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This is Google's new self-driving Toyota Prius, seen during a demonstration on New York Avenue NW in Washington, D.C., Thursday, May 17, 2012. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)

D.C. Council member Mary Cheh (Ward 3) holds up a bumper sticker she was given following her ride in Google's new self-driving Toyota Prius during a demonstration on New York Avenue NW in Washington, D.C., Thursday, May 17, 2012. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)

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Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, a social media wunderkind who turns 28 this month, reportedly will take Facebook public on the stock market May 18 in one of the most highly anticipated tech initial public offerings since Google went public in August 2004. Facebook's offering values the company at $76 billion to $95 billion, based on the expected number of Facebook shares after the IPO. (Associated Press)

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** FILE ** The Google logo is displayed in the company's New York office in December 2010. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)

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Google Inc. announced Thursday that it earned $2.89 billion, or $8.75 per share, in the first quarter. That is up from $1.8 billion, or $5.51 per share, a year earlier. (Associated Press)

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In this combination of images made from the Google[x] group's "Project Glass" video launched earlier this week on YouTube, the viewer looks through an early prototype of Google's futuristic Internet-connected glasses. The specs are said to give you directions, let you video chat, shop and do everything else you now need a handheld gadget to accomplish. (AP Photo/Google)

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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)

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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)

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Illustration: Google by John Camejo for The Washington Times

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Illustration: Google by John Camejo for The Washington Times

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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)

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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)

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** FILE ** In this May 11, 2011, file photo, attendees chat at the Google IO Developers Conference in San Francisco. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez, File)

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**FILE** Attendees chat May 11, 2011, at the Google IO Developers Conference in San Francisco. (Associated Press)

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Illustration: Google search by Linas Garsys for The Washington Times

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**FILE** From right: Alan Davidson, director of public policy for Google; Guy Tribble, vice president for software technology at Apple; Justin Brookman, director of the Consumer Privacy Center for Democracy & Technology; and Ashkan Soltani, an independent researcher and consultant, testify May 10, 2011, on Capitol Hill before the Senate Privacy, Technology and the Law subcommittee hearing on the recent revelations about location tracking through cell phones. (Associated Press