Gregg Abbott's office seeks special AdWords source as well as other documents and executive interviews.
Google's (GOOG) government woes continue as Texas's Antitrust Investigators are seeking information on the "manual overriding or altering of" search result rankings.
The order is similar to a subpoena, compelling a company to turn over documents and make executives available for interviews.
State investigators also want Google documents on rivals Microsoft (MSFT) Corp.'s Bing and Yahoo! (YHOO) Inc. and complaints MORE
Seth Weintraub - Feb 15, 2011 6:13 PM ET
If you don't get to watch his comedy hour often, here's a look at what you are missing.
Unfortunately, I usually only get to see Glenn Beck when he's the butt of jokes on the Daily Show. Luckily, MediaMatters recorded this little bit from a recent show where he points out how Google seems to be embedded into the [US] Government.
"Why does Google keep getting kicked out of all of the MORE
Seth Weintraub - Feb 15, 2011 6:12 PM ET
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... Chrome vs. Android, and where's Larry (Page, CEO)?
As Google's (GOOG) outgoing CEO Eric Schmidt's talks usually are, today's at Moble World Congress was candid, informative and full of "with your permissions". He spoke on a number of topics but the most interesting I'll break down below.
On the recent Nokia- Microsoft Deal:
"We would've loved if they chose Android. They chose Windows. The offer to adopt later is MORE
Seth Weintraub - Feb 15, 2011 5:40 PM ET
Facebook's devices seem to be complementary to Google's mobile and search ambitions, but the two companies could butt heads down the road.
Facebook Nitrous buttons via HTC.com
Mark Zuckerberg was on hand (virtually, below) at HTC's Mobile World Congress event this morning to personally introduce what Facebook refuses to call the Facebook Phone. The "mobile social phones" from HTC (Salsa and Cha Cha pictured, right) look like your garden variety mid-range HTC MORE
Seth Weintraub - Feb 15, 2011 12:33 PM ET
The subscription model Apple announced today is unlikely to please anyone
Image: News Corp.
There was a rumor in the Time Life building last week that Apple (AAPL) -- which had been in a stand-off with the publishing industry for nearly a year -- had "blinked" and was about to cut a deal favorable to the publishers.
It was not to be. When Apple announced its new App Store subscription service MORE
Philip Elmer-DeWitt - Feb 15, 2011 10:28 AM ET
A curated selection of the day's most newsworthy tech stories from all over the Web.
The Jeopardy contestants, including IBM supercomputer Watson.
The first (of three) days of Jeopardy featuring the IBM supercomputer Watson as a contestant ended in a tie. Watson and competitor Brad Rutter wrapped up the evening with $5,000 each on the scoreboard, while Ken Jennings, who had bested Watson in the much-publicized practice match, ended up with $2,000. (AllThingsD) AOL CEO Tim MORE
JP Mangalindan, Writer-Reporter - Feb 15, 2011 8:31 AM ET
Motorola's latest is the new high-end Android, yet its refinements mean long battery life and light weight.
Motorola ATRIX 4G credit: AT&T
Ever since the HTC EVO was released on Sprint (S) about a year ago, there has been some stagnation at the high end of the Android spectrum. Processors have maxed out at about 1GHz, screens are about 480x800ish and 720P output has become standard.
The Motorola (MMI) Atrix takes Android MORE
Seth Weintraub - Feb 15, 2011 8:13 AM ET
Dan Benjamin's 5by5 podcasts are the place to go to hear Mac gurus free associate
Benjamin in his studio
In the middle of a live broadcast discussing Twitter's new president, Google's (GOOG) Android market share and why Microsoft's (MSFT) Windows Phone 7 is a terrible name for an operating system, the guest pauses to ask his co-host: "Speaking of well-hung Wookies, does this show have a sponsor?"
The guest is Daring Fireball's MORE
Philip Elmer-DeWitt - Feb 15, 2011 6:16 AM ETA: Too many. So Fortune examined six—testing them out and speaking to their CEOs—to bring you a roundup of how each site works and which one might best deliver the answers Internet surfers seek.
By Daniel Roberts, reporter
Q: Have you noticed the sudden explosion of sites purporting to offer Q&A? Have you taken note of the wild press given to some of them (ahem, Quora), wondered if the attention is deserved, MORE
Feb 14, 2011 2:59 PM ET
Watch it this afternoon, when an IBM supercomputer takes on two human champions
Source: IBM
It's the biggest man vs. machine confrontation since Deep Blue humiliated Gary Kasparov on the chess board in 1997.
Over the course of three episodes -- February 14, 15 and 16 -- an IBM (IBM) supercomputer named Watson will challenge Jeopardy!'s most successful human contestants.
We're not privy to the outcome, but based on the level of pre-publicity MORE
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