German Chancellor Angela Merkel topped the Forbes list of the world's most powerful women, which is dominated by politicians, businesswomen and leaders in media and entertainment.
IBT Staff Reporter
Aug 24, 2011
Shares of the parent of online job board Monster.com are down nearly 70 percent this year, with most of that loss coming since early July. A company that once boasted a multi-billion dollar market valuation is now worth less than $1 billion.
IBT Staff Reporter
Aug 24, 2011
Got a new TouchPad from HP's $99 fire sale? Here are 10 must-use app.s
David Magee
Aug 24, 2011
Female politicians took three out of the top five spots in Forbes' 2011 list of the most powerful women in the world.
Ashley Portero
Aug 24, 2011
Facebook has made wholesale changes to privacy, making it easier for you to hide the information you don't want others to see.
IBT Staff Reporter
Aug 24, 2011
Social network giant Facebook, long criticized for failing to implement adequate privacy controls and for adopting a cavalier attitude towards the sensitive issue, is now trying to appease its users by streamlining how they manage and share their personal information.
Surojit Chatterjee
Aug 24, 2011
Online data tracking service comScore Inc siphons confidential information including passwords, credit card numbers and Social Security numbers from unsuspecting users, according to a lawsuit filed on Tuesday.
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Aug 24, 2011
Flash mobs are becoming an increasingly terrifying phenomenon in many American cities. But they have been used as a tool of political protest for a decade, and text messaging and social media have helped people communicate in many significant instances.
Daniel Tovrov
Aug 24, 2011
Tuesday's unusual East Coast earthquake sent tremors from Georgia to New York, surprising residents who were not expecting such an event.
Ankita Mehta
Aug 24, 2011
Fifteen years ago, a growing sense of isolation due to old age prompted Kayoko Okawa, then 66, to knock on the door of a local volunteer center and timidly ask if it was possible for someone her age to start an online community for seniors.
IBT Staff Reporter
Aug 24, 2011
NASA's human-like 300-pound robot, Robonaut 2 or R2, which reached the International Space Station six months ago to act as an astronaut's assistant, has been powered up for the first time.
IBT Staff Reporter
Aug 24, 2011
Like the concept of circles in Google+, users in Facebook can choose who can see their posts and what part of their profile they want to make visible to their friends and to the broader web.
IBT Staff Reporter
Aug 24, 2011
Users will now be able to approve photo tags
Ellen Killoran
Aug 23, 2011
With so many HP TouchPad's sold after the $99 dollar sale it's time to take a look at some of the best apps for the product:
Ceylan Yeginsu
Aug 23, 2011
New privacy updates give users more control over who sees what
Ellen Killoran
Aug 23, 2011
The East Coast was rocked by a 5.8 magnitude earthquake Tuesday, sending vibrations from as far south as North Carolina to as far north as Toronto.
John Talty
Aug 23, 2011
The earthquake that struck central Virginia on Tuesday afternoon interrupted musicians working in a studio in Richmond, Va., some 40 miles southeast of the quake's epicenter.
Mike Obel
Aug 23, 2011
Here's where the 2011 Virginia Earthquake hit according to maps distributed by the U.S. Geographical Survey.
IBT Staff Reporter
Aug 23, 2011
Thousands have rushed to buy HP's TouchPad when it was discontinued, and the price slashed to $99. But there are not as many TouchPad apps available as iPad apps. Here's 10 for new must-have apps for TouchPad buyers.
David Magee
Aug 23, 2011
Company announces a better way to keep track of privacy over photos, information.
Cristina Merrill
Aug 23, 2011
Right on the brink of Hurricane Irene, an earthquake hits the East Coast.
IBT Staff Reporter
Aug 23, 2011
Internet phone and messaging service provider Skype said, Sunday, it will buy mobile group messaging service provider GroupMe. But why GroupMe?
Surojit Chatterjee
Aug 23, 2011