Screening the film adaptation of George Orwell’s “1984” isn’t exactly the most festive way to celebrate one’s upcoming birthday, but after reading the Tribune’s “Nerdvana” column’s recommending it this coming Friday, I couldn’t help but reserve a seat.

Microsoft is making the claim that you can’t trust Google anymore because they only show search results for those that are willing to pay. Is this true?

Not too long ago, I was trying to explain my ’60s childhood to the kids.

On a recent Sunday afternoon, while checking out some football sandwiched in between the mandatory first, second and third quarter naps on the sofa, I became acutely aware that the pre-Christmas marketing blitz is in full swing and is designed to convince you that trying to live without a certain product would be a huge, life-altering mistake. This particular Sunday, it seemed the focus was on the latest portable electronic devices to include tablets, laptops and phones.

GRAND CANYON NATIONAL PARK - Google and its street-view cameras already have taken users to narrow cobblestone alleys in Spain using a tricycle, inside the Smithsonian with a push cart and to British Columbia's snow-covered slopes by snowmobile.

Q: I travel a lot and work with a lot of PDF files. Can you recommend a PDF editing app for my iPad? — Lee

Google is coming to the Valley Friday to help small businesses establish websites so they have an online presence.

If a universe of digital information is only keystrokes away, finding the best sources among a search engine's rankings can sometimes feel like looking for the brightest star in the sky -- while suffering from conjunctivitis.

New York •  Amazon.com wants “.joy,” Google wants “.love” and L’Oreal wants “.beauty.”

“Hi Mike. You were here a while ago and got our computer running like new, but now it is slow again. I would like for you to come by and figure out what happened.”

Forty years after Richard Nixon and America declared war on cancer, the numbers stood out in Anna Barker’s presentation last Friday at the East Valley Health Care Summit in Gilbert.

Q: I missed Google’s March 1 deadline to clear my history so does that mean that my information is now being shared or can I still clear it? — Arnie

Q: I missed Google’s March 1 deadline to clear my history so does that mean that my information is now being shared or can I still clear it? — Arnie

You think the things that you do online are between you and your computer. Not so. Your cyber-privacy is constantly being chipped away: by your Internet provider, your cellphone carrier and lawmakers. Before you post to a social-media site or browse the Internet for that report you're compiling on pedophiles, keep in mind how your actions online are anything but private.

You think the things that you do online are between you and your computer. Not so. Your cyber-privacy is constantly being chipped away: by your Internet provider, your cellphone carrier and lawmakers. Before you post to a social-media site or browse the Internet for that report you're compiling on pedophiles, keep in mind how your actions online are anything but private.

Andrei Cherny, the chairman of the state Democratic Party and unsuccessful candidate for state treasurer, believes he has finally cracked the code for creating those new jobs that have proved so elusive to members of his party.

Andrei Cherny, the chairman of the state Democratic Party and unsuccessful candidate for state treasurer, believes he has finally cracked the code for creating those new jobs that have proved so elusive to members of his party.

Andrei Cherny, the chairman of the state Democratic Party and unsuccessful candidate for state treasurer, believes he has finally cracked the code for creating those new jobs that have proved so elusive to members of his party.

Steve Jobs was mourned around the world Thursday through the very devices he conceived: People held up pictures of candles on their iPads, reviewed his life on Macintosh computers and tapped out tributes on iPhones.

Steve Jobs was mourned around the world Thursday through the very devices he conceived: People held up pictures of candles on their iPads, reviewed his life on Macintosh computers and tapped out tributes on iPhones.

Steve Jobs was mourned around the world Thursday through the very devices he conceived: People held up pictures of candles on their iPads, reviewed his life on Macintosh computers and tapped out tributes on iPhones.

What started as a little research to debunk a weight-loss ad ended with me adding 60 minutes to my cell phone bill and filing a complaint with the Federal Trade Commission. Follow along as I take you on my unexpected journey.