After the somewhat strange occurrence of Google suggesting that the entire Internet was diseased (and after CNET's Natalie Weinstein revealing that the company initially placed the blame on a nonprofit organization out of Harvard University), I have delved deep to discover whether there might be other instances of Google error--you know, the sort that might not have seen the light of a million laptops.

This was hard work. But not as hard as one might have thought. There are more than one might have imagined. Here are the Top Five:

1. The Bernie Madoff Scandal. Mr. Madoff, the disgraced … Read more

The big question is: does your teenage daughter co-ruminate? Please check now, as this is a very serious matter.

Researchers from Stony Brook University have declared that excessive co-rumination--perhaps you would refer to it as "chatting with your friends about your problems"--by text, e-mail and on social-networking sites leaves impressionable teenage girls more prone to anxiety and depression.

"There is a wealth of communication technology available to teens today that allows them to talk over and over again about the same emotional difficulties," declared Joanne Davila, the psychology professor who led the research.

The researchers … Read more

Regular readers of Technically Incorrect, the Slumdog of CNET, know that we believe that every single piece of research exposes enormous and valuable human truths.

The latest slice of deduction from the huge foreheads of the Pew Research Center--motto: Many are Called, Pew are Chosen--merely increases our faith in research's rectitude.

About 2,260 adults were asked about their lives and almost half declared that they would rather live in paradises such as Orlando, San Diego, and Detroit.

I'm making up the last one, but what seems clear is that there is not a rush of people who … Read more

It seems that Google's Street View drivers are, perhaps unsurprisingly, rather more fond of animals than humans.

One of the search engine's driver-snoopers ran into a baby deer on Five Points Road in Rush, N.Y. Naturally, he filmed the whole thing. Perhaps less naturally, he stopped to see if Baby Bambi was alright.

I only say "less naturally" because of the tale from not so long ago, of the Street View driver who filmed an unconscious man in Australia, but didn't bother stopping to see if he might be drunk or dying. (It turned … Read more

They are surely Mistresses of the Universe.

Two writers and a lawyer created the site Dabagirls.com. Yes. Dating a Banker Anonymous.

The site purports to be a support group for all the forlorn women who have been unlucky enough to share their thread count with a Wall Street banker. But is it merely a fun wheeze to make oodles of cash from a little satirical jape or two?

According to the site's soulful opening lines: "Dating A Banker Anonymous is a safe place where women can come together--free from the scrutiny of feminists--and share their tearful tales … Read more

Nineteen-year-old Craig Ramsden left a simple message on his Facebook wall: "I'm twisted at home. My head's up my ****. I feel like killin some1 need to stay off the hard stuff ha ---- it it's Saturday ha."

Then he went out to a bar in Bolton, U.K., and stabbed 31-year-old Paul Gilligan to death.

On Wednesday, he was sentenced to at least 17 years in jail, the same number received last week by another Englishman, Edward Robinson, for murdering his wife after she changed her Facebook status to "single."

Although Ramsden's … Read more

A squat little man with dubious hair and a penchant for suggesting people place their mouths near his shorts has been robocalling on behalf of the Church of Scientology.

Yes, Bart Simpson. (Who on earth did you think I was talking about?)

The Village Voice reported that Nancy Cartwright, the lady who is Bart's tonsils, called many people to invite them to a Scientology event. And she used her Bart impression to make an impression.

The Voice quotes Cartwright's call: "'This is Bart Simpson' -- she quickly says she's just kidding and identifies herself. But she … Read more

Highway patrolmen have a lot of time to contemplate cars. And I've always wondered why they stop the car going 10 mph over the limit rather than the one that just overtook it in the outside lane at the speed of Joan Rivers' mouth.

So I am grateful to CNET's Wayne Cunningham for revealing the list of the 10 most ticketed cars and the 10 least ticketed:

How many times can you say "ga ga goo goo" in 140 or fewer characters? I don't have the time to work it out.

But I can tell you that the child who was, until recently, in Ellen Menscher's womb may well have been the world's youngest Twitter user.

Baby Tyler, who was born last week, was hooked up to something called a "Kickbee," a device invented by his dad, Corey, who is an interactive telecommunications student at New York University.

Basically, when the unborn Tyler kicked with sufficient force, it would wirelessly send a signal, via a belt worn by his mama, to his Twitter account. … Read more