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Google's announcement last week that it plans to launch a new quantum computing laboratory with NASA may have boosted a highly specialized and slightly obscure field of study into a more mainstream light.

Among the biggest fights Google is engaging, are the following three: In the last few days, it appears that Google's weapon of choice to fight these three battles may be Nvidia Apple and the iPhone/iPad: At the annual Google i/o developer conference last week, the Android development leadership was on stage and answered questions from the very ... (more)

Yahoo Inc. lured Marissa Mayer from Google in July to become its fifth CEO in as many years.

After being accused of a lack of transparency by an independent watchdog, the European Privacy Association has confirmed that Google, Microsoft and Yahoo are backers.

Australian Privacy Commissioner Timothy Pilgrim has begun an investigation after some Telstra customer's phone numbers, names and home addresses contained in spreadsheets were found online during a Google search.

Webmasters will need to be much more careful about quoting content from online German publications after a new online copyright law comes into effect in Germany on August 1. The law, which targets search engines that provide snippets, originally would have given news sites the ability to seek monetary compensation for the supposed lost revenue ... (more)

Humor may not always translate well, but Jon Stewart is picking up millions of fans in China, where his gloves-off political satire is refreshing for many in a country where such criticism is a rarity - especially when directed at their own leaders.

It's official: After several days of rumors, Yahoo [NASDAQ: YHOO] has all but confirmed that it will be purchasing the blogging platform Tumblr for $1.1 billion.

A book Untangling the Web: A Guide to Internet Research produced by the The National Security Agency to uncover intelligence hiding on the web has just been released by the NSA, following a FOIA request, Wired reports .

I couldn't pass up the opportunity to spend $85 to see Guy Kawasaki present at the Air New Zealand Social Media Breakfast last Wednesday.

We admire Google. We're impressed by Google's accomplishments. But we're wary of Google's relentless ambition and its at-times curious thoughts about our world.

You might have heard, for example, that Google made 2.5 billion in revenues in Britain in 2011 but paid only 6 million in corporation tax.

Beijing .- A 28-year-old Chinese man who was kidnapped 23 years ago and sold to a family 1,500 kilometers from his home, has met up with his biological parents again thanks to Google Maps, Hunan TV said Friday.

'Google is cheating British taxpayers out of millions... what they are doing is just immoral': Web giant accused of running 'scandalous' tax avoidance scheme by whistleblower A former Google executive turned whistleblower says he has 100,000 emails that expose the 'immoral' tax avoidance scheme used by his former employer.

Customers of Lifeline, a federal program for low-income Americans, benefit by getting discounted phone service.

When investors think Apple Inc. , they often think of the company's ecosystem. Hedge fund manager David Einhorn has long argued for Apple Inc.

A job at Google - who wouldn't leap at the chance. In this movie, being released in June, two recently laid off 40-something salesmen have got an interview for an internship at Google that might in turn lead to a job.

Google staged four discussions expounding on the finer points of its "Glass" wearable computer during this week's developer conference.

Creative ideas come from everywhere, but it's not often you see a search engine giving utilities business advice.

Young tech firms would have us believe they represent a new model of business. Too often, their tax affairs tell a different story 'You know most of them would be sitting down with Pyongyang in a heartbeat if they thought there was a few extra quid in it.' Illustration by Otto Whenever I think of those iconoclasts at Google, changing the very ... (more)