Stories by Sharon Gaudin

Reports were circulating Tuesday that Facebook will launch its initial public offering in May.

Yahoo's choice of a new corporate head is sending a message that the company will be rebuilt instead of sold, analysts say.

Just in time for today's Iowa caucus, Google launched a political hub site to help users get information, discuss issues and track candidates' popularity.

Online giants Google and Facebook came out as the most-visited Web sites of 2011, according to a Nielsen report.

As Google works to make its Google+ social network a major competitor to market leader Facebook, the <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9221639/Google_s_delighted_that_Facebook_underestimates_Google_">battle between the two</a> could reach a critical point in 2012, analysts say.

While Google and Microsoft waged "trench warfare" in the search business this year, both are hoping to come up with a market game changer for 2012.

Buying things has always been social.

Remember that photo of you at last year's company holiday party? It was so embarrassing the day your Facebook friends kept commenting on it.

NASA's newest robotic rover has already begun its work although it's only a few weeks into its eight-month-long journey to Mars.

Google dove into the realm of facial recognition on Thursday, unveiling a tagging suggestion feature for its <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9221959/Google_traffic_jumps_as_users_stay_longer_on_site">Google+ social network</a>.

Facebook confirmed Thursday that it has launched a corporate reorganization around its product development.

Twitter announced a redesign today aimed at making the site more <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9220943/With_250M_tweets_per_day_Twitter_plans_simplicity_strategy">customizable and easier to use</a>.

After the U.K. government blamed social networks for fueling the riots last summer, a study shows that Twitter did not incite rioters but was used as a source for positive work.

A Facebook bug came back to haunt the company's co-founder and CEO, Mark Zuckerberg.

As the end of the year approaches, a look at what people searched for and shared online can start painting a picture of what most interested people during 2011.