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Google engineer sheds some light on how our tweets are ranked, and whether they will show up in real-time search.

File under irony: Microsoft violates Chinese copyright for using custom font.

In an open letter to “The People of Earth,” Conan O’Brien says he won’t do the Tonight Show following Leno. Doing so, he says, would “damage what I consider to be the greatest franchise in the history of broadcasting.”

In 1978 the US extended copyright protection. Here, a list of what would have entered the public domain in 2010 if the law had not changed. Instead, we’ll have to wait until 2049.

What does a year look like when compressed to 90 seconds?

How much data do we Americans consume on a daily basis? A freaking lot. Yes, that’s a mathematical quantity.

An author returns to Second Life after a three year hiatus and finds deserted worlds… and a lot of sex. We’re ok with that.

Real world dollars, and a lot of them, are forked over for a piece of virtual real estate.

Google’s Chrome browser nabs a top three market share spot.

Alleged drug dealer caught via World of Warcraft, Google Earth.