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The Tell-All Generation Learns When Not To, at Least Online - Members of the under 30 tell-all generation are rethinking what it means to live out loud.



Ping: Into the Cloud: A Head Start on Google’s Chrome OS - Some Google fans are turning undistilled vats of source code into early working versions of the company’s planned Chrome Operating System.



You’d Never Know David Gelbaum Is a Sun King - After years of quietly investing nearly $1 billion in environmental companies and causes, David Gelbaum talks about putting his chips on solar energy.



Everybody’s Business: How Early Adopters Help the Rest of Us Save Money - Those who are first in line to buy new products may help other consumers save money down the road.



Technology: Will the Internet Kill Traditional Car Radio? - Music services like Pandora, Slacker and Last.fm are being tailored by developers and automakers to work more seamlessly with car stereo systems.



The Agenda Behind Electronic Health Records - The electronic health record is a tool - and yes, a stalking horse - for bringing measurement, data-based decision-making and accountability to medicine.



The iPad Travels the World, via eBay - The iPad won't be available abroad until late May, but the British, Russians and Arabs are already scooping them up.



What We're Reading: iPad Addicts - Memes, Facebook apps added secretly and iPad addiction lead the reading list.



Autodesk for the People - A couple of easy-to-use applications have helped Autodesk come out of the design shadows to sell directly to consumers.



Novelties: The Ever-Widening World of Tiny Projectors - New miniature projectors may soon be showing up in video games, robotics and even the corner bar.



Traders Made a Fortune as Stock Market Dipped - By luck, savvy or lightning speed, there were gobs of money to be made from the bargains that came and went in an instant on Thursday.



Origin of Wall Street’s Plunge Continues to Elude Officials - Officials from federal agencies hunted for clues amid a tangle of electronic trading records to find out what caused Thursday’s near panic on Wall Street.



Nokia Adds iPad to Patent Suit Against Apple - The Finnish cellphone maker had already sued Apple over infringement of its patents involving the iPhone, which led Apple to countersue Nokia.



F.C.C. Sets Plan for Limited Broadband Control - The new approach would reclassify the transmission component as a basic utility subject to oversight.



At Hotels, Making Wi-Fi as Standard as a Bed - In recent years hotels have heeded the message that business travelers require Wi-Fi access, with many midlevel and budget-price hotels providing it free.



Being at the Meeting Even if You’re Not There - Videoconferencing has become more advanced and popular, but there are still situations when it cannot compare to the personal touch of a face-to-face meeting.



Smartphone Apps to Make Traveling Easier - Smartphone apps can help travelers not just book their hotels and rental cars, but also log their adventures.



Losses Slow and Digital Sales Rise at Warner Music - Losses diminish at Warner Music.



Alcatel Blames Parts Shortage for Steep Loss - The company said the U.S. economic recovery was accelerating so rapidly it was unable to obtain enough basic electronic parts to meet demand for its network equipment.



Glitch Brings New Worries About Facebook’s Privacy - A major security flaw in Facebook’s privacy settings heightened a feeling among many users that it was becoming hard to trust the service to protect their personal information.



On Formspring, an E-Vite to Insults and Crude Queries - A relatively new social networking site has become a magnet for comments, many of them nasty and sexual.



Skin Deep: Haul Video Brings a Bag of Finds, and Words Only for a Camera - Haul videos, a phenomenon on YouTube, fulfill a voyeuristic thrill of seeing what women, mostly young, buy.



20 Smartphone Apps for the Home and Garden - Apps to turn your smartphone into a digital jack-of-all-trades.



CenturyTel and Qwest Earnings Beat Expectations - CenturyTel, a local phone company, said two weeks ago that it would buy Qwest, a rival, for stock now worth $10.1 billion. Both stocks made gains Wednesday.



The Demise of Datebooks - Shelving analog calendars for digital ones.



Consumed: Art That Sells Itself - A black box is programmed to escape ownership via eBay.



For the iPad, Accessories Arrive on the Market - Because the iPad was designed with no camera, separate keyboard or U.S.B. ports, it seems built for accessories.



Phone Smart: Apps to Help Shave Minutes Off Your Commute - Several apps help to navigate public transportation more efficiently. While none is perfect, each is fairly useful.



Geeks at Play - A new book offers geeky fathers a host of fun geeky projects to create with their children.



New MyTouch Has a Nice Keyboard - but You May Never Use It - The myTouch 3G Slide adds a slide-out keyboard to the already familiar myTouch phone, but with built-in voice commands, who needs a keyboard?



Digital Wizardry in Children's Literature - There's a wealth of choices of e-books for children.