Consumer advocates recently have ratcheted up the rhetoric against adware companies for their installation methods, but remained on the sidelines in discussions about tracking cookies placed on consumers' hard drives by ad companies and analytics firms.

Here we are in the run-up to that all-important non-holiday, that commercially fabricated Hallmark occasion known as Valentine's Day. And today, a Love@AOL survey revealed that 76 percent of lovelorn singles who used online dating sites actually found romance, with nearly 60 percent reporting that they formed long-term relationships forged through online connections.

So comScore Networks conducted a brand survey and found that Bud/Bud Light won the big ad bowl at Super Bowl XL.

Why did Internet companies turn in a disappointing fourth quarter? A major factor is that their technology investments outpaced revenues, according to a report issued this morning by Merrill Lynch.

Poppin'. At least according to Jessica Simpson, who strutted her Daisy Dukes all over Pizza Hut's new Cheesy Bites commercial last night during the Super Bowl broadcast.

Or just some beer, or the ads? Or how 'bout those cheesy bites Jessica Simpson's peddling?

This week, Google turned in a report showing that revenue and profits had nearly doubled year-over-year. One would think Wall Street would welcome this news. Instead, the stock price plummeted because Google missed Wall Street's lofty expectations.

Today British actress Emma Thompson helped launch a virtual chestnut tree created by the Amsterdam-based Anne Frank Foundation.

This morning Harold McGraw, III, president, chairman and CEO of The McGraw-Hill Companies, reiterated his complaints about Google's plan to digitize library books and make them searchable online.

The headline on ABCNews.com said it all: "Multitasking Drives Workers to Distraction." No kidding, I thought.