<A target="_blank" href="http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/2010-05-25-1Atwitter25_CV_N.htm?csp=34tech&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+usatoday-TechTopStories+%28Tech+-+Top+Stories%29">Twitter is much maligned, or maybe not. It has spread rumors,</A> faster than most wildfires. It helped find people trapped in the Haitian quake. And. It provides real-time trending information to researchers.