We knew it was coming with web app servers, but it's now official: the pendulum has officially swung back from PCs to mainframes. Your web browser is now your 3270 screen. Discuss.

The standalone, local restaurant is falling to chains like the Cheesecake Factory, Spago's and, er, Chili's, according to this report.

“It's the Wal-Marting of the restaurant industry,” says Bill Guilfoyle, a professor in hospitality management at the Culinary Institute of America in Hyde Park, N.Y.