Joe Supan is a senior writer for CNET covering home technology, broadband, and moving. Prior to joining CNET, Joe led MyMove's moving coverage and reported on broadband policy, the digital divide, and ...

The annual Beads, Blues and Beer Festival has evolved into the signature fundraiser for Beads of Courage, the grassroots nonprofit that has gone global. The third annual event is from noon to 8 p.m.

Windhoek — THERE is dead silence among the five people sitting in a circle around a clay oven. The group are all part of a bead-making project and they are waiting for the glass to melt so that they ...