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Vice President Joe Biden kicks off a two-day campaign swing through eastern Ohio on Wednesday, pushing a populist economic message -- dubbed "Obama economics" -- that he'll use to draw sharp contrasts between the president and Mitt Romney.

Canadians who get creeped out by web ads that seem to know a little too much about their personal habits should have access in the coming months to an opt-out tool that will help fight the effect of so-called behavioural advertising.

A May 14 picture in Paris, shows an illustration made with a figurine set up in front of Facebook's homepage.

Rotary Club of Crowley President Mike Goss, left, and program organizer Debbie Spallino, right, welcomed Lyn Askin, center, to the club's Tuesday meeting to speak about expanding businesses via the internet and internet marketing.

For information theorists, it was natural to ask how these two types of coding might be combined: If you want to both minimize error and maximize capacity, which kind of coding do you apply where, and when do you do the decoding? What makes that question particularly hard to answer is that no one knows how to calculate the data capacity of a ... (more)

By The Associated Press Facebook is selling 180 million of its shares in its initial public offering.

It may be known to some as the Dropbox-for-the-enterprise, but Box.com could be forgiven for insisting on its own identity.

Yahoo today launched a new tool for online advertisers designed to take advantage of the company's extensive experience with big data analytics.

Here are highlights of recent quarterly earnings reports from selected Internet and media companies and what they say about the state of spending on advertising: April 12: Google Inc.

KEY IMAGES: The Obama campaign ad features interviews with several former employees of GST Steel, a Kansas City, Mo.- based company bought in 1993 by Bain Capital, the private equity firm Republican Mitt Romney co-founded and was running at the time of the purchase.

Former Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich hits the campaign trail again Friday to support the presumed nominee, Mitt Romney, at the Georgia GOP convention.

Deputy Obama campaign manager Stephanie Cutter says the new ad on Romney's record at Bain Capital is not about "questioning the private equity industry as a whole," but rather examining the economic "wizardry" Romney claims as a top qualification for president.

LightSquared Inc., which hoped to create an independent wireless broadband network in the U.S., has filed for bankruptcy protection.

Amazon.ca , Amazon.de , Amazon.fr , Amazon.jp , Amazon.co.uk , Amazon.com , WorldCat , Google Books , Amazon.com , LibraryThing `There is no doubt that conversation analysis is an impressive and valuable approach to studying discourse, and Wooffitt does an excellent job of demonstrating its analytical sophistication and rigour' - European Journal ... (more)

No cell phones are to be used on planes, but what if you are using a VOIP service, which is leveraging your flight's wi-fi? That should be OK, right? You might think so, but apparently the answer is no.

I've been reading through the entries for our current Gadget Grab Bag contest . To enter the contest you have to suggest a product that you'd like to see in a future review here on The Gadgeteer.

" What Kind of Kid Was Mitt Romney? From the sounds of it, a complete jerk. Should voters care?" by John Dickerson.

Wondering if the US government's shadowy security agents are working behind the scenes with the biggest entity on the Internet? Don't hold your breath waiting - one advocacy group has to take Uncle Sam to court for an answer.

Facebook is worth gazillions -- or it will be after its IPO. But you may be surprised by your value as a cash cow for the company Want a piece of the Facebook IPO action next week? Odds are you won't be able to muscle your way in past all the VCs and institutional investors that are going to cash out majorly when the world's biggest social network ... (more)