Recently, one of the hottest trending articles on BuzzFeed was a picture collection of "The 18 Worst Things For Left-Handed People." I clicked on this story with the index finger of my dominant right hand. It was quite easy. I would do it again.
Never before have so many people all of a sudden thought, "I wonder if Kansas City is a nice place to live?"
Air traffic control technology is getting a major upgrade in the United States that is scheduled to be completed in 2014, but the new systems are susceptible to potentially dangerous manipulation, according to a security researcher.
More than 400 million people trust Google with their e-mail, and 50 million store files in the cloud using the Dropbox service. People manage their bank accounts, pay bills, trade stocks and generally transfer or store huge volumes of personal data online. Who is ultimately in charge of making sure all this information is secure: the government, the companies or the users?
The video calling service Skype recently made a change to how it routes calls.
Google's technology certainly can map out driving directions and organize e-mail (or even make cars drive themselves). But can its digital tools take down drug cartels?
Dropbox, the popular cloud-storage service, is investigating whether a security breach is to blame for a recent wave of spam e-mail sent to users.
In the wake of Google alum Marissa Mayer's surprise hiring as CEO, variations of the same question are popping up again and again:
Marissa Mayer's appointment as Yahoo's next CEO has inspired a lot of feelings and opinions online. She's the Band-Aid on a bullet wound, a web giant's last hope, a difficult manager who'd run out of ways to move up, a feminist icon, a fresh start.
Marissa Mayer, who was Google's first female engineer and its 20th employee when she joined that company in 1999, has been named CEO of Yahoo.
For Microsoft's latest version of its Office suite, the company is betting big that making documents accessible across multiple devices, a cleaned-up design and improved collaboration features will keep the product relevant to today's users.
Google's first female engineer, Marissa Mayer, has made a career out of bucking expectations -- and she did so once again on Monday by announcing she will leave Google to be the new CEO of Yahoo, the struggling company that once was Google's main competitor.
Conventional webmaster wisdom holds that changing the name of a website leads to a drop in its popularity.
When a website that claims more than a half-billion monthly visitors gets hacked, users pay attention.
Hackers posted online what they say is login information for more than 450,000 Yahoo users.
It's a first-world problem of epic proportions, and the couch potatoes of the Web aren't pleased.
There are a ton of old sayings about music: that it's the food of love, that it soothes the savage beast, that it makes the people come together (yeah). And for good reason: Over the years, music has remained one of the few things, genres notwithstanding, that most people can agree to enjoy.
Wikipedia once again is diving into Internet politics.
The Internet was designed to be robust, fault-tolerant and distributed, but its technology is still in its infancy.
It's been impossible to go online or turn on a TV Monday without seeing all the breathless chatter about the "Doomsday" for the Internet, when hundreds of thousands of people were expected to abruptly lose their connection to the world's computer brain.
Raise your hand if this has ever happened to you: You wake up bleary-eyed on a weekday morn, lazily scroll through your newsfeed or Twitter feed or Google reader or whatever medium you use to absorb small bits of inanity, and there it is -- an opinionated update on a season finale, new movie or hot book, filled with important plot points.
Google unveiled a new home server called Nexus Q on its Google Play store in the minutes before the company's Google I/O conference in San Francisco began.
About three quarters of American public libraries currently lend out e-books, and in the past year libraries have seen a sharp growth in e-book borrowing. Still, well over half of U.S. library card holders don't know whether their local public library lends e-books, according to a new Pew report.
Is Orbitz trying to get Mac users to book higher-priced hotels?
Google will kick off its annual I/O developers' conference Wednesday in San Francisco, but CEO Larry Page won't be speaking there. He also was a no-show at Thursday's annual stockholders meeting and is expected to miss the company's quarterly earnings call next month.
Here's a real shocker: Teens are better than their parents at using the Internet, and are likely to hide some of their online behaviors from them.
CNN's Patrick Oppmann reports Cuban techies got together for a festival without having any technology.
Manliness, metaphorically embodied these days by facial hair, grilling meat and building domestic "man caves," is now carving its own space online.
Does part of social media's future lie in the past? It's a question that's nagging some of the biggest names in the industry as they turn their attention to the swelling digital archives many of us have created online.
Will you be any worse off the moment humans cease to speak in Aragonese? How about Navajo, or Ojibwa? Or Koro, a language only just discovered in a tiny corner of northeast India?
Western governments, including the United States, appear to be stepping up efforts to censor Internet search results and YouTube videos, according to a "transparency report" released by Google.
