I can't even count the number of times Hasbro has messed with Monopoly. Last year's Monopoly Live and its smarty pants tower certainly was different. This year's Monopoly zAPPed swaps paper cash for debit cards that can be "scanned" on iOS devices. How's that for keeping with the times?

It ain't always easy being the big guy, apparently. In Europe, Microsoft is going to have to start offering users of Windows 7, XP and Vista a choice of default browsers, thanks to a ruling by the European Commission after...