Q: Curious what y'all thought about the (Google) Chromebook or if you could point me to a post if you've already covered it. - Cathy

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.

While the big businesses in aerospace and defense like Honeywell and Boeing get a lot of the headlines, small companies form the East Valley’s backbone and growing business in the sector.

Q: I heard you guys talking on your radio show about some tool that used red, green and yellow dots to alert you of dangerous websites when you are searching. I was in my car and couldn’t write it down, so could you tell me what it was called? - Gina

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

You've tweeted or posted on Facebook something stupid. Now what?

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.”

Two East Valley technology companies have come together to build on their individual successes in helping other businesses generate online sales.

As another school year winds down in the East Valley, it’s a time when students prepare to move on and look to the future, hopefully remembering the influential educators in their lives and possibly contacting them to let them know how their futures are shaping up.

Fixing electronic devices is big business in the Valley, and around the country.

Arizona is hoping to help workers seeking jobs through the creation of a new website by the state Department of Economic Security.

Dear Sens. Kyl, McCain and Rep. Flake, we have had this conversation before, but now we will have it again. Yes, Sen. Kyl, SOPA has as its objective the protection of intellectual property and that is a good thing. But ends never justify means! In this regard, SOPA and its supporters, Including you, are dead wrong!

Dear Sens. Kyl, McCain and Rep. Flake, we have had this conversation before, but now we will have it again. Yes, Sen. Kyl, SOPA has as its objective the protection of intellectual property and that is a good thing. But ends never justify means! In this regard, SOPA and its supporters, Including you, are dead wrong!

Q: What's the latest with the Internet censorship bills in Congress and what can we do to help defeat them? - Joseph

As more and more students take online university or college courses, professors, the universities that employ them, and the makers of the lecture video software find it increasingly necessary to make those classes as easily accessible to their students as possible.

Q: Can you explain what the Internet blacklist legislation is all about? - Drew

KIEV, Ukraine • A former write-in candidate for Arizona governor who ended up homeless in Ukraine says he is flying back to Phoenix next week after being entangled in an online dating scam.

An industrial spy tries to steal $20 million in trade secrets from Minnesota-based Valspar paints. The kingpin of a Houston-based drug counterfeiting ring makes millions plugging his fake pharmaceuticals into the pipeline of Britain's socialized medical system. In Washington, the Defense Department unwittingly buys and installs knockoff Cisco computer software to track troop movements.

I am not an expert when it comes to buying textbooks, but I do have a lot of experience buying them. Here’s what four years of it has taught me.

I am not an expert when it comes to buying textbooks, but I do have a lot of experience buying them. Here’s what four years of it has taught me.

East Valley web development companies are seeing business surge, with many college graduates finding work in the growing industry.