Stories by Sharon Gaudin

The Internet and social networks like Facebook and Twitter immediately lit up Wednesday night with the news of the death of Apple Chairman Steve Jobs.

Just three years after a failed attempt to buy Yahoo, Microsoft may be considering whether to try again, Reuters reported today.

A brokerage and investment banking firm downgraded Google from "buy" to "hold" because of the growing threat from social media companies like Facebook.

Microsoft is trying to overhaul Hotmail in an attempt to make its free email service cool again.

Shortly before Apple unveiled the iPhone 4S, the company's Web site went down.

Just weeks after opening up membership to Google+, visits to the new social network are booming.

Facebook's tracking technology has landed the social network in hot water, with two lawmakers calling for a Federal Trade Commission (FTC) investigation.

Google's share of the U.S. search engine market has dropped below 65% for the first time in two years, new data shows.

With Carol Bartz out as CEO at Yahoo, speculation is rampant that the board of directors is looking to sell the struggling company.

With Zagat's restaurant reviewing operation now in its arsenal, Google is in a position to radically change the daily deals market.

Online retailer Amazon.com is reportedly redesigning its Web site, which sells everything from books to electronics and handbags, with a focus on supporting tablet computer users.

With Yahoo languishing in the face of competition from the likes of Google and Facebook, the ouster of CEO Carol Bartz gives the company a chance to refocus and reinvigorate itself.

Google+ is trying to help users expand their Circles by offering them a new Suggested User list. The only problem is that some users are taking exception to what they're calling an elitist system.

Want to ignore that one cousin or co-worker who's bugging you on Google+? Now the new social networking site is giving you an option to do just that.

With a new CEO finally at the helm, AMD can begin to move forward in what has become an Intel world.