Developers building functional Add-ons for the Firefox browser can request financial contributions from users through an effort launched this week …
Facebook attracting more users with gray hair, wrinkles
Facebook is growing in popularity and its users are growing long in the tooth, according to a study released this …
Will Google OS reset desktop expectations?
With the Internet abuzz this week about Google's newly announced plan for its upcoming Chrome OS operating system, some analysts …
Yahoo boosting Web data joiner
Yahoo is enhancing its Web service API for querying and joining data across any Web source or service on the …
Michael Jackson mourners take to the Web, but don’t crush it
Yesterday's massive memorial service for Michael Jackson may have strained some social networking and news sites but it didn't cripple …
Yahoo enhances and broadens access to Search Pad tool
Yahoo will significantly expand the number of people who can test its Search Pad service, an online notebook for saving …
Facebook simplifies privacy settings, calls them too complex
Facebook will simplify the way in which it offers privacy options to its users, as it gets ready to give …
Beyond Firefox 3.5: sneak peek at Mozilla’s next browser
Mozilla's Firefox 3.5 is off to a running start. The new browser, boasting significant speed increases and a host of …
Smartphone OS smackdown
Two and a half years ago, Steve Jobs unveiled the first iPhone and said that its software was five years …
VC puts money in open source management software
Open source management applications continue to flourish in the face of a difficult economy. And as many products mature to …
IBM unveils 3D virtual meetings, puts social networking in cloud
IBM/Lotus released a 3D virtual environment conferencing service complete with avatars and whiteboards as part of its Sametime line of …
HTC puts new face on latest Google Android phone, Hero
Smartphone developer High Tech Computer (HTC) introduced a completely revamped user interface (UI) on its latest smartphone running Google Android …
Proxy servers pressed into action to keep Web access in Iran
An inspection of the proxy servers offered up online over the past few days as a way to help Iranians …
Search attracts innovation from established firms, startups
The search business has quickly become a hotbed of activity among a variety of companies in recent weeks. The new …
Social networks cutting into family time
Social networks like Facebook and Twitter are exploding in popularity, bringing people from all walks of life together online. At …
With unrest in Iran, cyber-attacks begin
An apparently ad-hoc cyber protest against the results of recent Iranian elections has knocked key Web sites offline. On Monday, …
Dell Tweets its way to $3 Million in sales
So you thought Twitter was a waste of time? Just fun and games? Stupid even? Dell doesn't think so. The …
Facebook makes it personal, offers vanity URLs
Looking for a more individualized presence on Facebook? If so, the social networking site will offer the opportunity to do …
Google to reveal Apps enhancements
Expectations are running high for an event Google will hold to announce enhancements to the business-oriented Premier edition of its …
Sun tests new Java Store, Java Warehouse
Sun Microsystems Inc. has opened a test version of its Java Store, which it bills as a Web site where …