Brian Gongol
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Motorola's weak performance hit Google's stock price pretty hard today. Google's trying to fashion a modern-day conglomerate, but it's making some odd choices along the way.
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Literally, that is -- how their brains process information. Some research hints that whether one is inclined to follow the cues of others may be a left/right thing.
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Network television is figuring out that they have to deliver differentiable products in order for anyone to prefer one newscast over another
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Britain's prime minister has laid down a gauntlet, telling the head of Scotland's government that they need to bring up a referendum on leaving the UK within 18 months or shut up until the next Parliament
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European credit markets have turned so sour that banks are getting big companies to essentially lend them cash to stay open
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Facebook allows teacher to get her revenge on an idiot former student