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Reuters | 4 hours ago

EU's Almunia offers Google chance to settle antitrust case

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - EU regulators have offered Google a chance to settle an investigation into whether it has been abusing a dominant market position following complaints from Microsoft...

AP Online | 5 hours ago

Yahoo to sell half of its Alibaba stake for $7.1B

HONG KONG (AP) - Struggling Internet company Yahoo Inc. has secured a lifeline after agreeing to sell half of its prized stake in Chinese e-commerce group Alibaba for about $7.1 billion,...

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PC World: Latest Technology News | 7 hours ago

Microsoft's Social Networking Site So.cl Now Open to All Users

...continue to use current social networks such as Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn and search tools such as Bing and Google. So.cl helps users find and share web pages of interest as...

The Next Web | 9 hours ago

Google Chrome overtakes Internet Explorer as the Web's most used browser

Google Chrome has been long expected to leapfrog Microsoft's Internet Explorer (IE) to take its position as the Web's most used browser and, according to data from Statcounter, the...

"Nexus phones don't allow carriers to influence the software the same way other Androids do, and Google seems to want to sell them unlocked, without a contract," Plunkett said.

Nexus Smartphones: Who Wins, Who Loses if Google Launches Android 5.0 in Multiple Handsets? Wired | 4 hours ago

Raleigh News & Observer | 11 hours ago

Microsoft to roll out newly tooled Bing search engine

...leveraging social connections for searching is a suddenly hot idea, experimented with by both Google and Microsoft. I've voiced misgivings about watering down search tools with social media...

The Huffington Post | 16 hours ago

Mom Temporarily Banned From Uploading Photos To Facebook

...Hate Speech, Graphic Violence, Nudity and Pornography, Identity and Privacy, Intellectual Property and Phishing and Spam. Facebook has yet to comment on the incident. UPDATE:...

Seeking Alpha | 1 day ago

Google Could Jump $80 By 2013, Anything Beyond That Is A Bonus

...base on 1.25Bn worldwide. This may be the reason that Google has gone ahead with its Chrome OS. To the extent that Google can transform PC's into delivery vehicles like smartphones,...

The Huffington Post | 1 day ago

Facebook Bans Mother For Posting Photos Of Terminally Ill Son

...Violence and Threats, Self-Harm, Bullying and Harassment, Hate Speech, Graphic Violence, Nudity and Pornography, Identity and Privacy, Intellectual Property and Phishing and Spam.

Forbes | 3 days ago

Firefox 13 Gets Reset Button

...people when the browser crashes. FirefoxaEUR™s popularity has been declining ever since Google released its Chrome browser. Many users complain that the browser is slow and buggy, while...

The Business Insider | 3 days ago

THE GOOGLE INVESTOR: This Is How Fragmented Android Really Is (GOOG)

The report suggests it could reduce the amount of money Google pays to Apple for the use of Google searches in the native iOS Safari browser. Given the growth of iOS devices sales...

The Register | 4 days ago

Adobe sucks on Oracle brain drain for HTML5 game gain

...juicing its software gaming credentials against HTML5 by grabbing some hard-core Sun Microsystems talent as they slip out Oracle's back door. Four senior and respected members of the...

TechCrunch | 5 days ago

Firefox For Android Beta Gets Native UI, Improved Performance And Support for Flash

...improvements and bug fixes. Firefox for Android Beta is now available in Google Play and unlike Google's own impressive Chrome for Android, it will work on any phone running Android 2.2...