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In the clearest language to date, Democratic Senator Herb Kohl of Wisconsin signaled heavy scrutiny of Google coming in 2011. An antitrust showdown between the U.S

Instapaper is already a very popular service on mobile devices, and it's just had a big social sharing makeover that improves its offerings significantly. Best of all--and following current trends--a user's Instapaper "likes" are now browsable by friends.

This past December, a leaked EPA document revealed that the agency allowed the widespread use of pesticide known to be toxic to honeybees, despite warnings from EPA scientists.

By now you've probably heard of HTML5, the platform that every browser maker from Microsoft to Mozilla to Google can't stop heralding as the savior of the Internet. Buzzwords aside, developers are excited about HTML5 because it creates a more elegant online experience, enabling users to enjoy the the best aspects of the web--audio, video, multimedia--without having to install external applications like Adobe Flash. In other words, HTML5 allows us to experience the Internet natively, and escape what Mozilla VP of products Jay Sullivan calls "plug-in prison." Sullivan is gung-ho about HTML5, which has become a major selling point of Firefox 4, the browser's latest iteration set launch in the coming weeks

The magnitude 8.9 earthquake that hit Japan just a few hours ago has elicited a fast response from Google , with a person finder app identical to the one used in New Zealand recently. Japan's technologically very well equipped to react to the disaster, including the tsunami that followed the quake, and the nation's bullet trains, metros and nuclear power stations automatically halted. One reactor had an issue, but there was no reported leak

An earthquake with a magnitude of 8.9 hit Japan today, resulting in tsunami warnings for 20 countries, as well as California and Hawaii.

One day last summer Jared Hecht’s fiancée was complaining that she had no good way to coordinate her friends in real time at a Red Rocks music festival. “I called up my friend Steve and said, how do we make this possible?” A week later Hecht, who turned 24 today, and cofounder Steve Martocci, 28, had built a prototype of their group texting service, GroupMe , at a 24-hour hackathon.

A controversial web-design company that served scores of small businesses and left many unhappy customers in its wake has closed its doors. Employees from HIT Web Design, a full-service web design and web hosting company in Provo, Utah, were seen carrying boxes out of the company's headquarters on Tuesday, the Deseret News reported . Founded as Heritage Web Solutions in 1999, the company hit No

More technology does not always mean more openness and collaboration. Consider the divergent examples of Tunisia, writing its new constitution via the collaborative, open-source PiratePad, and Hungary, writing its guiding document via the very proprietary iPad.

A breakthrough in producing light emitting diodes could bring LED production costs down as much as 75%. A breakthrough in producing light emitting diodes could see LED production costs tumble as much as 75%.

LinkedIn has announced the launch of LinkedIn Today, a social news product for business users that the company hopes will turn its site into a can't-miss daily destination. Up until now, LinkedIn didn't offer enough fresh information to be useful in daily life; well-connected Internet users don't check LinkedIn every day the way they might with, say, Facebook or Twitter. LinkedIn Today aims to change that

Flipboard , the popular news aggregator/browser app, just got a significant makeover that boosts speed and includes Instagram support and a clever social search.

Meet up with friends! Watch funny YouTube videos! Oh yeah, also, prep for the LSATs... A couple years back, Ashish Rangnekar was preparing for his GMAT exam, while also working a full-time job. "I realized that I was always short of time

Apple 's new iPad is here ! In all 236 Apple retail stores in the U.S.