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President Barack Obama. (Photo credit: Zbigniew Bzdak-Pool/Getty Images)

Obama Defends Phone Data Collection Program

President Barack Obama vigorously defended sweeping secret surveillance into America’s phone records and foreigners’ Internet use, declaring “we have to make choices as a society.”

2013/06/07

President Barack Obama spoke at a Democratic fundraiser in Chicago on Wednesday. (credit: SAUL LOEB/AFP/Getty Images)

President Obama To Visit NC School

President Barack Obama wants to see the nation’s classrooms transformed into digital learning centers and he is ready to ask federal regulators to use billions of dollars to pay for the broadband and high-speed Internet connections that will be needed to make it happen.

2013/06/06

U.S. Army Pfc. Bradley Manning, center, is escorted as he leaves a military court for the day June 3, 2013 at Fort Meade in Maryland. (credit: Alex Wong/Getty Images)

British Activists Rallying Around Manning During WikiLeaks Trial

It’s rare for an American to generate more sympathy abroad than he or she does at home, but Bradley Manning and his trial are unique in a host of ways.

2013/06/04

File photo of a grandmother and a little girl using a digital tablet. (credit: Shui Ta Shan/Getty Images)

Study: Internet Replacing Grandparents As Main Source For Advice

According to a recent study,an increasing number of people are soliciting websites for advice, instead of asking their grandparents.

2013/03/02

File photo of Google chief executive Eric Schmidt. (Photo by JUNG YEON-JE/AFP/Getty Images)

Analysis: Why Google North Korea Visit Irks U.S.

Google chief Eric Schmidt’s plan to visit North Korea has put the Obama administration in the awkward position of opposing a champion of Internet freedom engaging with one of the most intensely censored countries.

2013/01/05

File photo of a Google search page. (Photo by NICHOLAS KAMM/AFP/Getty Images)

New Internet Suffix Bids Include ‘.lol,’ ‘.bank’

If Google has its way, you won’t need “Google.com” to do your searches. You can simply go to “.Google.”

2012/06/12

The Facebook homepage appears on a computer screen in Washington on Aug. 30, 2010. (credit: NICHOLAS KAMM/AFP/Getty Images)

Facebook A Fad? Half Of Americans Believe So

Half of Americans think Facebook is a passing fad, according to the results of a new Associated Press-CNBC poll. And, in the run-up to the social network’s initial public offering of stock, half of Americans also say the social network’s expected asking price is too high.

2012/05/15