It was Tuesday afternoon when I found a trending article through Digg that seemed to explain why I'm not reaching my full potential for joy. And mind you, it had nothing to do with Pippa Middleton not returning my calls. Because that would be a very strange article for somebody to write.
With his frequent use of Twitter, YouTube, Pinterest and Instagram, Barack Obama has often been called the most tech-savvy of U.S. presidents.
If you're among the companies vying for one of the nearly 2,000 new generic top-level domains, or gTLDs, you've got big pockets. The application alone costs about $185,000.
You've probably seen the new Apple TV ads with actor John Malkovich having what looks like the most charming chat of his life with Siri, the voice-activated "personal assistant" on the iPhone 4S.
A young woman, her face wet with tears, stares into the lens of a video camera.
It was Tuesday evening when I happened upon a popular Fark.com link to a story on The Consumerist website praising the record-breaking success of Doritos Locos Tacos at Taco Bell, which has now sold more than 100 million crunchy, nacho-cheesy bundles of love.
The constant battle for Internet security saw another brazen attack this week as Russian hackers published millions of passwords they collected after hacking the professional-networking site LinkedIn.
Google unveiled some upgrades to its mapping software on Wednesday ahead of Apple's expected announcement that it will ditch Google Maps on iPhones and iPads in favor of its own technology.
Eduard Khil, a Soviet-era singing star who found renewed popularity as the viral Web's "Mr. Trololo," died Monday, Russian media reported.
With all the Facebook news lately -- the flat IPO, the regulatory interest, the Chan-Zuckerberg wedding -- it's highly possibly you've forgotten all about Twitter.
Google Places is gone, replaced by a new feature that combines its Google Plus social site and renowned restaurant reviewers Zagat.
Remember earlier this year when Wikipedia went black in protest of anti-piracy legislation moving through the U.S. Congress?
A massive, highly sophisticated piece of malware has been newly found infecting systems in Iran and elsewhere and is believed to be part of a well-coordinated, ongoing, state-run cyber-espionage operation.
You've heard of CNN, but unless you pay close attention to photo and video credits on news sites, you've probably never heard of the Syrian group SNN.
Yahoo has joined the browser wars with Axis, its very own tool designed to enhance its search with a clear eye toward the rapidly expanding mobile Web.
This might be the start of a new chapter in the browser wars.
So, let's say you're doing a Google search for "Kings." Did you mean the L.A. hockey team or the Sacramento basketball team? Maybe the TV show? Or maybe you actually wanted to know something about monarchs.
It sounds like one of those weird, grainy late-night infomercials: "Get money for your projects NOW for FREE! There are people out there just WAITING to put REAL MONEY in your hands! Don't wait, apply TODAY!"
If you're traveling abroad, your laptop could be attacked. That much, is certain, according to the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation, which warned this week that hackers are "targeting travelers abroad through pop-up windows while establishing an internet connection in their hotel rooms."
To paraphrase "The Social Network," if Abraham Lincoln had invented Facebook, he would have invented Facebook.
At one of the world's biggest gatherings of Web culture, a 28-year-old executive talks about landing a tech job by sending a CEO "bikini shots" from a "nudie calendar" he created.
For someone who likes to talk about the virtues of disconnecting, the media critic Douglas Rushkoff seems surprisingly always on. When I visited him at his storefront office near his home in Hastings on Hudson, New York, he was preparing to teach a new class, getting ready for a BBC interview, writing an essay, staring down a pile of articles to read, trying to figure out his new iPhone, and hurrying to finish his third book in three years -- a graphic novel called ADD, which revolves around gaming culture, celebrity and the pharmaceutical industry. "It also asks the question," he says, "what if attention deficit disorder weren't a bug, but a feature?"
Technology keeps bringing us closer to a world where people can communicate freely across language barriers.
Maybe it seems like the fastest way for a gadget-and-technology blogger to commit career suicide, but Paul Miller gave up the Internet at midnight Tuesday.
Feeling besieged by pesky little problems today? You might want to be careful with your Google searches.
The combination of Google's new storage service, Google Drive, and the company's recently unified terms of service and privacy policy, have riled the Internet into demanding to know why Google seemed to be claiming ownership of their customers' files.
Now that Google Drive is finally a reality, how does it stack up against the cloud competition?
Ah, springtime! When a young single person's fancy turns to quiet desperation. The darling buds of April have shaken off their veils of snow, and you, dear reader, have done likewise with your veils of fleece and SAD-induced despair.
