A Google-a-Day Puzzle for Jan. 29
Our good friends at Google run a daily puzzle challenge and asked us to help get them out to the geeky masses. Each day?s puzzle will task your googling skills a little more, leading you to Google mastery. Each morning at 12:01 a.m. Eastern timemore
Apple, Google under scrutiny over no-poaching charges
They're known to attract the best and brightest minds. But this week, a federal judge ordered Google, Apple and five other high-tech companies to court over accusations they violated antitrust laws by conspiring not to poach each other's employees. CBSmore
Facebook, Washington State Sue Firm Over Clickjacking
Trailrunner7 writes "Facebook and the state of Washington are suing an ad network they accuse of encouraging people to spread spam through clickjacking schemes and other tactics. The company at the center of the allegations, Adscend Media, denies themore
Social-network update: Facebook up; Twitter slow?
(Credit: Screenshot by CNET) Turns out it's pretty much business as usual today in social-network-land, despite earlier claims hackers would take down Facebook and an ongoing boycott of Twitter by users accusing the company of censorship. Twitter did notmore
Barnes & Noble, Taking On Amazon in the Fight of Its Life
PALO ALTO, Calif. IN March 2009, an eternity ago in Silicon Valley, a small team of engineers here was in a big hurry to rethink the future of books. Not the paper-and-ink books that have been around since the days of Gutenberg, the ones that themore
Google doodle animates world's biggest snowflake
The role of Google's doodles is very simple. It's to make you think that Google is not a monstrous gargantuan entity keen on owning you, but a cute, cuddly company just trying the help you through the chilly winters of life. Talking of gargantuanmore
Google+ Officially Open To Teens
hypnosec writes "Google+ made a landmark move and opened itself to users who are over the age of 13. Google+ did not initially target the younger crowd and kept itself available only for users above the age of 18. Besides, opening up to youngsters overmore
How Amazon Could Split Netflix and iTunes to Win Streaming Video
Everyone knows that Amazon wants to extend its digital media offerings. Its executives know the long-term trends for sales of DVDs, Blu-Rays and their players. The company that dominates e-book and e-reader sales was already ?beaten first to digitalmore
Google Doodle Celebrates the World?s Largest Snowflake!
I?m not sure how they measured it, but according to Google?s animated Doodle , January 28 is the 125th anniversary of the world?s largest snowflake. According to The New York Times, Giant Snowflakes as Big as Frisbees are certainly possible, if notmore
A Google-a-Day Puzzle for Jan. 28
Our good friends at Google run a daily puzzle challenge and asked us to help get them out to the geeky masses. Each day?s puzzle will task your googling skills a little more, leading you to Google mastery. Each morning at 12:01 a.m. Eastern timemore
Twitter boycott looms with censorship accusations
Twitter users announcing they will participate in the January 28 Twitter boycott. (Credit: Screenshot by CNET) Some Twitter users are trying to wield the organizing power of the social-networking site against the site itself: they're using the hashtagsmore
Twitter's Country-Specific Blocking Brings Hazards and Hope
The company will disclose requests from governments that want tweets removed IDG News Service ? Twitter's move to comply with government requests and block tweets in specific countries could blunt its edge as a political tool, but there may be anmore
Audi debuts Super Bowl ad on Facebook
(Credit: Audi) Audi of America's new advertising campaign is sinking its teeth into the popularity of vampires with a new 60-second TV spot that will air in the first break after kickoff in Super Bowl XLVI. The commercial, featuring the new 2013 Audi S7,more
SEC Goes After Online Trading Firms That Unwittingly Helped Latvian Hacker
In an effort to crack down on hacker/stock traders who hijack brokerage accounts and exploit the stock market for gain, the Securities and Exchange Commission has, in a novel move, gone after four online trading companies and eight executives who theymore
Google thinks that Google+ is Google. Is it?
