Google is opening a virtual window into the secretive data centers where an intricate maze of computers process Internet search requests, show YouTube video clips and distribute email for millions of people.
The Sept. 28, 2012, passing of former Johnson & Johnson Chairman and CEO James E. Burke may seem to have little to do with consumer technology some 30 years after the Tylenol crisis for which he is best known, but I think there's a lesson for today's tech titans in Mr. Burke's experience.

Microsoft has a new look, with its first-ever corporate logo redesign setting the stage for a wave of products designed to cast the world's largest software maker in a new light.
Microsoft's corporate logo has a new look, setting the stage for a wave of products designed to cast the world's largest software maker in a new light.
Google is getting even better at showing online ads to the right people at the right time. That enabled the Internet search leader to hit analysts' earnings target for the second quarter and reassure investors about the company's moneymaking prowess.

Yahoo is turning to its longtime nemesis to fix everything that has gone wrong while Google Inc. has been cementing its position as the Internet's most powerful company.
As a top executive at Google for the past 13 years, Marissa Mayer played an instrumental role in developing many of the services that have tormented Yahoo as its appeal waned among Web surfers, advertisers and investors.
Yahoo has hired longtime Google executive Marissa Mayer as its next CEO in the Internet company's latest attempt to burnish its image and revive its financial growth after years of often-demoralizing upheaval.
Google is phasing out a service that allows millions of people to personalize its home page with applications such as weather updates and stock quotes.