Craigslist has reportedly expanded the number of cities it offers its service in by a whopping 25%. Brad Stone with the New York Times claims to have been alerted by a spokesperson with the company on the matter. Apparently Craiglist has added 140 new cities, including 87 in the United States, 8 in Canada, and 45 in non-North American countries. "Among the targeted areas in the United States are dozens of small to midsize cities like Susanville, Calif. (population 18,000),

Over the past couple of years, Google's made several moves that implied a sort of fascination with electricity. There was the RE<C ("renewable energy cheaper than coal") initiative, its fleet of plug-in hybrids, and the development of the PowerMeter, for example. Now, Google's checked in with an update about the smart grid. Don't scan this article for completion dates, price tags,

by Vera H-C Chan The buzz around " Inglourious Basterds " isn't just around the sprawling wonder, but also the return to glory for director Quentin Tarantino. The WWII film starring Brad Pitt is a remake (of sorts) of a 1978 Italian spy movie, except with the director's hallmarks of dense dialogue and irreverent humor jutting out of bloody moments. After the crash-and-burn of "Grindhouse," Tarantino once more is proving himself the ultimate mash-up artist. Mash or Rehash?

Last month, an event was hosted by the Google Wave team called Google Wave Federation Day, which was described as an inaugural event for people looking to get involved by providing their own wave services. At the event, Google discussed the protocol and system architecture behind Google Wave, and talked about how they need to get lots of developers working on it, because it is such a huge vision. That vision is for there to be many Google Wave providers,

It looks like everyone's favorite source for info about sci-fi characters, historical trivia, and other random stuff will be safe for a while longer. The Wikimedia Foundation, which is the organization behind Wikipedia, has received a $500,000 grant. The grant came from the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation , and Sue Gardner, Executive Director of the Wikimedia Foundation, was appropriately appreciative. In a statement, she said,

According to a post on the Twitter blog there is some new activity around location capabilities of the service. At this point, the location information offered within the Twitter tool itself and the data that is supplied through an API, is spotty at best. Anytime you leave the data generation duties to the end user you have to expect that there may be some inconsistencies and just plain bad data.

Yelp users, with a Blackberry, can rejoice today as the Blackberry Yelp app has finally been released . To download the app you simply need to visit Yelp.com from your Blackberry, and you'll see the download link. Below is a snippet from the Yelp blog post which discusses some of the features: "The Blackberry Yelp app uses location-aware technology to determine your current location and then lets you search for nearby businesses,

Today Google introduced a feature to Gmail, which allows users to email their task lists. This can be done by simply choosing the new "email task list" option found in the actions menu. When a user clicks on this option, Gmail will open a new compose window with the contents of your current task list. It works in each task list view - My Order, Sort by Date, and Completed. "So to email your mom to explain why you've been so busy and haven't been able to return her calls,

by Claudine Zap Our top picks from the day's hottest searches. Octomom (Searches increased by 896%). The mom of eight took on Kate , and beat her TV show ratings. Lockerbie disaster (+617%). The controversial release of the only person convicted for the 1988 downing of Pan Am Flight 103 prompted a furious response . Central Park (+512%). A passing storm felled hundreds of trees, some centuries old . View the damage in this Flickr photo stream . Michelle Obama haircut (+503%).

Posted by Patrick Coskren, Software Engineer One of our most frequent user requests is that portfolios automatically account for splits and dividends. Starting today, they do. Transaction view lists all splits and dividends during the time period when you hold a stock. When a stock splits, your quantity is automatically adjusted in Performance view. Dividends are automatically deposited into your cash holdings.