WAN-optimization gear has evolved from one-trick point products – compression boxes, QoS appliances, TCP optimizers, caching devices – into equipment …
Vodafone switches on more 3G mobile coverage
Mobile carrier Vodafone has switched on high-speed 3G network services with a focus on regional areas. The upgrade boosts Vodafone's …
Facebook to tighten privacy after Canadian investigation
Facebook will enhance its social-networking site's privacy features over the next 12 months as a result of a set of …
Facebook to tighten privacy after Canadian investigation
Facebook will enhance its social-networking site's privacy features over the next 12 months as a result of a set of …
Microsoft starts serving IE8 upgrade to enterprises
As promised more than a month ago, Microsoft Corp. began pushing Internet Explorer 8 to enterprises via Windows Server Update …
Forrester: Social networking grows up
Companies can begin to target people over the age of 34 with media campaigns that leverage social networks as that …
Yahoo still considers Bing a search competitor
Yahoo hopes to remain relevant and competitive in the search engine market, battling for users not only against nemesis Google …
Could Google be tricked into talking to botnets?
Cybercriminals could start to take advantage of the popularity of search engines like Google as vehicles for relaying malicious code …
BlackBerry takes app store to desktop
If you find browsing for new applications on your BlackBerry to be a slow and cumbersome process, fear not: Research …
Touchscreens dominate smartphone interfaces
More than 15 million of the 38.1 million mobile phones sold during the second quarter used a touchscreen as the …
G1 Android phone may be unable to receive updates
Users of the first Android phone, the G1, may be unable to get significant future operating-system updates because the phone's …
Microsoft doubles cashback incentives for Bing search
Microsoft kicked off a large Bing promotion that's geared to attract the attention of the Internet's best bargain shoppers. The …
3 Social Media Aggregators That Bring It All Together
Thanks to Facebook, Flickr, Twitter, and a host of other social media services, people are more connected than ever. But …
With new ads, Google aims offensive at Microsoft Office
In the latest shot fired in Google Inc.'s ongoing battle with Microsoft Corp., Google announced that it's taking this fight …
Firefox cracks 1 billion downloads
Less than five years after its initial release, Mozilla's Firefox Web browser has hit its one billionth download. Firefox, which …
Google defends Google Apps security
Google Inc. this week came swinging at critics who have cited privacy and security concerns in calling on the city …
Microsoft, Yahoo alliance would target Google
About a year after Microsoft Corp.'s hostile, contentious and unsuccessful bid to buy Yahoo Inc., the two companies appear set …
Adobe confirms Flash zero-day bug in PDF docs
Adobe is investigating a critical vulnerability in its Flash format that is currently being exploited by hackers using malicious PDF …
Yahoo gets makeover, (slowly) rolls out new homepage
Yahoo launched the beta of a newly overhauled homepage, whose promised features include the ability to integrate with the Facebook, …
Firefox Is Faster, but Not as Fast as Chrome
When Mozilla released a new version of Firefox a couple of weeks ago, its developers promised a faster browser, and …