Google expanded the digital world of cloud computing on Tuesday, announcing the rollout of "Google Drive."
The best revolutionaries eventually find themselves hailed in tributes and enshrined in museums.
MTV is hoping to give its get-out-the-vote campaign a viral boost with an online game, inspired by fantasy sports, that rewards players for participating in the 2012 elections.
In the wake of a multi-million-dollar online scam, more than 300,000 computer users worldwide could find themselves without Web access this summer.
This week, the Tech Check podcast hurtles its way through the internet's series of tubes for the final time.
In a move sure to attract attention from the music industry, a small group of coders claiming to be part of Anonymous is putting together a social music platform. The rather ambitious goal: Create a service that seamlessly pulls up songs streaming from all around the internet.
Last week, we gave you digital tips and tricks for surviving a layoff -- the first seven days, at least. Now, here we are again, an entire Wednesday later, prepared to help you gird your loins for the job search ahead.
Google's search engine was created when most of the Web's information was open and available to anyone willing to capture it. In today's more restrictive environment, Google co-founder Sergey Brin and CEO Larry Page may not have even tried to start the company.
Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg recently set off quite a debate in the tech world when she told an interviewer that she works a 9-to-5 schedule:
Even though the Internet has become a key tool for accessing services, getting an education, finding jobs, getting the news, keeping up with people you know and much more, one in five U.S. adults still does not use the Internet at all, according to a new Pew report.
Apple says a new software update provides tools to get rid of the so-called "Flashback" virus that has infected hundreds of thousands of Mac computers.
Cory Booker, the mayor of Newark, New Jersey, saved a woman from a burning house late Thursday night.
For consumers, the news that the Department of Justice is suing Apple and several publishers, accusing them of price-fixing, boils down to one kitchen-table question: Will this mean my e-books will get cheaper?
Spotify is letting bloggers and website managers embed songs from its vast music library for free.
Adrian Aoun wants to build a system that instantly understands everything posted to the Internet.
Raise your hand if someone you know was laid off in the last month. The odds are pretty good (meaning awful). Last week, the Bureau of Labor Statistics revealed that hiring slowed dramatically in March.
America's top technology companies have approval ratings that most politicians can only dream of, according to a new poll.
According to a report Thursday, more than 600,000 Macs could be infected with the nasty Flashback Trojan.
When Procter & Gamble shut down some access to the Internet this week, it wasn't to keep employees from messing around on Facebook or crafting personal e-mails on company time.
Bloggers this week pounced on an Arizona cyberbullying bill, comparing the legislation to online censorship efforts in Syria and China and saying that lawmakers in the state fundamentally don't understand the Internet.
Weeks after a policy change that sparked privacy concerns, Google has rolled out a new feature that will give users a monthly update to help them keep track of their activity across Google's multiple sites and tools.
SOPA appears to be dead. But the battle over Internet piracy is not.
After releasing a new version of its browser, Firefox 11, the Mozilla foundation has laid out its plans for 2012, and there are definitely some interesting things in the works for one of the most popular web browsers out there.
While most of the tech world was partying at South by Southwest in Austin yesterday, Yahoo announced it was filing a lawsuit against Facebook for allegedly infringing on 10 patents from their 1,000+ patent warehouse.
When it's revealed that a prominent member of a clandestine movement has been giving information to the FBI for months, you'd think it would intimidate others in the group into backing off.
You might excuse Ben Silbermann, co-founder and CEO of photo-sharing site Pinterest, if he looks a little overwhelmed these days.
When speaking to the tech-savvy attendees of South by Southwest Interactive, it doesn't hurt to lead with a Web reference -- even if you're the former vice president.
In the early days of the Internet, there was hope that the unprecedented tool for global communication would lead to thoughtful sharing and discussion on its most popular sites.
When you consider (1) that he's a comic actor known for playing dysfunctional characters, and (2) the photo above, you might expect Rainn Wilson's presentation at SXSW Interactive to have been full of laughs.
Craig Bell reports a new company has created software to help online job-seekers know where they stand in the process.
CNN's Eunice Yoon gets insights on Chinese hacking from a self-described godfather of China's hacker world.
Cyber sleuths try to learn details about mass shooting suspect Anders Behring Breivik. CNN's Kristi Lu Stout reports.
CNN's Felicia Taylor explains how "Bitcoin," an online currency works.
A young British woman and her grandmother demonstrate how different generations view internet security.
