Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, right, looks at a computer screen with Google employee Ted Souder, Tuesday, March 20, 2012, at the Chicago Google headquarters, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)
"It's the last frontier for science and exploration on this planet," said film director James Cameron of the Mariana Trench, seven miles down in the western Pacific. Entrepreneur Richard Branson and former Google CEO Eric Schmidt are planning their own separate trips to explore the trench in deep-water submersibles. (National Geographic via Associated Press)
Yahoo Chairman Roy Bostock (below) and three longtime board members are stepping down from their positions at the Internet company, which has lagged in the race against rivals such as Google and Facebook. (Associated Press)
** FILE ** This Dec. 13, 2011 file photo shows a sign at Facebook headquarters in Menlo Park, Calif. Facebook, the social network that changed "friend" from a noun to a verb, filed Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2012, to sell stock on the open market. Its debut is likely to be the most talked-about initial public offering since Google in 2004. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma, file)
Illustration: Google by John Camejo for The Washington Times
Illustration: Google by John Camejo for The Washington Times
** FILE ** Tim Zagat (left) and his wife, Nina Zagat, the founders of the restaurant review service Zagat, talk with Nicholas Mecili, an executive with TD Bank, at 60 Park Place Grill in Newark, N.J., in November 2008. Google announced on Thursday, Sept. 7, 2011, it had purchased the Zagats' firm, but they will remain as co-chairs. (AP Photo/Mike Derer, File)
Kathleen Martin-Weis, acting director of the FDA office of criminal investigations, and Peter Neronha, U.S. attorney for the district of Rhode Island, announce a $500 million settlement with Internet giant Google over Canadian drug advertisements on Aug. 24, 2011, in Providence, R.I. (Associated Press)
An employee drives a Google vehicle on Palo Alto, Calif., streets to shoot "street views" in October 2010. Israeli officials announced Sunday they have given Google permission to photograph Israeli streets and cities, with restrictions to ensure that Google's Street View service won't unintentionally aid terrorists in planning attacks on sensitive sites. (Associated Press)
