Lyrid Meteor Shower of 2012
The Lyrid meteor shower peaks Saturday night and Sunday morning, April 21-22. It's a relatively small shower -- 20 shooting stars per hour -- but a new moon should mean darker skies and better seeing.
  Alibaba buys back stake held by Yahoo for $7.1 billion
 SHANGHAI/NEW YORK (Reuters) - Chinese Internet entrepreneur Jack Ma's Alibaba Group is buying back up to half of Yahoo Inc's 40 percent stake for $7.1 billion in a deal that moves the Chinese e-commerce leader closer to a public listing. Under the agreement, Yahoo will sell one-half its stake in Alibaba for at least $6.3 billion in cash and up to $800 million in new Alibaba preferred stock. ...
CISPA: Your Privacy at Risk?
A new piece of controversial technology-related legislation is making its way though the House and now the Senate – the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act, or CISPA. What is the bill and what's going to happen next?
If Facebook hosted a constitutional convention
Is Facebook bigger than the Constitution? In some ways, the social network already is, but it may not be big enough to host a constitutional convention. Google says disagrees with EU antitrust opinion
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Google said on Monday that it disagreed with the opinion of EU antitrust regulators who said it may have abused its dominant position, but said it was willing to discuss issues further to resolve the matter. Earlier on Monday, EU Competition Commissioner Joaquin Almunia offered Google, which provides the world's most popular search engine, the chance to offer concessions to settle an antitrust investigation. "We disagree with the conclusions but we're happy to discuss any concerns they might have," Google spokesman Al Verney said in a statement. ... 'Draw Something' Tips and Tricks
Everyone's playing Draw Something. Here's some tips for the popular mobile game
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