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Bob Moog Rocks Google Homepage With Synthesizer Logo You Can Play

Google’s logo has transformed into an analog synthesizer, developed in HTML5 so you can actually play it online, record your own tracks,…

By Miranda Miller · 23 May 2012

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Google Told to Fix 4 Areas in Search, Advertising to End Antitrust Inquiry

European antitrust chiefs are offering Google a chance to end the 18-month investigation into alleged monopoly abuses by the company. U.S. senators…

By Gareth Morgan · 22 May 2012

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Doodle 4 Google 2012 Winner Travels to Pirate Times

It’s the coloring contest that blows all others out of the water. Second-grader Dylan Hoffman of Wisconsin scored a $30,000 college scholarship,…

By Miranda Miller · 22 May 2012

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Facebook Privacy Lawsuit Seeks $15 Billion

Hours before its IPO, Facebook was hit with a $15 billion lawsuit, alleging that the social network knowingly infringed on user privacy…

By Shaun Nichols · 21 May 2012

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Google Chrome Becomes World’s Most Popular Web Browser

Google Chrome overtook Microsoft's Internet Explorer to become the world's most popular web browser for a full week for the first time…

By Alastair Stevenson · 21 May 2012

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Yahoo to Sell Half of Alibaba Stake for $7.1 Billion

Yahoo holds a 40 percent stake in Alibaba, but will be able to reduce this by half. The deal also includes provision…

By Gareth Morgan · 21 May 2012

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Google Launches Knowledge Graph, ‘First Step in Next Generation Search’

Three new Google Search features are part of their “next generation search” project, Knowledge Graph. Info boxes, segmented results based on query…

By Miranda Miller · 17 May 2012

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Google NSA Relationship Secrecy Continues Despite Courts Efforts

Google and the National Security Agency's possibly secret relationship will remain secret. The Federal Appeals Court has upheld the NSA's decision not…

By John Rampton · 17 May 2012

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Embattled Yahoo CEO Leaves With $7 Million After 5 Months

Yahoo has their fifth CEO in as many years, as Scott Thompson stepped down in the scandal over his padded resume. Investor…

By Miranda Miller · 15 May 2012

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A Facebook Search Engine to Rival Google? Users Dislike That Idea [Survey]

A new survey finds 48 percent of respondents dislike the idea of Facebook launching its own search engine to directly compete with…

By Danny Goodwin · 15 May 2012