CNN's Michael Holmes looks at the digital footprint we leave behind and ways to hide our online lives.
In an exclusive interview, CNN's Felicia Taylor talks with Vogue Editor Anna Wintour about vogue.com's revamp.
CNN's Kristie Lu Stout explains how ISP-imposed limits on how much data you can download could affect cloud computing.
Major websites test new versions of Internet protocol in an experiment known as IPv6 Day. Kristie Lu Stout explains.
Will cloud computing make hacking and ID theft easier? CNN's Felicia Taylor reports.
CNN's Emily Reuben gets a rare glimpse inside the data center of a cloud facility at an undisclosed location in London.
CNN's Kristie Lu Stout explains what Apple's iCloud can and cannot do.
CNN's Liz Neisloss is in Singapore, where passions run high for food, photos of it and sharing both online.
A Buckingham Palace guard is removed from royal wedding duty over comments he put on Facebook.
For the first time, sales of electronic books in the U.S. exceed sales of print. CNN's Adriana Hauser reports.
CNN's Eunice Yoon travels to a village where the residents make their living selling through Taobao.com.
CNN's Jo Ling Kent in Beijing explains China's "Great Firewall" and how users circumvent it.
There are over 60 million bloggers in China, and he was among the first ones. CNN's Kristie Lu Stout talks to Isaac Mao.
CNN's Reggie Aqui explains how the internet has once again played a role connecting people after a disaster.
Apple CEO Steve Jobs appears at the debut of the iPad 2 in San Francisco.
One of the internet's founding fathers talks about Google's new boss and "Revolution 2.0" in Egypt.
Vint Cerf, one of the Web's founding fathers and Google Chief Evangelist, talks about Google's new boss, Larry Page.
CNN's Kristie Lu Stout spoke to Jimmy Lai, the man behind Taiwan's hit political animations.
A website claims to give "administrator" access to various web addresses for a price, causing serious security threats.
CNN's Dan Simon has an exclusive interview with the founders of "Qwiki," a new website that could compete with Google.
CNN Money's David Goldman discusses the new man filling the CEO hot seat at Google and why Eric Schmidt stepped down.
In August 2010, the CEO of Groupon.com discussed the success of the group coupon website.
CNN's Kristie Lu Stout examines the future of Microsoft Windows and its potential use on mobile devices.
CNN's Maggie Lake talks to internet guru Caterina Fake about her predictions for the web in 2011.
South Korea's government loses a legal battle over web control. CNN's Kyung Lah reports.
CNN's Kristie Lu Stout brings you some of the best gift ideas for the geek on your shopping list.
Does Facebook's foray into e-mail fundamentally change how we use e-mail? And will it make e-mails shorter?
Openleaks founder Daniel Domscheit-Berg explains how Openleaks will differ from WikiLeaks.
CNN.com's John Sutter explains the recent denial-of-service cyber attacks and how they affect you.
CNN's Etan Horowitz explains why terms relating to WikiLeaks are not consistently trending on Twitter.
A CNN.com producer explains how the WikiLeaks site was reportedly targeted by a string of cyber attacks.
In this time of giving, Facebook's co-founder has launched a new social media site focusing on charity work.
A Japanese man's live video stream of his suicide sparks privacy debates. CNN's Kyung Lah explains.
Facebook announces a new messaging system that may create competition for e-mail providers. Affiliate KGO reports.
Is China's biggest search engine a Google clone with a home court advantage, or an innovator in its own right?
Tudou CEO Gary Wang tells News Stream how videos that go viral in China compare to those popular on YouTube.
Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales runs the gamut in a wide-ranging interview with News Stream.
The Chilean miners bring in big web traffic and Apple patents an anti-sexting program.
Cisco's Senior VP Carlos Dominguez talks to CNN's Ali Velshi about how we may use communications tools in the future.
"American Idol" meets the tech world. Some promising start-ups meet in San Francisco hoping to get buzz and money.
Facebook outages cause headaches for the addicted and an iPad plays a part in baby delivery.
Google announces a new search feature that delivers you results without ever pressing the search button.
Jonathan Mann has written a song a day since January 2009, and plans to keep going until he's 80.
Some people are leaving their office to do their work in coffee shops with free WiFi spots. KARE's Kyle Porter reports.
CNN's Errol Barnett breaks down the various motivations worldwide governments cite for censoring the internet.
CNN.com's John Sutter looks at WikiLeaks, a site that published what it says are classified reports about Afghanistan.
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