog inside. - Steve

E3 2009: The Big N returns to the LACC, showing off New Super Mario Bros. Wii, Wii Fit Plus, Mario and Luigi RPG: Bowser's Inside Story, Golden Sun DS, more. - Steve

The software maker said it will release technology that lets people play video games by moving their bodies instead of clicking hand-held controllers. The service is tentatively called "Project Natal" (pronounced nuh-TALL), and will work with any of the company's Xbox 360 consoles, Microsoft said. - Steve

Engadget & Joystiq live from Microsoft's E3 2009 keynote - Steve

April Fools' Day has hit the Internet and, as usual, there's no shortage of fake news stories, gag product announcements, and corny jokes. Some are funny. Some are sort of lame attempts at being funny. Here are some of the ones we think are worth highlighting, and we'll be updating this throughout the day as we catch wind of more. - Steve

Two researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee say natural forces in the Earth's climate have conspired to end a recent period of global warming, and they predict that temperatures will change little or drop over the next decade or more. - Steve

"Battlestar Galactica," the TV series that has held up a mirror to post-9/11 politics and paranoia for the past four seasons, comes to an end Friday. - Steve

This is the spot for live coverage of Apple's iPhone 3.0 event later today from Apple headquarters in Cupertino, Calif., which kicked off at 10 a.m. PDT. - Steve

In perhaps the most ill-advised branding move since New Coke, NBC's basic-cable Sci Fi Channel will be renamed the phonetically similar Syfy on July 7. - Steve

Google is officially denying widespread Internet rumors that its Google Earth software located the mythical sunken city of Atlantis off the coast of Africa. - Steve

Without the tearful public ceremony that accompanied his retirement announcement from the Green Bay Packers just 11 months ago, quarterback Brett Favre has told the New York Jets he is retiring. - Steve

The observers are part of a fast-growing national network of about 12,500 volunteers in 39 states who measure rain, snow and hail each day, then record the amounts in an online database. The project, called the Community Collaborative Rain, Hail & Snow Network (CoCoRaHS), which began in Colorado, is in its 12th year. - Steve

They say that too many scientists are either ignoring, or don’t understand, the well-established fact that Earth’s climate has changed rapidly in the past and could change rapidly in the future—in either direction. - Steve

Rapid growth spurt leaves amount of ice at levels seen 29 years ago. - Steve

One of the best things about the Xbox 360 is the achievements that are built into every game. They give you a little extra motivation to play a game longer than you would have in the past in order to earn an achievement and add a few points to your gamerscore. - Steve

Bloated? Overstuffed? Ready to slim down? You're not alone -- and we're not talking about post-Thanksgiving torpor. - Steve

Spacewalker’s bag is visible through binoculars, if you know where to look - Steve

A dust storm and the onset of Martian winter have brought the Phoenix Mars Lander's mission to an end, NASA announced Monday. - Steve

Barack Obama told supporters that "change has come to America" as he claimed victory in a historic presidential election. - Steve

Japanese scientists have produced clones of mice that have been dead and frozen for 16 years -- a feat that could lead researchers to one day resurrect long-extinct species, such as the mammoth. - Steve