Economy center stage in green tech at year’s end

2009 ends with governments promoting clean-energy innovation for environmental reasons and for national economic competitiveness. Take a look back on the year.

People were skittish about elevating or deleting search results using Google’s SearchWiki. Instead, they can now personalize results with stars.

Market research firm ComScore releases its data on online-video viewing for October 2009. Not surprisingly, YouTube is leading the pack by a large margin.

Gordon Robertson won a gold medal in the 1952 Olympics, but even he couldn’t land a ticket for Sunday’s big game.

The latest version of TweetDeck is out, and although it’s a minor update it also introduces some useful changes worth noting.

CEO Paul Otellini took the stage Thursday evening to talk about Intel’s plans to bring high-tech into the home.

Apple tablet rumors die down as Google tablet rumors pop up, Microsoft investigates Windows 7 battery issues, and we offer some ways to social-network around the NFL’s championship game.

While it has no plans to repeat a failed plan for TV-style programming on the Internet, Yahoo wants to build on its success with “video snacks” through slightly longer shows.

The attack brought down the Chinese Human Rights Defenders’ site and targeted four others amid a time when China’s Web censorship is a hot issue.

Sunday night, fans won’t have to travel to see U2. Band’s show in Pasadena, Calif., will be broadcast live on YouTube.

The agency says Intel has robbed consumers of both choice and innovation in microprocessors, “running roughshod over the principles of fair play.”