by Claudine Zap Yes, it happened millions and millions of years ago. But dinosaurs â?" or more accurately, their mysterious end â?" still manages to make the news. Here's the latest from scientists trying to figure out whodunit. Turns out, massive volcanoes didn't doom the dinosaurs. Neither did climate change, or our favorite theory, junk food. Nope, it was a huge asteroid that crashed into earth and wiped them out. Do we hear soon-to-be-a-major-motion picture?

We'll let you decide whether, given the recent loss of life in Haiti and Chile, Google's timing is a little off here. But for better or for worse, the search giant picked today to promote Google Apps in a blog post titled "Disaster Recovery by Google." A few points in Google's defense: it created a Person Finder tool in response to the earthquake in Haiti, which it pulled out again following the earthquake in Chile. Also,

by Vera H-C Chan What a difference a day and an extra X chromosome make. A medical condition gave the ladies an extra day to practice, and by and large they restored hope to the " American Idol " live rounds. EW expressed relief " there's a little life in Idol yet ," and VH1 praised at least three ladies who came in to " rescue the show ." And the Buzz was strong indeed for the ladies, following a tepid boys' night out . Below, a close-up on performance night searches.

In case you missed it, WebProNews streamed a live interview with Google's Matt Cutts today from SMX West in Santa Clara. It's hard to narrow down the discussion to a singular topic, but here are some of the things touched upon in the video: - The status of Google's Caffeine update (nothing's wrong, they're just being careful.) - Site Speed as a ranking factor - settle down,

Yahoo Mail users should find it considerably more convenient to get in touch with their friends and acquaintances from now on. Today, Yahoo and Facebook made it possible for those users to add their Facebook friends' email addresses to their Yahoo Contacts lists. The benefits should be obvious. A post on the Yahoo Mail Blog pointed out, "So when you are on Yahoo! Sports and you want to email your old high school buddy that great article on the Winter Olympics,

comScore, Inc. (NASDAQ: SCOR), a leader in measuring the digital world, today announced that Gregory Dale, Chief Operating Officer, will present at the Credit Suisse Global Media and Communications Convergence Conference in Palm Beach, Florida. The presentation is scheduled to begin at 8:45 am ET on Monday, March 8, 2010.

Google Buzz has captured a lot of the buzz around services with "Buzz" in the title (of which there are a few ), but before Google Buzz was even announced, AT&T Interactive had already launched a public beta version of its latest take on local business search at Buzz.com . Buzz.com has only been available on an invitation basis so far, and will remain that way until some bugs are ironed out, but you may find AT&T's Buzz becoming a bigger part of your life than Google's simply,

As more wireless users switch to smartphones, many retailers are readjusting their mobile strategies to address the needs of these users, according to a new study by J.D. Power and Associates. The semiannual report analyzed evaluations from customers who recently had an in-store wireless retail sales experience. Overall customer satisfaction with major wireless carrier-branded stores is based on four factors. In order of importance,

by Claudine Zap Get out your dancing shoes. The 10th season of " Dancing with the Stars " has named its cast . (And the professionals who they'll be partnered with.) The lineup of luminaries includes hotties like ESPN host Erin Andrews and " Baywatch " babe Pamela Anderson . But one of the buzziest names is our very own namesake, Buzz Aldrin . (Yes, that Buzz Aldrin). Of course,

comScore, Inc. (NASDAQ: SCOR), a leader in measuring the digital world, today announced that Joan FitzGerald has joined the company as vice president, television sales and business development. Ms. FitzGerald will be responsible for establishing relationships with data providers and clients in the television arena and overseeing the expansion of comScore's suite of digital measurement products to include the measurement of television viewing.