Outside the Beltway

The Obama campaign’s focus on Mitt Romney’s years at Bain Capital don’t seem to be working.

Google’s Chrome browser has overtaken Microsoft’s Internet Explorer to become the most used browser in the world.

With Facebook’s huge IPO in the news, Megan Garber takes a look at how much the Internet has evolved since Thefacebook came on the scene.

The next generation search engine may not point to Web pages at all.

The combined value of Apple’s stock is more than the GDP of some countries.

Mitt Romney is taking heat for his role at Bain Capital. He shouldn’t.

Life, it turns out, isn’t fair.

A new patent granted to Apple raises once again the question of how far patent protections should extend.

Everyone’s talking about jobs again. And it’s not a pretty picture.

A computer virus has infected America’s fleet of Predator and Reaper drones.

Before achieving astounding success, Steve Jobs had to experience disappointment and failure.

The IBM PC was introduced 30 years ago. Has its time passed?

I’m continually shocked when demonstrably bright and accomplished people fall in love with authoritarian states.

Microsoft is making millions from Android phones, despite having nothing to do with designing, marketing, manufacturing, or distributing them.

In a decision released yesterday. the New Jersey Supreme Court clarified the journalist/blogger distinction somewhat.

Donald Trump figures that, because he’s rich, he’s qualified to be president.

Microsoft Internet Explorer 9 could be a Google killer. It could also kill the Web as we know it.

The American military personnel system works against keeping the best and brightest officers in the service.

Contrary to current conservative talking points, Net Neutrality is not a nefarious government scheme to takeover the Internet, but is aimed to address a real problem. Like most ideas that involve the government, though, it doesn’t really address the real source of the problem; not enough freedom

The Bags Fly Free Edition OTB Caption Contest^TM is now over.

The next generation of the Windows operating system is about two years away. Does anyone care?

MSNBC.com is contemplating a name change to distinguish their brand from that of a left-leaning cable news channel.

A third of the Forbes 50 were born billionaires. Does that mean the game is fixed?

Can OTB build a better $500 computer than PC World? Let’s find out…

Congress has been wrestling with the net neutrality issue for years. Two major players may force a decision soon.

If it’s online, it’s forever.

Is Google manipulating its search results to keep competitors down? And does its market dominance mean the government should step in?