Website: http://www.topix.com/tech

This site provides “hot topics” in technology news. There is a “this day in science/tech history” section, along with blogs and discussion pages. This site is helpful to for a reporter looking for consumer reaction. It is continually updated and is well organized. It calls itself “the leading news community on the Web” and says “the site links news from 50,000 sources to 360,000 lively user-generated forums.” It’s funded by several media organizations.