Does the plethora of information available on the Internet contribute to our overall knowledge, or do the bite-sized snippets of information the Web provides make us less likely to read or search out more in-depth content - essentially making us stupid?

Google has a shopping utility called Google Shopper that combines convenient shopping features in one clean little mobile app. It's currently only for Android phones, and something of an experiment.

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) on Thursday approved Google's application to buy and sell energy.

The PMA photography show doesn't start until this Sunday, but many manufacturers have already begun announcing new cameras. Check them out here!

The California Senate has passed a bill that would require online retailers like Amazon.com to charge sales tax for online purchases made in the state.

While it's best known for its office supplies, Staples offers a range of desktops and laptops computers for both consumers and businesses.

Diesel engines are known for their excellent fuel economy, and are often worth the price premium in the showroom. But rising diesel prices compared to gasoline threatens the value equation, and it's happening again.

Microsoft on Friday said that the company will soon begin rolling out its "ballot screen" technology to Windows users in Europe, as required by the European Union.

Sprint on Thursday said it would launch its first 4G WiMAX handset before the second half of 2010, according to a report.

The Federal Communications Commission on Thursday released details about its upcoming national broadband plan; an effort it said will use the power of broadband to solve some of the nation's "intractable" problems.

Wordpress.com failed as a result of a router issue on Thursday, taking down the foundation for 10.2 million blogs for about 110 minutes, the longest outage in four years.

The net effect of a problem with Adobe's Download Manager is that a user can be tricked into downloading and installing software using ADM without actual consent.

Argentinean author Juan Faerman wrote a book called Faceboom, a satirical and critical take on the Facebook phenomenon. Facebook then blocked his profile.

Google has made yet another tweak to its Buzz social networking platform. On Friday, the search engine giant added the feature to Google Dashboard.

Once you've made it through Apple's notorious App Store vetting process, you're pretty much golden, right? Not so much.

A small U.S. technology firm is suing the European Central Bank, claiming unauthorised use of its anti-counterfeiting technology on euro banknotes.

Intuit raised its full-year earnings forecast and said sales of its TurboTax tax preparation software will likely beat its previous expectations, sending its shares up 6 percent.

I'm pleased that Amazon is rolling the Kindle ebook reader onto all available platforms, but I'm not sure all platforms are right for it.

Google was lauded as a visionary intent on spreading the world's knowledge and reviled as a copyright infringer cavalier about protecting users' privacy in a hearing on Thursday to discuss its plan to digitize millions of books.

U.S. film star and Twitter celebrity Ashton Kutcher encouraged Russians on Thursday to share ideas through social media websites during a visit by U.S. technology leaders to Moscow.