Google engineers: We're trying to fix Android fragmentation

During a Google I/O fireside chat, a team of Google Android engineers acknowledged continuing fragmentation issues with Android's software. Also: might Android get dramatically different camera abilities?

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Is the unlocked Nexus Galaxy S4 worth the hefty price tag?

In this edition of Ask Maggie, CNET's Marguerite Reardon offers a reader advice on whether the new "pure" Google Android version of the Galaxy S4 is worth the added price.

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The sounds of 'Star Trek': This man makes them happen

For Ben Burtt, the "Star Trek Into Darkness" sound designer, nothing was more useful in deciding what the audience should hear than knowing intimately what the original TV show sounded like.

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Apple iOS 6 devices get nod for U.S. military use

The Defense Department will be allowed to distribute iPhones and iPads with Apple's iOS 6 to employees, though that doesn't guarantee Apple will actually receive contracts.

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Google: Dart will rescue browsers from JavaScript

The programming language for Web sites and Web apps is less complex and therefore easier to develop, Chrome programmers argue at Google I/O.

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Facebook's rocky year as a public company

The social network's first post-IPO year was punctuated by extreme highs and lows, but in the end Facebook stayed Facebook.

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How Google slurps in Street View data -- not just from streets

At its Google I/O conference, the company showed off the equipment it uses to gather its 360-degree panoramic imagery of the world.

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Apple graphics-chip supplier hints at future iPad (Q&A)

Google security: You (still) are the weakest link

Google goes under the sea with Street View at Google I/O

Intel ex-CEO looks back at biggest blown call: Missing out on the iPhone

Bill Gates crowned world's richest person, once again