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How Facebook's IPO compares to Google's
May 18, 2012
Facebook leaves investors wondering about its true worth, but it's still leaving Google in the IPO dust.
Report: Google's search results protected under First Amendment
by
Jeremy Hobson
and Stacey Vanek Smith
May 11, 2012
UCLA law professor Eugene Volokh discusses his report, which was commissioned by Google, on the search giant's rights to pick and choose the search results it wants to display.
Nevada gives the green light to Google's driverless cars
by
Molly Wood
May 9, 2012
The cars are expected to drive better than people, with fewer distractions.
Cars without drivers head to Las Vegas
by
Kai Ryssdal
May 8, 2012
The first car to get this license is a Google-modified Prius. What is the car going to look like on the road?
What good is a 'Certificate of Mastery?'
by
Molly Wood
May 3, 2012
Venerable educational institutions like Harvard and MIT are giving away education online for free. So what can you do with it?
Send a $5 gift card to your friend free? What’s the catch?
by
Molly Wood
May 1, 2012
A new online marketer just wants to borrow some of your information.
Google street view car collected private data
by
John Moe
Apr 30, 2012
When it came out that Google was gathering data from people's wifi links as it cruised the streets mapping the neighborhood, Google blamed a lone engineer. The Federal Communications Commission has now looked into this and it wasn't just one guy.
For public good, not for profit.
Google wants to store your stuff in its cloud
by
Molly Wood
Apr 25, 2012
Google Drive premieres, offering users five gigabytes or more of space for documents, pictures, videos, what-have-yous. Plus, learn this term: liquidmetal.
Greenpeace says Apple and Amazon have dirty clouds
by
Molly Wood
Apr 19, 2012
Greenpeace says some companies running cloud services are doing better than others from an environmental stewardship point of view. It gives Amazon and Apple Fs. Plus, "The Legend of Grimrock" shows you the fun to be had while trapped in a dungeon.
Another day, another patent war
by
Queena Kim
Apr 16, 2012
Oracle and Google face off in court today in a lawsuit over the use of Java. It’s another chapter in the Silicon Valley serial: Patent Wars.