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Dickens, Santa Claus, or kids? Sphere's Paul Yeager probes the mythology
Pro-regime hackers getting revenge, vandals trying to frame them, or someone else entirely?
Astronomers are elated: they've discovered a close extrasolar planet with water and an atmosphere
The government calls a techie's prank a "public safety concern"
Bloggers are glad to see Bing and Apple uniting against Google, but are skeptical the union will go much further
The always-odd ceremony has some surprising picks in 2009
The burger chain is already challenging the coffee giant in caffeinated beverages. How high does Wi-Fi raise the stakes?
Is the tool-using cephalopod an environmentalist at heart, a burgeoning social-networker?
Contrary to Michael Arrington's claims, bloggers say automated content isn't a quality killer
A Google fanboy leads the backlash against the new feature
Earth-killing asteroids? Black holes? The agency launches its most ambitious space-mapping satellite to date
Coulter compares a Tiger Woods mistress to her rival Republican pundit
Even after having his nose broken this weekend, the Italian prime minister can't catch a break
Asa Dotzler takes issue with Google's privacy policy, but is he biting the hand that feeds him?
The Atlantic Wire collects ambitious, off-kilter lists, and adds one of our own
The company may offer customers incentives to use less bandwith, dividing tech bloggers
The tireless foe takes a break to praise the president's Nobel speech
The average American consumes 34 gigabytes of information per day from print, radio, television, and the Web
UFO, marketing gimmick, hoax? Until Russia fessed up, bloggers were stumped about the source of the strange lights
Video games, poker, and sex can form destructive habits, too
Analysts reflect on the star-crossed Time Warner merger, and predict a thorny road ahead for Aol.
Bloggers praise the billionaire British industrialist for pouring money into commercial spaceflight
The News Corp. mogul lobs bombs at new media from safe ground
The world's biggest search-engine wows bloggers by adding a stream of live, up-to-the-second updates
Gossip blogs add to the list of transgressions, so Elin takes a hike
Techies don't think Google will be able to repeat Japan's success at offering store reviews via outdoor bar codes
Critics debate the depiction of the African-American hero in Sandra Bullock's new #1 hit
The "first church" founded in the pro-golfer's name disbands
The new George Clooney film sweeps critics off their feet, wins a top industry prize, and builds Oscar hype
3 major houses tease ambitious schemes. A rundown of the highs, lows, and so-so's of digital magazines.
Parents are shocked 1/3 of American teens admit to risqué texts, but think MTV could help
Stats-genius Nate Silver wonders why he keeps getting it wrong
CEO Eric Schmidt has had enough of people saying his company kills print. Bloggers say too late, the war is on.
Bloggers greet the contenders for popular music's biggest awards with equal parts criticism and confusion
Bloggers think a tiny new credit-card reader for the iPhone holds a ton of promise
Decoding the sweeping new changes at the world's biggest social network
You can't put the free-content genie back in the bottle
New footage of the buxom blonde smoking lights up the blogosphere
Sales of the Wii may be struggling, but bloggers say Nintendo's figures show the company still has what it takes to be on top
Google, Bing and Yahoo publish the year's top-searched items, while bloggers claim the results aren't what they seem
Will Seed.com be a search-engine magnet or a flop? Bloggers are leaning toward the latter
Matt Lauer prods while Twitter users poke fun at the White House-crashing couple
Tech bloggers mourn the inevitable death of Michael Arrington's dreams
Big sales, updates and missteps by rivals have bloggers claiming an early victory for Amazon's e-reader this holiday season
Holiday shopping could use a boost, but bloggers aren't sure the digital counterpart to "Black Friday" will deliver
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