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Yahoo Axis may be game changer for search and the troubled company
With Axis, Yahoo is trying to change the search game, while also trying to change its image as a troubled company.
European privacy regulators want more detail on Google's policy changes
European privacy regulators want better answers from Google about its privacy policy, and the way it informs its users about changes to it.
Ellison, Phillips, McDermott to take stand in Oracle-SAP retrial
During the upcoming retrial of Oracle's corporate-theft lawsuit against SAP, the companies plan to call a star-studded array of tech executives...
Yahoo leaks private key, allows anyone to build Yahoo-signed Chrome extensions
Yahoo was forced to release a new version of its Axis extension for Google Chrome after the original one contained a private key that allowed anyone...
Box to beef up IT administration features of cloud content management software
Box will start letting customers test a new set of IT administration controls for its cloud-hosted enterprise collaboration and content management...
Google to offer mapping and other software in Syria
Google is now allowed under U.S. export control rules to offer downloads in Syria of its mapping software Google Earth, photo sharing software...
Apple claims US government sides with monopoly in e-book case
The U.S. government has sided with monopoly rather than competition in bringing a case of e-book price-fixing against Apple, the company said in a...
Yahoo launches stand-alone mobile search app
Yahoo beefed up its search offerings on Wednesday when it launched Axis, an HTML5-based browser app that delivers search results as page previews...
Pwnium hacking contest winners exploited 16 Chrome zero-days
Google yesterday revealed that the two researchers who cracked Chrome in March at the company's inaugural "Pwnium" hacking contest used...
Google warns users infected with DNSChanger as Web outage nears
Google on Tuesday hauled out a tool it last used nearly a year ago to warn users infected with the "DNSChanger" malware.
Microsoft takes Bing Streetside offline in Germany after privacy complaints
Microsoft has taken its Google Street View-like service Bing Streetside offline in Germany after German citizens expressed their worries about how...
How to Design a Successful RACI Project Plan
Having managed and rescued dozens of projects, and helped others do so, I've noted that there is always one critical success factor (CSF) that...
Google becomes hardware company with $12.5B Motorola buy
Google said Tuesday morning that it has closed the deal to acquire Motorola Mobility for $12.5 billion
Microsoft-backed groups praise EU's antitrust ultimatum to Google
A pair of Microsoft-backed industry groups applauded the ultimatum European Union antitrust regulators issued to rival Google over alleged...
Tech guns for hire: 5 places to find skilled IT contractors
Need outside help for your next IT project? It's easy to hire tech freelancers online, but how do you separate the wheat from the chaff? Here are...
Upcoming Salesforce.com release adds real-time chat capabilities
Salesforce.com, which has placed ample emphasis on its Chatter social networking application, will actually begin providing real-time chat...
Samsung Squashes Hack of Voice Assistant App
Samsung is blocking a hack of its S Voice digital assistant software that allowed any Android phone running Ice Cream Sandwich to use the app.
Cross-browser worm spreads via Facebook, security experts warn
Malware writers have used Crossrider, a cross-browser extension development framework, to build a click-fraud worm that spreads on Facebook, security...
EU offers Google a chance to avoid fines over four antitrust concerns
Google has "a matter of weeks" to address four antitrust issues identified by European Union antitrust regulators. If Google addresses...
EU: Programming Languages Can't Be Copyrighted
Europe's top court has ruled that the functionality of a computer program and the programming language it is written in cannot be protected by...
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