Google founders to sell stock, cede majority control by 2014
Larry Page and Sergey Brin will still be in firm control of Google by the end of a five-year stock trading plan, but together, they will own less than half of the company voting rights.
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Exploratorium serves up the science of cocktails (audio slideshow)
An event at the Exploratorium in San Francisco explores some of the scientific properties behind the bar.
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Microsoft shuffles Zune, Media Center units
The software maker says Enrique Rodriguez, who had been heading the Mediaroom, Zune, and Media Center efforts, is "pursuing other interests" inside and outside Redmond.
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Time-lapse video depicts Flight 1549's days in icy Hudson
A video shot by artist David Martin depicts the fallen Airbus A320 submerged in the icy waters of the Hudson River for days before being lifted out and placed on a barge.
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Reporters' Roundtable: Charity 2.0 (podcast)
Through the text message giving program in Haiti, the Red Cross raised $26 million in just nine days. Was this a one-time outpouring of goodwill, or the beginning of a trend in global humanitarianism?
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Alleged car thief caught playing Grand Theft Auto
A man allegedly steals an SUV. He parks it outside his house and then sits down to play Grand Theft Auto. And that's how police find him.
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Judge: Nvidia infringed on three Rambus patents
A U.S. International Trade Commission judge rules that three of five Rambus patents being examined were violated by the graphics chipmaker.
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Report: Apple tablet could earn $3 billion in a year
One analyst, Mike Abramsky of RBC Capital, predicts that Apple could earn almost $3 billion in the first year, if its expected tablet computer is priced right.
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State Dept. presses China ambassador on Google
But even after closed-door meeting on Thursday evening, 10 days after Google's report of illegal hacking, the U.S. has not issued a formal protest.
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Ballmer desecrates MacBook Pro
I thought this Ballmer autograph on a Macbook Pro was fake, but according to this video of the big man scribbling it, it's not.
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Let your undies power your iPhone
Engineers at Stanford University are working on technology that will turn fabric into an electronic storage device.
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Lenders using social networks to assess applicants?
A report from CreditCards.com suggests some lenders may be examining would-be borrowers' social networks to see if they associate with creditworthy friends.
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Facebook's Dave Morin announces departure
Longtime employee and prominent marketing spokesman plans to launch an as-yet-unnamed new company with original Napster creator Shawn Fanning.
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Storage predictions for 2011
Storage predictions for 2010 are everywhere. But here you'll find storage predictions for the following year.
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Does the Internet help aspiring rock stars?
Tommy Silverman, founder of Tommy Boy Records, says not really. Jeff Price, CEO of TuneCore, says he's using the wrong metrics. Who's right?
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CNET News Daily Podcast: Clinton urges Net companies to reject censoring
Secretary of state lays out new Internet freedom policy; court drastically reduces $2-million file-sharing penalty; IT spending to rise; MPAA head steps down; astronaut tweets from ISS.
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Got diabetes? No more pricks, just breathe on this
University of Florida engineers have designed a tiny, inexpensive sensor using a semiconductor that amplifies minute signals to detect glucose levels, pH or alkalinity levels, and indicators of cancers.
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Google search gets answer highlights and events
Google makes two big tweaks to its search result pages that will help users find answers to semantic questions, as well as dates and location info for upcoming events.
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Solar-driven Stirling engines get to work
Stirling Energy Systems and Tessera Solar open a factory to build large reflective dishes that use the sun's heat to make electricity with little water.
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