We asked, now we answer: Google's new Privacy Policy will not force you into accepting any vampiric habits of Google to vulture information from you for the purpose of advertisements. If you don't want them to.

Free speech is one of those topics that always sends people in a tizzy. Most would agree that censorship is a bad thing, but at the same time, it's not right to yell "fire" in a crowded theater. Unless, of course, the theater really is on fire. This idea is tricky enough when you're talking about books and speeches and what people say on TV. Social media, makes it even trickier. Take Twitter.

A study from the Journal Archives of Internal Medicine suggests that thinking positive actually helps us make better decisions.

How many times has the entertainment industry trembled at the onset of new technology? Well, if you're talking about the the film industry in particular, and you answered "every time," then you are pretty damn accurate.

It was around this time last year when Google's search results really started attracting a whole lot of criticism (more than usual). The content farm discussion was going full-throttle, and finally in February, Google launched the Panda update,

Xander: "Sure he says he's a high school student, but I can say I'm a high school student." Buffy: "You are." Xander: "Okay, but I can also say that I'm an elderly Dutch woman. Get me? I mean, who's to say I'm not if I'm in the elderly Dutch chat room?" Xander makes a good point. The one cool and also creepy thing about communicating over the internet, is you can be anyone you want to be; a high school student, an elderly Dutch woman or Snow White.

A viral video is one that becomes popular through the process of Internet sharing, via social media, sharing sites, or good 'ole email.

In 2009, President Obama tapped Virginia's Secretary of Technology to fill a brand new job - the nation's first Chief Technology Officer.

The editors of Macworld have released their list of winners of Best Of Show at this year's Macworld | iWorld conference. The list is a diverse collection of apps and accessories,

Hear ye, hear ye, gentle Nintendo gamers, your days of suffering under the abysmal Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection will soon be at an end. Nintendo during their quarterly report yesterday announced their intention to create the Nintendo Network.

Foursquare wants to be your go-to place for all things location, and that includes exploring a new city. Now, when you visit a business' Foursquare page, you will see all of the locations that are nearby your own location.

No doubt the Initial Public Offering of Facebook stock is the most anticipated since Google went public. With equity-trading volume's down for both platforms, the NASDAQ and the NYSE are in a battle to win the listing.

Did a Saudi Prince's investment in Twitter have anything to do with the recent Twitter censorship announcement? Most of Twitter's users seems to think so. As we reported back in December,

If you're having trouble sleeping this weekend, I suggest pouring over the entire 99-page report of Google's 10-K for the 2011 fiscal year. It. Is. Dry. However,

Earlier this week Apple released their earnings report for the first quarter of FY2012. As we reported then, the company had its best quarter ever, bringing in $46.33 billion dollars in revenue, beating estimates by more than $8 billion.

Twitter is a wonderful place for one-liners. To be funny on the site, you've got to be sharp and practice economy of language. You've only got 140 characters to make an impression.

Back in November, Google revealed that it was testing algorithm changes that would examine what appears "above the fold" on web pages. It raised a number of questions about the kinds of hoops webmasters would have to jump through.

WBIR-TV in Knoxville, Tennessee covered Pinterest very well in this TV news report. They interviewed a local photographer who uses Pinterest as an inspiration board, as well as Gavin Baker, Director of digital media at Moxley Carmichael,

What can a fake YouTube video do for you? Well, if you're name is Stewart Downing, a moderately-talented soccer player for Liverpool, it can turn a decent paycheck into an absolute gold mine. The story,

by Claudine Zap Two teens from Toronto successfully launched a Lego figure into near space - and launched a storm of interest on the Web. Mathew Ho and Asad Muhammad, 17-year-old classmates at Agincourt Collegiate Institute, took four months, many Saturdays, and $400 to carry a Lego figurine and four cameras miles above the earth, a project that the two did for fun, not for class. "We didn't really believe we could do it until we did," Ho told the Toronto Star .