The film about Facebook's origins, with a plot the company denounced as fiction, is stirring up Oscar buzz already after a few stellar first reviews. What's it mean for the movie and Facebook?

The video encoding technology has been free to use for those sending video over the Web. MPEG LA declares it won't charge for that after 2015--or ever.

One of the most prominent faces of the social-news site is leaving for a stealthy start-up that might be Silicon Valley's best-kept secret.

With a flick of the switch Thursday, a critical chapter in Silicon Valley will finally go dark.

Word leaks out that Google is looking for someone to steer an Android music unit a day after Apple calls a press conference presumably about music. Coincidence?

Searching for updates on breaking news or trending topics on Twitter? Google has a new dedicated page for those queries.

Big Blue is working with the EU to help libraries, universities, and companies digitize documents using new scanning tools that provide greater accuracy.

Previously available only on the iPad, the Netflix mobile app now supports the iPhone and iPod Touch, letting all Apple mobile users stream content.

Elektra Records founder Jac Holzman signed The Doors and pushed the adoption of the compact disc, but he has no time for music people who just want the Web to go away.

While Facebook rejects pro-marijuana ads placed by organizations such as the Libertarian Party and Just Say Now, Google has reportedly accepted them with a grin.

The revamped Digg's emphasis on following brands may mean that a celeb who goes bonkers over the social news site could be the best thing that's happened to it in months.

The social network files a complaint against a social network that it says dilutes the Facebook brand through its use of the "-book" suffix. What about all the other companies that use it, too?

News that Auto-Tune was reportedly used to alter act on most recent edition of Britain's "X-Factor" show could mean lost trust for all singing reality shows.

Gmail users can now make phone calls from within their Gmail account for free to the U.S. and Canada, and for pretty cheap to several other countries.

Attorneys general from 17 states send a letter that asks the company to remove its adult services section due to ongoing ads they say promote prostitution and child trafficking.

Social networking use in India--one of the Google-owned Orkut's strongholds--is now slightly dominated by Facebook.

In new court papers, a lawyer for Lindsay Lohan claims that E*Trade's Super Bowl ad, which featured a milkaholic called "Lindsay," could not refer to any other Lindsay.

Gmail users could soon be able to place and receive voice calls from within their Gmail in-boxes as part of a new service integrated into Google Chat.

Bringing on PayPal and Slide veteran Keith Rabois brings some fresh credibility to Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey's start-up.

Two girls at a Swedish school bug their teachers' staff room in the hope of getting clues to getting better grades. Then one of them uses Facebook to tell others how clever they are.