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• Lara Croft's Favorite Uncle: Eidos Life President Ian Livingstone on Teaching Britain to Code

  Ian Livingstone, entrepreneur, games investor, Life President of Eidos and creator of Games Workshop, talks about his work with the British government on creating a culture of computer science in schools. [...] more>>

  Daniel Nye Griffiths, Contributor

• Google Doesn't Know What To Do With Its Money: But Dell Does

  That's the implication of these two stories: that Google doesn't really know what to do with the cash mountain it has built up. While Dell does know what to do with the cash it has. One way of describing this is that if you don't have a use for investment [...] [...] more>>

  Tim Worstall, Contributor

• Time Will Tell If Yahoo!'s New CEO Will Turn It or Burn It

  Yahoo! announced a new CEO yesterday, but history shows that for as much good a new CEO may do, there are as many that do more harm than good. Only time will tell if Yahoo is turned or burned. [...] more>>

  Christopher Versace, Contributor

• Google's Page Says Mayer Will Be Missed; HP's Whitman Welcomes Yahoo's New CEO

  

  Marissa Mayer (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Updated to add comment from Google's Eric Schmidt, HP CEO Meg Whitman Google CEO Larry Page says that Marissa Mayer, the company's first female engineer and as [...] more>>

  Connie Guglielmo, Forbes Staff

• Larry Page's Lost Voice Provokes Widespread Worry

  Google CEO Larry Page’s lost voice is making a lot of noise. [...] more>>

  Alison Griswold, Forbes Staff

• Why Google's New Tablet Could Be The iPad's First Real Competition

  

  The new Google tablet about to debut? So says Gizmodo. Google is just a couple of days away from debuting a new tablet that could finally shake up a market utterly dominated so far by Apple's iPad. Reports [...] more>>

  Robert Hof, Contributor

• What Great Entrepreneurs Do Best to Earn Their Fame

  

  Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg attends a joint press conference with (unseen) Google CEO, Eric Schmidt, CEO of Rakuten Hiroshi Mikitani, Chief executive of French group Publicis and eG8 organizer [...] more>>

  Martin Zwilling, Contributor

• Should Government Dictate The Results Of Your Google Search?

  Google is being accused of using its own platform to promote its own services – not unlike when a television network uses a major sporting event to promote its new lineup of shows. [...] more>>

  Capital Flows, Contributor

• Understanding Internet Competition: Why All High Tech Markets Are Not Equal

  Over the past few weeks, details about the Federal Trade Commission’s antitrust investigation of Google have leaked into the public realm, including the Commission’s intentions to depose Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt. In addition, in May, the FTC hired prominent litigator Beth Wilkinson to help lead the investigation. Many have spun [...] [...] more>>

  Ed Black, Contributor

• Is the NFL Concussion Lawsuit Just a Bargaining Chip?

  Asked whether the lawsuit is meritorious or "simply an attempt by former players to extract more money from a sport that is currently awash in cash," LeRoy answers "both." [...] more>>

  Victoria Pynchon, Contributor

• U.N. Space Treaty's Legal Gauntlet: Can Space-Miners Go The Distance?

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  Bruce Dorminey, Contributor

• Analyst: Threat To iPhone Could Come From An Unlikely Source - Facebook

  

  Apple needs to be careful who it allows into the circle of trust, claims a prominent analyst. Image via CrunchBase According to Brian White of Topeka Capital, a "well-known, non-hardware company" -- White [...] more>>

  Adrian Kingsley-Hughes, Contributor

• 2012 Commencement Speeches: The Good, The Bad And The Boring

  Find your passion, follow your dreams. While many commencement addresses to the class of 2012 delivered typical clichés, a few stood out from the mix. [...] more>>

  Alison Griswold, Forbes Staff

• Five Reasons To Un-Friend Facebook

  Five Reasons To Un-friend Facebook [...] more>>

  Steve Denning, Contributor

• Johnson & Johnson Prostate Cancer Drug Impresses

  New data on the prostate cancer drug Zytiga show it slows tumor growth and may improve survival. [...] more>>

  Matthew Herper, Forbes Staff

• Forget the Post-PC World. Google Glasses are Preparing for the Post-Phone World.

  I've made fun of them, but Google Glasses could be the most significant project at Google since the original work on search. [...] more>>

  Eric Jackson, Contributor