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A Google-a-Day Puzzle for Feb. 6 ...
A Google-a-Day Puzzle for Feb. 5 ...
A Google-a-Day Puzzle for Feb. 4 ...
AMD Eyes ARM Alliance in War on Intel ...
How Windows Phone 8 'Apollo' Would Stack Up Against iOS 5, Android 4 ...
Sugar May Be Bad, But Is the Alternative Worse? ...
Motorola Tablet Snafu Exposes Some Users to Privacy Risks ...
<em>Me @the Zoo</em> Exemplifies Internet's Infiltration of Indie Film ...
Why Margarita Can Purr, but Can't Roar ...

Cosmonaut Couture: Russian Photo Shoot Makes Space Sexy ...
Sonic Youth ...
Micron CEO Steve Appleton Dies in Plane Crash ...
Mark Zuckerberg, the Hacker Way and the Art of the Founder's Letter ...

Apple to Authors: Content You Make in iBook App is Yours, Not Ours ...

Hide From Google ...
Art Installation Tracks Visitors' Time With Tape Measures ...

Video: How the View From a Comet Might Look ...
Game|Life Podcast: <cite>Twisted Metal</cite> Maestro David Jaffe Speaks Out ...
As the Komen Foundation Caves, the Internet Wins Again ...
Oklahoma Lawmaker Proposes Tax on Violent Video Games ...
Army Hunts for New Targets: Manatees, Sea Turtles ...
<cite>One Model Nation</cite> Eyes '70s-Era Terror Through Krautrock Lens ...

Autonomous Quadrotors Fly Amazing Formations ...
Anonymous Eavesdrops on FBI Anti-Anonymous Strategy Meeting ...
Darpa Implants Could Track Your Stress Level 24/7 ...
Spectacular High-Res Image of Earth: The Other Side ...
Commentary: Face(book)ing the Music ...
A Modern Measurement of the Radius of the Earth ...
The Top 10 Reasons I Love Volcanoes (And You Should, Too) ...
The Science of Soccer Deaths and Football Bets ...

Emerging Epicenters of High-Tech Industry ... High-tech job growth isn't confined to the coasts: From Waco, Texas, to Bloomington, Indiana, pockets of ingenuity are everywhere.

Sprint, AT&T Trade Fire Over T-Mobile Deal as FCC Deadline Passes ... It's no secret the Sprint, the nation's third-largest mobile service provider, opposes AT&T's proposed $39 billion takeover of T-Mobile. Earlier this month Sprint's CEO testified before Congress that the deal could do "irreparable harm" to consumers. Now, Sprint has formally registered its objections with the Federal Communications Commission, which is scrutinizing the deal along with the Justice Department.

iCloud: Is 4th Time a Charm for Apple's Media Service? ... Apple has revealed the name of its upcoming online media service: iCloud. But don't let the cute branding fool you. The company has tried this service before, and the iCloud re-branding signals a do-over on one of Apple's greatest failures.

Report: Google, Sprint Join Mobile-Payments Arms Race ... Google will announce a new mobile payments system on Thursday, according to Bloomberg, adding greater urgency to the all-out arms-race taking place in the point-of-sale digital money space. The announcement will include news of a partnership with Sprint to roll out a mobile-payments system based on Near Field Communication, or NFC, technology.

Verizon Hints at Possible Family Plan for Mobile Data ... A Verizon executive says it’s all but inevitable that the company will eventually offer data plans that family members can share among multiple devices.

Visa Digital Wallet Speeds Up Mobile-Payments Race ... Electronic point-of-sale mobile payments at retail locations aren't quite ready for prime time -- but they're getting closer. The latest heavy hitter to enter the fray is Visa, the ubiquitous financial services company, who has announced plans for a digital wallet based on Near Field Communication, or NFC, technology.

Uh-Oh, Microsoft: Businesses, Schools Love Google Chromebooks ... Google's beta testers of its new Chromebooks for schools and businesses sang the praises of the web-centric devices Wednesday. It's not a song Microsoft will like.

Congress, CEOs Tangle Over AT&T's T-Mobile Bid, Spectrum 'Crunch' ... The AT&T and T-Mobile show rolled into Washington, D.C., Wednesday for a Senate hearing on Capital Hill and, suffice it to say, there were diverging views of how the proposed $39 billion buyout would affect the national wireless market, as well as consumers and startups.

Bloomberg, FEMA, FCC Detail NYC Emergency Notification System ... NEW YORK -- Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg unveiled the nation's first comprehensive, geographically targeted emergency notification system for mobile phones on Tuesday, declaring the launch to be a "quantum leap forward in using technology to help keep people safe."

Ballmer to Skype Fans: You Can Trust Us ... Trust us. We're not going to screw up Skype. That was the message Microsoft delivered Tuesday, hours after formally announcing that it was buying the internet telephony pioneer for a staggering $8.5 billion.