5 Downsides to a Google-Yelp Union
The search gorilla may be ready to slap $500 million on the table, but that doesn't mean it should
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If Twitter is the new résumé, will any of us ever have a job? Or will we just stop wanting to tweet?
The search gorilla may be ready to slap $500 million on the table, but that doesn't mean it should
Pro-regime hackers getting revenge, vandals trying to frame them, or someone else entirely?
He organized a flash mob to rattle the telecom giant
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
Contrary to Michael Arrington's claims, bloggers say automated content isn't a quality killer
Will the Web titans squash current reigning champion, Bit.ly?
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
The case against Google's own much-hyped smart phone
Asa Dotzler takes issue with Google's privacy policy, but is he biting the hand that feeds him?
A look at the upcoming battlegrounds between the two tech giants
The company may offer customers incentives to use less bandwith, dividing tech bloggers
The average American consumes 34 gigabytes of information per day from print, radio, television, and the Web
While users cry foul, a handful of tech bloggers highlight the social network's improvements
Do Facebook's new privacy settings increase the risk of spreading users' data?
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
A software maker that gamed the system gets banned
The world's biggest search-engine wows bloggers by adding a stream of live, up-to-the-second updates
Techies don't think Google will be able to repeat Japan's success at offering store reviews via outdoor bar codes
3 major houses tease ambitious schemes. A rundown of the highs, lows, and so-so's of digital magazines.
CEO Eric Schmidt has had enough of people saying his company kills print. Bloggers say too late, the war is on.
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
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
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
If you blink, you might miss the Apple ad's subtle skewering of Verizon
Murdoch's bold plan to shut out Google is greeted with skepticism and some high hopes
The micro-blogging service is adding a host of new features that fans think will change it for the better
Bloggers trash the new operating system
The company fails on its promise to have its new e-reader out in time for the holidays
Bloggers debate the merits of the company's cost-saving move as it aims to become a media titan
Verizon's "misleading" ads can stay on the air, while AT&T's new ad gets slammed
Microsoft's foray into cloud computing could be a game changer. But it won't happen overnight.
Bloggers are critical of the zeitgeisty addition to the lexicon
Twitter's list of endorsed accounts drew fire for being politically one-sided, so the company is pulling the plug
In a surprising upset, AMD trumps its competitors, winning congratulations. Can it keep the title?
Nearly half of all U.S. customers already pay. Do you?
Joe Hewitt's not the only one. Many tech pundits think that Apple's restrictive "App Store" policies need to change.
A billion-dollar settlement between two chip-makers doesn't really mean that much to commentators
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