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The FTC has told two dozen Internet search engines to make sure online consumers can tell the difference between advertising and the 'natural' results of an Internet search.

In a letter today to Google, Bing and other search engines, the Federal Trade Commission warned of a need to "clearly and prominently" distinguish ads from natural search results.

Microsoft holds its big developer conference and we get the 'start' button back.

If Google's acquisition of Waze is seen as purely anti-competitive, the Federal Trade Commission could break up the deal.

The biggest search firm in the world is infamous for its, shall we say, tortured job interview questions.

Google says it has found evidence the Iranian government is spying on its citizens. The tech giant suspects the Iranian government is trying to head off any political unrest by looking at citizens' email correspondence.

The tech companies' sudden, overt concern about transparency in government surveillance may be as much about protecting themselves as consumers.

Google has confirmed it will acquire the social mapping startup Waze. The news comes after intense reported interest from Apple and Facebook.

As of right now, it's not allowed to even acknowledge those requests, let alone how many of them there are and for what kind of data.

Google scoops up the crowd-sourced social mapping app, where users volunteer their location and traffic details. How does volunteer surveillance data compare to the PRISM/NSA variety?