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Chris Yerga, engineering director of Android, speaks about Google Play Music at Google I/O 2013 in San Francisco.

Review: Google Music Plan Solid, Serendipitous

By Ryan Nakashima | May 23
Google’s new music service offers a lot of eye candy to go with the tunes. The song selection of around 18 million tracks is comparable to other popular services.

The Hewlett-Packard Co. logo is seen outside the company’s headquarters in Palo Alto, Calif.

HP’s 2Q Offers Hope Even as Revenue Slump Deepens

By Michael Liedtke | Thursday May 23, 2013
Hewlett-Packard is still scrambling to meet the growing demand for more versatile and less expensive mobile devices as a slump in its personal computer sales deepens.
Daniel Orellana of the Charles Darwin Foundation collects seashore imagery with the Street View Trekker at the Los Humedales wetland area on Isabela Island in the Galapagos.

Google To Add Galapagos Islands to Street View

By Jason Dearen | Thursday May 23, 2013
Google is processing their footage and trying to stitch it together. It hopes to post it to Street View later this year.

Calif. Teen Wins Intel Science Research Competition

Thursday May 23, 2013
18 year old Eesha Kha-RAY from Saratoga, Calif., received the Young Scientist Award for her research in chemistry. Eesha: "I developed...an energy storage device which can hold a lot of energy in a small amount of volume."

Wired Bride: Planning Your Wedding on the Web

Wednesday May 22, 2013
Bride-to-be Ysolt Usigan is using Internet sites like Pinterest and Etsy to save time in planning her wedding. Chenda Ngak reports.

With High-Tech Guns, Users Could Disable Remotely

Tuesday May 21, 2013
A high-tech startup is wading into the gun control debate with a wireless controller that would allow gun owners to know when their weapon is being moved - and disable it remotely.

Poll: Teens Migrating to Twitter

By Jennifer C. Kerr | Tuesday May 21, 2013
Teenagers complain about too many adults and too much drama on Facebook, according to a new study published Tuesday about online behavior.

Poll: Teens Migrating to Twitter

By Jennifer C. Kerr | Tuesday May 21, 2013
Teenagers complain about too many adults and too much drama on Facebook, according to a new study published Tuesday about online behavior.

Athlete-Amputee Becomes Artificial Limb Inventor

Monday May 20, 2013
CBS News’ Ben Tracy reports on an inventor whose idea for an artificial limb design was borne out of his own experience losing his lower leg in a sporting accident.
The Yahoo logo is displayed outside of the offices in Santa Clara, Calif.

Yahoo Takes Big Leap with $1.1B Deal for Tumblr

By Michael Liedtke | Monday May 20, 2013
Yahoo is buying online blogging forum Tumblr for $1.1 billion as CEO Marissa Mayer tries to rejuvenate an Internet pioneer that had fallen behind the times.
Facebook founder, Chairman and CEO Mark Zuckerberg, center, rings the opening bell of the Nasdaq stock market, from Facebook headquarters in Menlo Park, Calif.

A Year After IPO, Facebook Aims to be Ad Colossus

By Barbara Ortutay | Monday May 20, 2013
Despite its disappointing stock market performance, Facebook has delivered strong financial results. Net income increased 7 percent to $219 million in the most recent quarter, compared with the previous year. Revenue was up 38 percent to $1.46 billion.