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Tiger Woods may not have won a PGA tournament in nearly two years, and his last attempt to take home a green jacket from the Masters was a bust, but the virtual Tiger is on a roll: Tiger Woods PGA Tour 12: The Masters has broken all sales records for the Electronic Arts franchise.

Despite the harsh spotlight of the 24/7 news cycle, Americans tend to be a pretty forgiving bunch. We love to build up our heroes, knock them down a peg or two and cheer them on as they redeem themselves. Woods's "press conference" didn't shed much new light. But if he plays this right, he'll be doing commercials again soon enough.

Nearly 20 years ago the Apple Newton became the first device to be called a PDA, 14 years ago Nokia provided a newly mobile world with the 9000 Communicator, which was the first phone with PDA functions. Since then we have quickly become a nation that relies on our phones to help us remember...

Things appear to be moving quickly in the saga of Tiger Woods and his wife, Elin. The result could be that she sets Tiger free -- for a price: She gets up to $300 million and own sponsorship deal, and he goes back to playing golf -- and playing the field.

The essence of sport is competition. There was a day when The Masters was as compelling a golfing event as one could imagine. Those were the days of Nicklaus and Palmer, Weiskopf and Cook, Snead and Hogan. For many years, several golfers would share the top rank of the sport, almost guaranteeing...