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Yahoo’s Bartz Also Gets Fired From Fortune’s Powerful Women List, While HP’s Whitman Gets Hired

Kara Swisher in Media on September 29, 2011 at 12:48 pm PT

It’s a tough life at the top, especially of a list.

Top Docs on Scribd in 2010: Prop 8, P ? NP, GOP Pledge

Liz Gannes in Social on December 19, 2010 at 10:00 pm PT

A gay-marriage court ruling, a buzz-worthy computer science proof, a political platform and some macaroni-and-cheese recipes were the most shared documents on Scribd in 2010.

Binging in the Holidays (With Donuts!)

Ina Fried in Mobile on December 15, 2010 at 9:42 am PT

Microsoft announced a bunch of new Bing updates, most notably deeper Facebook integration and a coming update for the iPhone app that allows users to upload their own panorama images.

Shocking Bieber Upset: Oil Spill Tops Twitter's 2010 Trends

Liz Gannes in Social on December 13, 2010 at 12:00 am PT

Although World Cup tweeting caused record high volume and infrastructure demands on Twitter, the most-discussed topic on Twitter this year was actually the Gulf oil spill, said the San Francisco-based company tonight.

Galaxy Quest: Samsung Now King of the Androids

John Paczkowski in News on December 3, 2010 at 12:17 pm PT

Motorola’s Droid is no longer the doer it once was when it first debuted–in market share terms, anyway. The company has ceded its Android crown to Samsung, which now ranks as first in the United States among Android manufacturers.

Rich Dude Who Backed New York Times Bumps Tech's Gates as World's Wealthiest Man

Kara Swisher in News on March 11, 2010 at 9:31 am PT

Microsoft bigwig Bill Gates got hip-checked off the top perch as the richest man in the world by Mexican billionaire Carlos Slim on the annual Forbes list of the world’s Richie Richs. Often in the No. 1 spot, Gates actually got shoved off in 2008 by investor Warren Buffett (now No. 3), with whom he is good friends. Gates returned to the top rank in 2009, and now Slim–a telecom and more tycoon–has surpassed Gates’s net worth of $53 billion slightly with a $53.5 billion kitty.

Poky Web Connection? Get Yourself to Delaware (Or Japan).

Peter Kafka in Media on July 9, 2009 at 4:28 am PT

If you find yourself constantly cursing as your laptop struggles to stream a video clip, perhaps it’s time to consider a move. If you live in Delaware, you’ve got better odds at getting a high-speed connection than in any other state in the U.S. And if you’re really serious about speedy surfing, get yourself to Japan or South Korea. Bonus video: Break-dancing babies on rollerskates!

Web Searches That Really Bear Fruit

Katherine Boehret in The Mossberg Solution on January 13, 2009 at 4:18 pm PT

There’s nothing more frustrating than a fruitless Web search — or one that returns results that distract you from your original goal. This week I tested two free tools that attempt to make your Web searches more relevant by learning from users’ reactions to search results.