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Google reveals copyrighted material claims
By Glenn Chapman | May 25, 2012 10:19 AM
Google begins revealing details about requests for links to be removed from Internet search results on the grounds they lead to copyrighted material posted without permission.
They're here. They're geeks. Get used to it.
By Nick Zieminski | May 25, 2012 05:28 PM
Turns out, geeks are inheriting the earth.
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Yahoo! moves to reclaim Internet search crown from rival Google
By Glenn Chapman | May 25, 2012 12:36 AM
Yahoo! set out to reclaim the Internet search crown from Google with the release of software that transforms the way users explore the Web using Apple’s coveted gadgets.
Yahoo seeks to shake up search, Web browsing
By Michael Liedtke | May 24, 2012 09:21 AM
Joining the battle to redefine Internet search, Yahoo is taking aim with a new browser enhancement it calls "Axis."
Facebook launches iPhone camera app
By Barbara Ortutay | May 24, 2012 09:09 PM
Facebook's rocky initial public offering hasn't stopped life at the world's biggest online social network. On Thursday, the company unveiled a camera app for the iPhone.
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New Google data shows Microsoft's piracy problems
May 24, 2012 10:44 PM
Google's Internet search engine receives more complaints about websites believed to be infringing on Microsoft's copyrights than it does about material produced by entertainment companies.
 
Dating websites get busy with games, apps
By Gianna Palmer | May 24, 2012 01:10 AM
Nearly two decades since the start of online dating, the matchmaking sites that launched millions of relationships are spicing things up with online games.
 
Apple, technology-related companies lead world’s most valuable brands
By Georgian Prodhan | May 24, 2012 01:09 AM
Apple has maintained its place as the world’s most valuable brand over the past year, leading a group of technology-related companies.
 
Google clears key mapping software for Syria
May 23, 2012 11:25 PM
Google announced Wednesday that its mapping software and other products would be available in Syria after getting export approval by the US government.
Moon chips from Vegas casino mogul sent to NASA
By Ken Ritter | May 23, 2012 11:31 AM
It's been a long, strange trip for what appears to be several tiny chips of lunar rock that found their way into a casino mogul's hands after being collected by the first men on the moon.
 
Pollution-hunting robot fish take to the sea
By Chris Wickham | May 23, 2012 07:04 AM
Robot "fish" developed by European scientists to improve pollution monitoring moved from the lab to the sea in a test at the northern Spanish port of Gijon on Tuesday.
 
Spy agency seeks cyber-ops curriculum
By Tabassum Zakaria | May 23, 2012 06:56 AM
The NSA is trying to expand U.S. cyber expertise needed for secret intelligence operations against adversaries on computer networks through a new cyber-ops program at selected universities.
 
Dell results disappoint Street, shares dive
By Poornima Gupta | May 23, 2012 06:53 AM
Dell Inc forecast disappointing second-quarter revenue as U.S. and European corporate tech spending weakens and consumer personal computer sales continue to shrink, hammering its shares.
 
Website address 'revolution' back in motion
By Glenn Chapman | May 22, 2012 09:54 PM
The Internet domain name "revolution" was back in action with the agency in charge of website addresses once again taking applications for online neighborhoods breaking the ".com" mold.
 
Microsoft sees 'rebirth' with new Windows 8 system
May 22, 2012 02:35 PM
Microsoft's upcoming Windows 8 series marks a "rebirth" of its operating systems, chief executive Steve Ballmer says.
 
Microsoft sets sights on S. Korean digital education
May 22, 2012 09:10 AM
Microsoft Corp. CEO Steve Ballmer meets Seoul education officials to discuss using digital technology in classrooms as South Korea prepares to replace paper textbooks with digital ones.
 
Google provides temporary Cornell science campus
May 21, 2012 11:56 PM
Google on Monday agreed to provide a temporary home to a high-tech science college run by Cornell University in New York City.
 
Judge scolds attorneys in Oracle vs. Google patent trial
May 21, 2012 10:54 PM
The judge presiding over a patent trial pitting Oracle against Google scolded rival attorneys on Monday as deliberating jurors grappled with subtleties of references in computer software code.
 
New app identifies faces in photos
By Natasha Baker | May 21, 2012 12:08 PM
A new iPhone app called KLiK performs real-time facial recognition to automatically identify and tag friends in photos.
 
Yahoo! to sell stake in China's Alibaba for $7.1 billion
May 21, 2012 08:45 AM
After more than a year of tedious negotiations, struggling U.S. Internet pioneer Yahoo! has agreed to sell its stake in Alibaba, China's top e-commerce player, for at least $7.1 billion.
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