Sandy Fitzgerald

Ted Sarandos wants to turn Netflix into the next HBO, and he'll spend hundreds of millions to do it.

His invention affects you in more ways than you know.

Amid the testosterone-fueled industry of video games, one woman is blazing a trail.

The life and times of the inventor of the modern game console.

The college dropout that builds a mega-successful startup is cliche. But what about high school?

The tragic tale of the Hollywood starlet behind spread spectrum technology.

The father of the comic book adapts for the digital age.

A look into the makings of a media king and his empire.

From Steve Jobs to Twitter and Tumblr -- John Mayer's love affair with tech.

It's been a long, strange trip for John Perry Barlow.

Santa's geekier than you think.

When Flickr co-founder Caterina Fake was young, she didn't want to be a technology start-up guru -- she dreamed of becoming a writer and an artist.

Professional wrestler Stevie Richards looks like the kind of guy who eats geeks for breakfast -- until you realize he's actually a geek.

Before 1979, Sergey Brin was just another Russian child, living with his parents in a tiny apartment in Moscow and feeling the sting of being Jewish in an anti-Semitic society.

Justin Timberlake has made a fortune in the entertainment world, but that's just the tip of the iceberg for this self-confessed geek.

Apple's Scott Forstall was a brilliant innovator -- but when his reputation for abrasiveness eclipsed his genius, he found himself without the job he'd held for the past 15 years.

Do you have a lot of online friends? You're not alone, as the Internet and social media replaces the bowling league and other organizations as the place to maintain social ties.

On the surface, Vin Diesel looks like the kind of guy who would gleefully terrify a geek. It might be his looks -- that shaved head and scowling face are enough to make the nerdier among us a bit nervous. It could be those huge arms or those "Fast and Furious" flicks, where he drives fantasy cars and scores with gorgeous women with utter confidence.

Back in the late 80s, there wasn't a young teen boy immune to the charms of Danica McKellar, the raven-haired young beauty who starred in "The Wonder Years" as Winnie, the main love interest of Kevin Arnold, played by Fred Savage.

It's easy to hate Gwyneth Paltrow. Not only does she have that blue-blood Hollywood background, but a killer figure, a handsome rock-star husband, two beautiful children, a multi-million dollar movie career and permanent place atop the best-dressed awards at just about every red-carpet event she attends. And did we mention she also has an Academy Award?

He's hasn't worn parachute pants in decades -- he's a different kind of Hammer.

From his gruff, I'm-much-cooler-than-you exterior, you wouldn't think celebrity chef, author and travel guru Anthony Bourdain has much patience with social media. But Bourdain, who calls social media "a big bathroom wall where anyone can write anything," has become as adept with Twitter and Facebook as he is in a restaurant or touring obscure kitchens in Croatia.

In these last few weeks leading up to the election, the nastiest debates aren't between the candidates, but instead between people who call themselves "friends" on Facebook and Twitter.

The next major attack on the U.S. may not involve bombs and guns, but instead be a "Cyber-Pearl Harbor."

Where do you go when you've conquered the world? Since Justin Bieber's debut album just three years ago, this 18-year-old has sold 15 million albums, earned $150 million on 157 tour dates and pulled in another $30 million on the opening weekend alone with his biopic, "Never Say Never." Not enough? He's also got a fragrance, "Someday," with more than $60 million in retail sales.

Facebook is still trying to prove it can make money following last spring's disastrous public offering, but the solution is more complex than just advertising.

In 2006, Martha Stewart was at the lowest point of her personal and professional life. The queen of all things homemaking had built a multimedia kingdom out of a farmhouse restoration project, and in the span of 25 years, turned it into a billion dollar conglomerate.

Feel restless when you can't check Facebook? Lack of Wi-Fi making you anxious? Embarrassed about the amount of time you spend on a laptop or mobile phone? You may be addicted to the Internet.

Neil Young is getting older, but his latest creation -- a higher-fidelity audio standard -- is teaching this rocker some new tricks, and aims to bring a better format to music lovers, so they can listen to music as it should be heard.

Not everyone can be Gordon Ramsey, but scientists are devising gadgets to help you learn to slice, dice and saute like the pros.