Week before last, Google fired its biggest salvo yet in its battle with Facebook to be the world's most important Web site: It began rolling information from its Google+ social network into the results at its namesake search engine. Google's Search, Plusmore
Take a tour of BMW's new Mog online music system
BMW is the first automaker to integrate an online music selection service into a production car. (Credit: James Martin/CNET) My iPhone, with 8GB of memory, can hold about 1,700 tracks. A BMW's internal hard drive has room for almost 3,000 tracks. Now,more
Adscend Denies Facebook, AG Allegations
Charged with maintaining a Facebook scam, Adscend said it has never engaged in the alleged activities IDG News Service ? Adscend Media, the defendant in lawsuits filed this week by Facebook and the Washington attorney general, on Friday denied themore
Twitter Censorship Move Sparks Backlash: Is It Justified?
Internet scorn for Twitter's announcement that it would censor tweets was swift and unforgiving. But even free-speech and other experts were divided on the service's move that it might censor tweets if required by law in "countries that have differentmore
Report: Facebook Files for IPO Next Week
CEO Mark Zuckerberg at an event in 2011. Photo: Jon Snyder/Wired.com After years of speculation and anticipation on Wall Street and across Silicon Valley, Facebook may file for its initial public offering as soon as Wednesday of next week,more
Facebook IPO Could Come As Soon As Next Week
Talks with Morgan Stanley could lead Facebook to file IPO papers as soon as Wednesday, the Wall Street Journal reports IDG News Service The Internet juggernaut Facebook could file papers for an initial public offering as early as Wednesday, hoping tomore
Facebook Scammers Redirect Victims Through Amazon's Cloud
Facebook scammers use links to Amazon's S3 service in their campaigns to trick URL filters IDG News Service ? Facebook scammers have started redirecting victims through Amazon's cloud in order to bypass malicious URL filters, according to securitymore
Google Defends Privacy Changes As Questions Mount
While Google touts its new policy as good for users, others argue that the real beneficiaries are advertisers. PC World Following a flurry of criticism over its privacy policy revamp, Google is attempting to clear up misconceptions about its actions.more
Internet economy set to double by 2016
The G20?s internet economy is set to nearly double by 2016 reaching $4.2trn (£2.7trn), up from $2.3trn in 2010, according to research. The biggest driver will be the number of internet users around the globe, rising from 1.9bn in 2010 to 3bn in 2016,more
Facebook scammers redirect victims through Amazon's cloud
The scammers use links to Amazon's S3 service in their campaigns to trick URL filters Print | Facebook scammers have started redirecting victims through Amazon's cloud in order to bypass malicious URL filters, according to security researchers frommore
Facebook could file IPO next week, aims for $100B valuation
Mark Zuckerberg introduces the Facebook Ticker at F8. (Credit: James Martin/CNET) Facebook is set to file to for its IPO as early as Wednesday, seeking a valuation between $75 billion and $100 billion, according to the Wall Street Journal, citing unnamedmore
FTC Commissioner Talks Online Privacy
On the heels of high-profile settlements with Google and Facebook, the Federal Trade Commission's Julie Brill signals that lower-profile members of data economy can expect heightened scrutiny. CIO ? As the Federal Trade Commission prepares to release amore
How tweet it isn't: Twitter's new censorship policies
Twitter has announced that it will allow governments to censor some (but not all) tweets. Did they really have any other choice? Print | Yesterday Twitter announced a policy change that has the Twitterati flapping about like bluebirds trying to hoist amore
Facebook could file a $100B IPO next Wednesday
Facebook is set to file to for its IPO as early as Wednesday and may seek a valuation as high as $100 billion, the Wall Street Journal reports, citing an unnamed source. The report says that that Morgan Stanely is close to securing the leadingmore
Facebook reportedly set to file for IPO Wednesday
Facebook is set to file to for its IPO as early as Wednesday and may seek a valuation as high as $100 billion, the Wall Street Journal reports, citing an unnamed source. The report says that that Morgan Stanely is close to securing the leadingmore