250 Million Europeans Are Online

More than half of Europeans are now regular Internet users, 80 percent of them have broadband connections and 60 percent of public services are online according to a new report from the European Commission.In 2007, the Internet attracted close to 40 million new regular users in the EU (now 250 million in total). More than 96 percent of European schools are now connected to the…

Ballmer: Vista A Work In Progress

Microsoft's CEO admits what thousands of techies have thought of the company for years: they toss stuff into the user community and need a couple of additional releases to make it work.

Botched Debate Draws Complaints By Thousands

In case you thought you were alone, you're not the only one miffed* at ABC's Charles Gibson and George Stephanopoulos after last night's "debate." Over 16,000 people have commented so far at ABCNews.com's debate page—and most of it's not good.

Google Kills Estimates

Google shares spiked by over 18 percent in after hours trading, about the same time the search giant's earnings report hit. The dramatic rise is attributed to a trouncing of Wall Street estimates.Google reported revenues of $5.19 billion for Q1 2008, or $3.7 billion after traffic-acquisition costs, pulling in a non-GAAP earnings per share of $4.84. Analysts had predicted $3.61 billion in revenues and an…