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IBM's computer technology put it on top for years, but its failure to recognize the personal computer revolution hurt it badly. Now it has had to redefine itself to work its way back to the top. However, it's still sticking to its roots and pouring billions of dollars into research.

When Detroit milliner Luke Song made Aretha Franklin's now-iconic 2009 inaugural hat — you know, the one with the big bow? — he had no idea he'd be making thousands more.

Google enters the already crowded field of instant messaging, with a new service, Google Talk. Integrated into Google's e-mail program, the tool allows users to type messages and speak to each other over their Internet connection. But it currently does not work with AOL, Yahoo or MSN instant message services.

Apple CEO Steve Jobs says the next iPhone will have a higher-resolution screen, longer battery life and thinner design. Jobs opened Apple's annual conference for software developers Monday by revealing the new iPhone 4, which is due to be released June 24. It will cost $199 or $299, depending on the capacity.

Elected officials in San Diego are either opposed to Proposition 19 or don’t want to make their position public, according to the results of a KPBS survey. Find out where they stand.

As well-known tech firms face criticism from Congress, Robert Siegel and China correspondent Anthony Kuhn in Beijing compare results from search engines in the United States and China. A search using Google, Google China and Yahoo shows how different the Web search experience is for a user in China.

The country was just beginning to worry about nuclear fallout, and the Air Force wanted to reassure people that it was OK to use atomic weapons. And so on July 19, 1957, five Air Force officers stood on a patch of ground in the Nevada desert and waited for the bomb to drop.

Remembering the Fires...

The U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum and Google Earth have teamed up to highlight the genocide unfolding in the Darfur region of western Sudan. Users of Google Earth can now zoom in on satellite images of Darfur and see direct evidence of destroyed villages. They can also get video footage and first-person stories of survivors.

The Republican National Committee was quick to link President-elect Obama to the alleged misdeeds of Democratic Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich. But as details of the charges against Blagojevich emerged, it appeared that Obama may have passed an early and very public ethics test.