Carrie Underwood, “American Idol” winner and record-selling whizkid, is the queen of the Billboard Album Charts once again. The singer’s latest album “Blown Away” sold 120,000 copies last week, securing her the number one position for the second week straight. …

In a highly controversial move, former Giants linebacker Lawrence Taylor is auctioning off his 1991 Super Bowl ring for a whopping $100,000 just one day after the team received their new rings. Taylor has put the ring up for sale …

Stock market records were effectively shattered when Facebook’s valuation rose to an insanely impressive $104 billion, which is more than any company on its first day on the market. What’s more, the virtual house that Zuckerberg (and friends) built is …

Many people think that at Facebook HQ in California, all of the Facebook coworkers and interns work hard and stay focused around the clock to make sure your favorite social network has all the functionality, uptime, and credibility it needs. …

Twitter is a wonderful place for one-liners. To be funny on the site, you’ve got to be sharp and practice economy of language. You’ve only got 140 characters to make an impression. And what better way to wind-down the work …

Twitter announced that it is conducting some personalization experiments for users. Specifically, Twitter is trying to tailor user suggestions (suggestions for people to follow) to people’s specific interests. “These tailored suggestions are based on accounts followed by other Twitter users …

The New York Times is reporting that Twitter has begun acknowledging the “Do Not Track” feature of Mozilla’s Firefox browser. By doing this, Firefox users can now opt-out of all information tracking practiced by Twitter. This includes cookies and third-party …

Will Rhymes, infielder for the Tampa Bay Rays and the guy with one of the coolest names in the MLB, collapsed during the Boston Red Sox game last night after taking a 95-mph pitch to the arm. Although Rhymes seemed …

The timing of this announcement is odd, especially when you consider the ongoing struggle with CISPA, ACTA, and whatever SOPA derivatives remain, but what we have is the retirement of Howard Schmidt, previously the White House’s Cybersecurity Coordinator. When he …

Tiger Woods’ ex-wife Elin Nordegren is now single again after breaking up with boyfriend Jamie Dingman, who have been seeing each other since last summer. There’s much speculation that she may have realized she entered a relationship too soon after …

When Netflix completely altered the services they provide to paying customers last year, something of a minor-to-mass exodus occurred. People weren’t happy about splitting DVD rentals and streaming movies from Netflix Instant into two different options, and so, many rebelled …

Google announced that there is now a Google Analytics page on Google+ that users can follow for updates. I’m not sure what took them so long, but it’s here now. “We’ll be sharing the latest and greatest about Google Analytics …

Look at what you did, General Motors. You pulled a measly amount of money (relatively speaking) from Facebook’s pocketbook and said it was because you don’t think Facebook’s ads do what they’re supposed to do. Now it’s a great big, …

Anonymous is kind of like a global Batman that uses a computer instead of batarangs to fight what they perceive as injustice. They have started up operations in various countries like China, but their newest campaign is pretty ambitious – …

Donna Summer, the iconic songstress known for such 70′s hits as “Last Dance,” “Hot Stuff”, and “Bad Girls”, passed away today at the age of 63. The Disco Queen, gay icon, and Grammy winner was struggling with cancer, a disease …

It would be hard to think of a type of television that has seen a popularity spike as large as food-centric television in the past few years. At some point, people decided that it’s just as fun to watch people …

Canadian police have all the fun. In a news story that sounds like something from an ill-conceived Martin Lawrence movie, officials in Ontario are holding a man in custody who swallowed a $20,000 diamond and are now waiting for him …

String Cheese Incident, like most people on the planet, hate Ticketmaster. Sure, one should expect to pay some sort of fee when utilizing a specific service, but many feel that the company takes advantage of bands and their legions of …

The Pirate Bay was not the only one feeling the brute force of a massive DDoS attack yesterday. WikiLeaks was also being attacked, and unlike The Pirate Bay, nobody has come forward claiming responsibility yet. We were first alerted to …

Tim Tebow, who is perhaps just as well known for his devotion to Christianity as he is for football, had his lawyer send a cease-and-desist letter to Cubby Tees, a company which is selling a t-shirt bearing a logo similar …

Well, The Pirate Bay is back up. There still seems to be a few spotty points around the world according to Anonymous, but all in all, it’s back in good shape. Now, who was the person behind the attack and …

A little bit of personal info: My soon-to-be wife once told me that any attempt to publicize a proposal, you know, jumbotron at a ballgame or big banner behind an airplane, would be met with a devastatingly embarrassing “No.” I …

Jenelle Evans, one of the stars of the MTV reality show “Teen Mom 2″, has apparently convinced someone that she’s worth marrying. Us Weekly reports that Evans revealed she’s engaged to her boyfriend Gary Head, a guy with whom she’s …

When someone gets hold of a rumor regarding anything Apple does, it spreads like wildfire, and the one about the iPad Mini seems to have a lot of staying power; we’ve been hearing about its expected release for a long …