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New Coke. Chia pets. Ashton Kutcher. All are bad ideas that should have been snuffed out before they emerged into public consciousness. All are things that make you scratch your head and say, "What in God's name were they thinking?" Unfortunately, the tech world is full...

Microsoft's Bing had reportedly passed Yahoo in the U.S. core search engine market, according to a StatCounter report in its first few days of release. But other research firms, including Nielsen, are now suggesting that while Bing’s initial numbers were solid, the search engine may...

Former Chancellor of the University of Wisconsin John D. Wiley and serial entrepreneur Eric Apfelbach join the StudyBlue, an online academic network available to students and teachers at both high schools and colleges, Board of Directors. These additions to the StudyBlue team will help grow...

Bing search engine is snazzy and provides user-friendly links. Google is to search what Kleenex is to tissues. Even if you're in the habit of using another search engine like Yahoo to look up something online, you probably say you "Googled" it because everyone...

While most marketers recognize the importance of social media, many say they don’t understand it enough to integrate it correctly into their marketing strategies — and, those who say they understand it lack experience. Most marketers lack confidence in social media. According to a recent study,...

President Obama used a White House speech yesterday to try to raise national concern about threats to computer networks, drawing praise from some industry executives and lawmakers but criticism from others who said his initiatives do not go far enough. Obama said he will name a...

There's no shortage of uses for the massive amounts of data in every nook and cranny of the Internet. Advertisers want to mine the photos and status updates you post on Facebook to better sell their wares. Scientists want to track weather patterns based on decades...

Andrew McLaughlin, Google’s head of global public policy, is leaving the company to join the Obama administration, according to two people with knowledge of Mr. McLaughlin’s plans. Mr. McLaughlin will be deputy chief technology officer, reporting to Aneesh Chopra, the chief technology officer, who was previously...

Google is hatching a new species of e-mail and instant messaging, but the internet search leader first wants the hybrid service to evolve even more with the help of independent computer programmers. The free tool, called "Google Wave," runs in a web browser and combines elements...