New-media gurus, political pointy-heads, start-up whizz-kids and rock stars mingled at this year's Zeitgeist conference. Adam Sherwin reports

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The great Google gathering

The search engine is taking its quest for knowledge offline at a secluded British hotel

Silicon Valley here? No way

Laura Chesters asks why we in Britain can't come up with a tech giant like Facebook

World Economic Forum: Thousands gather, with billions to spend. Will the world benefit?

As the global elite meet in Davos, Ben Chu asks what the annual shindig can hope to achieve

Critics of the BBC have the 'British disease', says Brian Cox

Scientist turned broadcaster Professor Brian Cox yesterday accused critics of the BBC of having "the British disease".

Google chief lambasts the UK for its technophobic 'luvvie' culture

Britain has squandered its great computing heritage, says Schmidt

Leading article: United by knowledge

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BBC chief criticises James Murdoch

BBC Director-General Mark Thompson has criticised News Corporation boss James Murdoch, warning that "integrity" rather than "profit" is the best way to guarantee broadcasting independence.

Susan Greenfield: Computers may be altering our brains

The cyber-world is offering an unprecedented environment; the brain may be adapting. We should try to foresee these changes, both positive and negative

Google faces Microsoft-style competition investigation

Google is to face an in-depth investigation which will seek to establish whether it has abused its dominance of the internet search market.

Eric Schmidt: Google tried to use personal info from Facebook in data-sharing deal

Google tried to "partner" with Facebook in a bid to gain access to its users’ personal information, the search giant’s executive chairman has revealed.

Political disenfranchisement? People 'become lazy', says Google chief Eric Schmidt

Google's executive chairman Eric Schmidt has blamed the failure of many people to engage with politics on their own laziness, rather than on a lack of information.

Googled, By Ken Auletta

The view from the Google campus at Mountain View changes all the time. Co-founder Larry Page now takes the reins as CEO from Eric Schmidt, who guided student wizards Page and Sergey Brin along the way towards a monster corporation.

Apple rejects 'wave and pay' for new iPhone

Apple will not include "wave and pay" chips in the new iPhone to be released later this year, dashing industry hopes that a universal standard for the technology would be adopted in 2011.

US searches Google for Commerce Secretary

The Obama administration is wooing Eric Schmidt, chairman of Google, as a potential Commerce Secretary, as the President seeks to strike a more business-friendly tone.

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