Google Glass is Orwellian, ridiculous, and ‘destroys people,’ Noam Chomsky says

Chomsky makes at least one pretty significant mistake, however. He said that Google Glass has a camera and a recorder, "which means that everything that's going on around you goes up on the Internet."

Google chairman Eric Schmidt ‘perplexed’ about foreign income tax controversy

"What we are doing is legal. I'm rather perplexed by this debate, which has been going in the UK for some time, because I view taxes as not optional," the former Google CEO and current chairman said today.

Yes, Mr. Schmidt, talking to Google Glass is, actually, ‘the weirdest thing’

Of course, he is 57 years old, was born in the 1950s, and was the CEO of a boring enterprise software company, Novell, before joining the much more au courant Google. But still, he's right.

Wikileaks releases a fascinating secret chat between Eric Schmidt and Julian Assange

What would a lengthy conversation between Google's chairman and Wikileak's controversial head honcho reveal?

Google chairman Eric Schmidt on Facebook Home: ‘I love it’

Facebook Home replaces some of the Android experience with social networking. But outspoken Google chairman Eric Schmidt said today at the Dive into Mobile conference that he doesn't view Android iterations like Facebook Home or Amazon's KindleOS negatively.

Eric Schmidt: Android & Chrome OS staying separate; Google Now on iOS is up to Apple

You have to give Google executive chairman Eric Schmidt some credit -- he's not afraid to respond to tough questions directly.

Eric Schmidt tells India to choose- internet freedom or censorship?

In an article in the Times of India, the Google chairman said India must choose between "an open internet that benefits all or a highly regulated one that inhibits innovation."

Tax-dodging tech companies escape $225B as Senate calls for reform

Fifty tech companies, including Microsoft, Apple, and Google, are avoiding paying $225 billion in taxes by sheltering their assets overseas, according to a new report in the Bay Citizen. Is this "capitalism" in the words of Google's Eric Schmidt, or does it hurt ordinary Americans?

Google chairman Eric Schmidt’s North Korea visit pays off: Foreigners can now use mobile Internet

While Google Chairman Eric Schmidt was criticized for his visit to North Korea last month, it appears that at least some good came out of it.

Google execs building $82M airport to house their private jets

Google head honchos submitted a proposal to build a facility for private and corporate planes at Mineta San Jose International Airport.

Eric Schmidt’s daughter on North Korea visit: ‘It’s like The Truman Show, at country scale’

Google chairman Eric Schmidt attracted headlines recently for visiting North Korea, but he had been shy to talk about it. Today he finally opened up about the trip in a carefully worded Google+ post. His daughter had some interesting things to say too.

Apple’s Tim Cook to face judge about Apple, Google, Intel anti-poaching pact

Apple is one of a list of companies accused of agreeing not to recruit each other's employees.

‘Scott Forstall got what he deserved’ and 10 other great quotes from 2012

A lot of things were said in 2012, but few of them were as funny, interesting, or profound as the quotes from these tech luminaries.

China bans Internet anonymity

China is taking steps to abolish online anonymity by passing a law which requires citizens to identify themselves when signing up for internet and telecommunications services.

Eric Schmidt: Google Fiber ‘not an experiment’ & will likely expand further

Google chairman Eric Schmidt pushed forward the prospects of the Google Fiber high-speed internet project and said today that Google is trying to determine where Google Fiber will go next.

Google’s Eric Schmidt on Apple: ‘We’re winning that war’

Refreshing honesty from an executive, or hubris?

Eric Schmidt finds it odd Apple hasn’t sued Google yet

Eric Schmidt seems perplexed by some of Apple's recent decisions, like the recent patent lawsuits against Android partners, and Apple's sudden removal of Google's YouTube app from iOS devices.

Is iOS getting a Google Maps app? Not yet, says Google

How long will it be until Google Maps comes back to iOS? Google Chairman Eric Schmidt is staying quiet on an answer.

Smart-apps-on-dumb-phones platform gets money from Google’s Eric Schmidt

BiNu is a platform that brings smartphone app services to feature phones, a.k.a. "dumb" phones, reviled by the technorati but still widely used around the globe, and it has just taken $2 million from TomorrowVentures, the funding vehicle of Google's Eric Schmidt.