In a move that pushes the browser wars further into the public eye, Google has release the first television ad for its Chrome browser, and it does so by backing gay young people in need of support.

People spend more time on social networks than they do looking at porn — and that's just the tip of the information iceberg from "Socialnomics" creator Erik Qualman.

In a first for the electric motorcycle world, bike maker Brammo announced today a new line of dirt bikes that have six gears instead of none.

More than 1,000 people showed up for a German girl's 16th birthday on Friday after she inadvertently posted the party as a public event on Facebook.

The future is now: An Australian inventor has built a "Hoverbike" that could fly more than 10,000 feet off the ground.

The brains behind Apple's monstrously successful OS X operating system, Bertrand Serlet, is leaving the company. Does this signal a sea change in Cupertino?

Satellite imaging technology has allowed researchers to discover 17 new Egyptian pyramids along with thousands of other structures.

Researchers have begun to create a new technology that could soon allow humans and dolphins to talk to each other.

E-cigarette safety is a matter of contention. But a look at studies of a similar product, theatrical fog machines, may give us some insight.

Google fired shots at Microsoft, Apple, Oracle and others for trying to buy "bogus patents" that can be used to hurt Android. But some say Google's arguments don't hold up.

A minor hack of AOL's Postmaster website has already been fixed, but it adds another negative light on a company that is already on hard times.

Hacktivist group Anonymous is fighting back against San Francisco's Bay Area Rapid Transit System, which blocked cell phone an Wi-Fi access last week in an attempt to subdue a protest against its police force.

With devastating flood waters still covering much of Thailand's key industrial districts, the price of hard drives has already risen as much as 180 percent, according to some observations.

A new Trojan virus that targets Android smartphones covertly records users' phone calls. Unfortunately, this malicious software is just one part of a new trend in hacking that targets Android and Apple iOS devices.

Crossbreeding between ancient humans and other hominid species may have played a key role in the development of the modern human immune system.

As promised, Microsoft has added Vudu and UFC pay-per-view apps to the Xbox 360 lineup.

On 20 minutes into its maiden voyage, the US Military's Falcon HTV-2, which is capable of traveling more than 3 miles per second, has gone completely missing.

The controversial "backscatter" X-ray body scanners will no longer be used at European airports due to health risks associated with the technology.

A Northern Ireland man has sued Facebook because his 12-year-old daughter was able to post "sexually explicit" photos to the social networking site. Is Facebook at fault?

Nokia is offering $10,000 to anyone who can create a new ringtone to replace the iconic Nokia Tune, which has been annoying movie theater-goers since 1994.

The sometimes-obnoxious CAPTCHA codes used to block spammers and bots have been defeated by a program, called DECAPTCHA, developed by a pair of Stanford University researchers.

Online scam artists are selling fake access to online Harry Potter universe, Pottermore.com

Hundreds of secretive companies known as data brokers have access to some of the most intimate details about your life. And there’s not a U.S. law on the books that can stop them.

Healthcare.gov, the primary Web portal for Obamacare's online exchanges, seems to have cost more than $500 million to build. Wait, what?!

The 'deep Web' site Assassination Market lets users donate Bitcoin toward the murder-for-hire of world leaders, including President Obama and Ben Bernanke.

With the help of some extra-cold superconductors, scientists in France have created one of the world's first-ever levitating hoverboards.

The year 2015 appears to have arrived a little early, with Nike apparently preparing to release the "Marty McFly" shoe from Back To The Future II sometime on Thursday.

Welcome to the world of vapers, and all that goes with it.

My fiancee forbids vaping in most parts of our house – and I don't have a good argument against it.

BitTorrent users are being monitored on a "massive" scale, according to a newly published study from the University of Birmingham, U.K.

A new report from The New York Times demonizes e-cigarette e-liquid as a dangerous killer. But the real danger is ignorant, irresponsible people.

Competition between Internet service providers is already bad. But Comcast's buyout of Time Warner Cable would only make matters worse.

Apple says it played no part in a newly revealed NSA exploit that gives US spies complete access to iPhones.

Airbnb has made a name for itself as the go-to vacation rental site. But hosts and guests should beware: Airbnb's terms of service show that the site puts nearly all the responsibility on you, if something happens to go wrong. Which, as we know, can happen.

Google Chromecast may be one of the best deals in tech right now. Here's why I'm not buying one.

Slamming businesses with bad Yelp reviews has landed an increasing number of people in court. Here's how to warn people about a negative experience without breaking the law.

We put two of the most popular tracker-blocking plugins, Do Not Track Plus and Ghostery, head to head in this hands-on showdown.

More kids are using e-cigarettes now than ever before, according to the CDC – and that probably means us adult vapers are going to suffer because of it.