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Chrome, IE market share creeps upward, Firefox losing ground
- According to data from analytics firm Net Applications, Internet Explorer may be making a slow come back after years of being on the decline. Although IE's market share only ticked upward from 53.83 to 54.09 percent, this is compounded by…
Over $175 million pledged with Kickstarter in just three years
- Kickstarter, a crowd funding website where individuals pitch their ideas to the masses and ask for funding, just celebrated its three year anniversary. The site opened on April 28, 2009 and since then, nearly 50,000 projects have sought financing with…
Amazon to collect Texas sales tax in July, Nevada in 2014
- Amazon has reached an agreement with the state of Texas which will allow them to continue doing business there but at a cost -- Amazon will begin collecting sales tax from Texas residents starting July 1, 2012. Texas is the seventh…
House approves CISPA cybersecurity bill, Microsoft backpedals support
- Despite the administration's threat to veto the bill, the U.S. House of Representatives approved the controverisal cyber-survellience legislation late last week by a vote of 248 to 168. CISPA, the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act, encourages companies to freely share…
LG announces cloud streaming service for smartphones, PCs, and TVs
- LG Electronics has announced it will launch a beta of its Cloud service on Tuesday, allowing users to store photos, videos and other documents in the company's remote servers and access them anytime from their smartphone, PC, or smart TV.…
Google Translate used by 200 million people each month
- Google has announced via blog post that their Google Translate service is used by more than 200 million people each month. Broken down further, in any given day, Google translates the equivalent to as much text as you’d find in…
"Biggest ever" review finds no link between cell phones and health
- It seems like every few months, new research surfaces which either validates or invalidates links to cell phone radiation and human health. So, what's the truth -- the real truth? It may disappoint you to know the jury is still…
Googling "zerg rush" destroys your search results
- One of the attributes which makes Google great has to be its whimsical sense of humor and fun. There are a plethora of Easter eggs for Google's services and products (see more below) but this latest surprise will have you…
Amazon beats Q1 predictions, share prices jump 14.6%
- Online retailer Amazon.com posted their first quarter results yesterday, beating analysts' estimates despite their outlook for growth being slower than expected. Share prices responded well to the news with the stock price jumping 14.6 percent according to Business Week.
Spotify online radio station to rival Pandora later this year
- Spotify may be looking to create an online radio station that would rival Pandora. Two people with knowledge of the situation told Bloomberg that Spotify has already started notifying partners about a new service that would go live before the…
Google tweaks algorithm to thwart keyword stuffing and link schemes
- In an effort to penalize evil webspammers and reward those who utilize their SEO powers for good, Google announced that it will be adding new anti-webspam measures to its search algorithm. The changes are expected to roll out over the…
Firefox 12 released with long-awaited automatic updates
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Mozilla has released the latest version of Firefox which, among other changes, introduces automatic updates on Windows. After updating Firefox 12, the browser should download and install future builds entirely on its own. This offers at least two immediate benefits: you'll have one less...
Sophos: 20% of Macs harbor Windows malware
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Although folks are currently fixated on the Flashback botnet, Sophos draws attention to the fact that one in five Macs harbors some kind of Windows-oriented malware. The company gathered results over seven days from 100,000 Apple machines using its free antivirus program...
Mozilla removing favicons in Firefox due to security risk
- Mozilla has deemed favicons a security risk and will be doing away with the tiny graphics in Firefox. The organization has already made the change on the most recent nightly build with plans to implement it to the release channel…
Google Drive released, offers 5GB free, 25GB for $2.49/mo
- Following piles of mounting rumors, an official cloud-based storage option by Google is finally here. In February, a Google employee had mentioned that the company would be releasing a cloud-based storage service in a "couple of weeks". Although that turned out to be…
Dropbox improves sharing capabilities with public link feature
- Dropbox already offers arguably the simplest solution to synchronize and access your own files across PCs, tablets, and smartphones. Now, the company is taking a step further by making it much easier to share files with others, even those that…
Adobe announces Creative Suite 6, moves to subscription pricing
- Adobe today announced the latest version of its Creative Suite software package for designers, web developers and other creative professionals. The latest release, CS6, includes updated versions of Photoshop with new content-aware tools and hardware acceleration support, Premier Pro with…
YouTube loses German copyright case, could face huge royalty fees
- Google's popular video site YouTube faces a potentially massive royalty bill after losing an ongoing legal battle in the German regional courts in Hamburg on Friday, which concluded that the video site had not done enough to prevent copyrighted clips…
Weekend Open Forum: What's the oldest online account you still use?
- I've signed up to many, many websites in my years online. In fact, just checking my password manager I found that I've registered to 89 different websites, even though I only use a handful of those with frequency. That got…
Sony launching PlayMemories Online next week with 5GB of free storage
- Sony has announced that their media-sharing service will go live next week in six countries. Users in Canada, France, Germany, Japan, the UK and the US will have access to 5GB worth of free media storage starting May 25.
Buy stock in your favorite companies without leaving Facebook
- Shortly after Facebook goes public next month, the company will be launching a program that will allow other public companies to sell stock to customers right from their Facebook page. Facebook users will be able to purchase shares in as…
Hulu announces four new original shows, 2 million subscribers
- Attempting to further differentiate itself from competitors such as Netflix, Amazon and HBO Go, Hulu has announced it will be adding four unique, in-house titles to its growing library of shows. Earlier this year, Hulu announced it would allocate $500…
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