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Rankings of the best and fastest ISPs in U.S. cities are now available, thanks to stats from Speedtest.net. And while the country is far from leading the world, the nation's tubes aren't nearly as bad as many suspect.

The rich are adding to their millions with pre-IPO stock, but today's internet stock rockets are social networks built by their members -- so shouldn’t Regular Joes get a cut, too?

Rapper Kanye West, who might be more famous for his controversial pronouncements over the years than for his music, would seem the perfect candidate for starting a Twitter account, but rejected the notion. However, he changed his mind by starting an account and rapping at Twitter's headquarters on Wednesday.

LOS ANGELES - William Shatner confesses he has problems with the digital age. At 79, he doesn't use Twitter and can't remember computer passwords. So what is the Sci Fi icon doing in the first TV series dreamed up from a Twitter account?

The fight between Google and Apple is not over phones: It's a software-platform war. The trouble with this horse race is that one horse's progress is measured in meters and the other in yards. The comparison between Android and the iPhone is meaningless.

Just about everything people say on Twitter is public, offering marketers a rare chance to listen in on what folks are saying about their brands, and to trumpet their messages to the masses. But Twitter users fail spectacularly when it comes to disseminating branding messages to each other.

Our bacon-loving foodie tries making bacon ice cream at home. It may be good, but is it worth the time, effort and dirty dishes?

According to a survey of more than 20,000 internet users, iPad owners are uncaring elites, while those who denigrate the device lack sex appeal. That's about what our personal anecdotal experience has been ...

Starting Tuesday, the search site that refuses to die is re-re-inventing itself as a question answering service. This time Ask.com is adding a Web 2.0 twist on its origins as a site that promised to understand what you were asking and provide the one right answer.

Marketers should avoid advertising on Foursquare and other location-based social networks because not enough people use them, according to a Forrester Research report.

Sales of Old Spice have more than doubled since the brand launched its viral video sensation featuring Isaiah Mustafa addressing his viewers directly in near-real-time.

For starters, always use the phrase 'the poorest country in the Western hemisphere.' Your audience must be reminded again of Haiti's exceptional poverty. It's doubtful that other articles have mentioned this fact.

The Department of Energy launched a new blog last week, the aptly named (yet uninspiring) Energy Blog. Among other announcements and musings (OK, really more statements than deep thoughts) is a call to develop three Energy Innovation Hubs, one of which will drive research to turn sunlight into fuels.

Director Kevin MacDonald and producer Ridley Scott beseech you to film a slice of your day on Saturday, July 24, and upload it to a special channel on YouTube, so that they can weave the footage into a documentary to inform and amuse future generations.

The iPad is about to have its academic chops put to the test this fall in a number of programs around the country. Colleges and universities are looking to adopt the iPad as a collaborative tool, a standardized mobile device to integrate into curriculums, and, in some cases, even a cost-saving device.

Playboy Enterprises unveils "The Smoking Jacket," a new website that's completely safe for work, provided your workplace has no issues with articles like "Ballin' at the Bowling Alley" and "How to Get Laid at Work."

From devilishly plush pork to serious-looking alien weaponry, toy makers roll out the geeky goods at San Diego's massive pop-culture convention.

Apple reported record revenues earlier this week, but Microsoft had a blowout quarter of its own, reporting revenues Thursday of $16.04 billion -- enough to keep the Redmond giant ahead of the Cupertino company in this particular financial metric. But that's not the whole story.

Optical networks connecting the world's trading centers grow ever faster, as the race continues to process financial transactions milli- or even nano-seconds faster than the next guy can. Regardless of what you think of high-frequency trading, it will help you in the long run.

Social news app Flipboard was yesterday’s hot new app, despite — or perhaps because of — technical problems that prevented some features from working. But there might be a bigger snag: Is Flipboard scraping content it doesn't have the rights to?

Facebook says it 'strongly suspects' forgery is involved in a contract showing its founder Mark Zuckerberg signed away more than half the rights to Facebook for $1,000 in 2003. The suit to take over the company seven years later is “absurd,” the company says. Paul Argentieri, the lawyer for the man who says he paid Zuckerberg in 2003 in part to 'The Face Book,' countered that he finds such statements 'hilarious.'

Skype and the iPhone are so happy together, now that the new version of the software can receive calls in the background and make calls over AT&T's 3G network. We credit AT&T's new data limits with making this happen, and Skype agrees.

Just as Facebook announces it has a half billion active users, a pesky lawsuit alleges Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg signed over control of the company to an early investor. The suit threatens to steal attention from the company's impressive milestone.

Apple has displaced Oracle as the company with the most security vulnerabilities in its software, according to security company Secunia. Over the first half of 2010, Apple had more reported flaws than any other vendor.

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