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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?
A writer loses the will to live while buying a major appliance
The aspiring "iPhone Killer" hits stores across America, charming, vexing and impressing observers
The company launches "unprecedented" new privacy-controls, to yawns from the blogosphere
Multitasking makes it hard for anything to get through
America's four big wireless carriers have chronically disappointed their customers. Here's where they fall short.
Tech bloggers go nuts over the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement
Bloggers analyze the lackluster first-round sales of Apple's seminal smart phone in China
Lieberman's calls for a "cyber czar" have bloggers debating the best way to defend the nation's data
Facebook congratulates itself on suing a big time spammer, but bloggers say it's a small victory
A sharp decline in Wii sales have investors very worried, but bloggers say all is not lost
Bloggers agree that Google's Android 2.0 smart phone operating system is very good, but not iPhone good
Bloggers agree with a committee's findings that NASA's new rocket is too costly and time-consuming to replace the shuttle
The self-declared "illiterate" computer user wants to stop the government from imposing net neutrality laws
Amid the hubbub on Windows 7 launch day, a few bloggers offer especially zany takes
Bloggers speculate who has the advantage in showing real-time search results
Tech bloggers evaluate Barnes & Nobles first foray into the increasingly crowded e-reader market
Record sales propel Apple to its highest earnings yet, but some bloggers see trouble ahead
Powered by Google, Verizon aims to hit Apple where it hurts--right in the iPhone market
Upcoming FCC rules set to regulate internet data pit big telecom against Silicon Valley, and blogger against blogger
The internet supergiant has left the recession in its dust and is eyeing expansion
Here's a hint: One just pulled off the tech equivalent of Obama's premature Nobel Prize
The Wall Street Journal argues that email is on the verge of extinction, but many bloggers aren't convinced
CNN speculates on the demographics of the great "Myspace exodus"
Industry analysts predict surging sales this holiday season
A famed tech writer's adoring review of the soon-to-be-released operating system gets vivisected by the blogosphere
As the government launches a new probe into I.B.M., bloggers analyze what it means for the company and the tech sector
The Federal Trade Commission updates its rules to tackle paid-endorsements by Internet users, much to their chagrin
Reactions from the Twitterverse over Gmail's second crash in a month
Michael Masnick pokes fun at techphobes and asks whether fear greets all great advances
Rumors about its tablet computer and details of its plan to challenge Apple stores are drawing uncharacteristic praise
Bloggers analyze the news that Microsoft has begun baiting Apple store employees to jump ship
Telecom companies, Republicans, and long-standing critics open fire on the FCC's decision to enshrine net neutrality in law
The FCC dealt large telecom companies a blow by enshrining net neutrality principles into law
Steve Chapman wonders if technology intensifies the over-the-top criticism
Mark Zuckerberg says the social media platform is making money ahead of schedule. Who was wrong, and what comes next?
Jobs returns from an extended medical leave, but lacks any breathtaking new products. What else does Apple have going for it?
Bloggers assess NASA's need for an extra $3 billion a year to get back to the Moon and beyond
ShortFormBlog's rages against Urlesque's call to make the Web cat-free for a day
Carol Bartz's discreet sale of company stock to the tune of $2 million rubs pundits, shareholders the wrong way
With $115 million on the table, Kai-Fu Lee's plans to start an angel investing firm in China have pundits asking whether it's a wise move
As Google continues to struggle with brain drain, its China chief resigns
Technology bloggers ponder a new service that sells friends to those feeling short on Facebook.
Surprising figures from Japan place Sony ahead of Apple when it comes to portable music players, but they come with a prominent asterisk
$20 million is a lot of money to make a sex-scandal go away, even for the makers of Grand Theft Auto.
With even the White House sometimes relying on Google, the blackout raises real issues
Even as Twitter and Facebook surge, technopundits debate whether it's time to jump ship.
An in-house tiff breaks out over rumors that the smartphone may cause an explosion in Apple's sales
A rehashed story in the Times resurrects a favorite debate from July: is Twitter an old-person's game?
The online encyclopedia will require editors sign off on changes contributors make to biography pages
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