If you were wondering what people were searching for on Google during one of the biggest shopping days of the year last year, you might be surprised that the lyrics for Survivor song "Eye of the Tiger" was in the top three. We can only surmise that it was the result of heated arguments around the dinner table on Thanksgiving. Here are some of the other search terms. ...more

November 28, 2008

The name says it all: mailbox baseball -- smashing mailboxes with a baseball bat or, occasionally, a golf club. ...more

November 28, 2008

Someone performed Internet searches for "neck breaking" and "household weapons" on the home computer of a Florida mother charged with killing her missing 3-year-old daughter, according to court documents released Wednesday. ...more

November 26, 2008

When it comes to buying a home, the Internet truly is the information superhighway, and it has changed the way people shop for a new home, according to Dewey Mitchell, co-owner of Prudential Tropical Realty. ...more

November 26, 2008

To its fiercest devotees, one of the best things about the BlackBerry is its carefully designed physical keyboard, which the skilled BlackBerry addict can play like a violin. These folks scorn Apple's popular iPhone, whose keyboard is virtual and must be operated by tapping on the screen. ...more

November 24, 2008

In the world of business and antitrust law, big is not necessarily bad or illegal. But alarm bells went off when Google and Yahoo, the top two players in the search advertising market, decided to join forces. The Justice Department was right to challenge that proposal, which the companies have since withdrawn. A possible casualty: Yahoo CEO Jerry Yang. ...more

November 23, 2008

The world's largest consumer products company and the online search leader are working together to learn more about each other and about targeting customers. ...more

November 20, 2008

This image of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. delivering his "I Have a Dream" speech on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., during the 1963 Freedom March is among many photos from Life photo archives now available on Google Image Search at http://images.google.com/hosted/life. The collection includes photos and etchings produced and owned by Life and date to the 1750s. A small percentage of the photos were published. Google noted that about 20 percent of the collection is now online, and that it is working to get the entire collection of nearly 10 million photos posted. ...more

November 19, 2008

For months, Verizon owed Mary Spatz a free HDTV in exchange for signing up for cable television, phone and Internet service. But each time she called asking about the missing TV, she only heard excuses about delays and backlogs. ...more

November 16, 2008

never even looked at a blog - read on. ...more

November 12, 2008