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Wikipedia celebrates 10th anniversary
Wikipedia turned 10 on Saturday -- a decade of operation for the free encyclopedia built largely by volunteers on the Web.
And, just as anyone...
Facebook forces new profile on all users
Back in December, Facebook introduced its new profiles to the world. For the first month, users could choose between the new profile and the...
Verizon iPhone announcement expected
After years of speculation and rumor, the big day is here: The anxiously awaited unveiling of a Verizon iPhone is expected to take place...
WikiLeaks founder returns to court
The 39-year-old Australian is wanted in Sweden but denies sexual offences against two women.
District Judge Nicholas Evans will oversee a case management hearing at...
Indestructible hard drive by ioSafe launched
ioSafe's Rugged Portable hard drive launched at the Consumer Electronics Show this week withstood drops, submersion and even blasts from a 12-guage shotgun.
"It has...
No Facebook shut down on March 15
There's a silly rumor exploding on the Internet this weekend, alleging that Facebook is shutting down on March 15 because CEO Mark Zuckerberg...
Firefox ranked most popular browser in Europe
For the first time in a decade, Microsoft’s Internet Explorer is no longer the leading Web browser in Europe, ceding the position to Mozilla’s...
MySpace set to fire 50% of workforce
News Corp.'s MySpace is preparing to unveil a major round of layoffs as early as this month in its latest restructuring step, the Wall...
Facebook scores $500 million cash infusion
Everyone wants a piece of Facebook Inc.
News that investment bank Goldman Sachs Group Inc. and Digital Sky Technologies, a Russian Internet investment firm, will...
iPhone alarm bell fails for 2011
There was further alarm for Apple over the weekend as iPhone and iPod users complained they had missed wake-up calls because of a software...
Cellphones thrive in US prison system
A counterfeiter at a Georgia state prison ticks off the remaining days of his three-year sentence on his Facebook page. He has 91 digital...
Kindle reader ranks as Amazon no.1 top-seller
O.K., here goes: when it comes to the Amazon Kindle, I’ll admit it, I was wrong.
When the Apple iPad was announced in January, I...
Euro satellite for web connections launches
The second European satellite dedicated to delivering broadband internet connections has launched successfully.
The six-tonne Ka-Sat lifted off atop a Proton rocket from Baikonur in...
Google poised to enter travel search industry
Google has a knack for making waves when it pushes into new arenas, and online travel is no exception. Six months ago, Google announced...
Elders close social networking gap
Though people ages 18 to 33 outpace other adults in almost every category of Internet use, their elders are rapidly closing the gap in...
Apple explains removal of WikiLeaks app
Apple on Tuesday confirmed that it had removed from its online store an iPhone and iPad app that let users view the content on...
E-mail falls as youth text and chat instead
Signs you’re an old fogey: You still watch movies on a VCR, listen to vinyl records and shoot photos on film.
And you enjoy using...
Google TV delayed over poor previews
Google TV has just enacted its first programming cancellation.
The Consumer Electronics Show next month in Las Vegas was meant to be the great coming-out...
Africa’s big social media explosion
In the mid-1990s, as the use of mobile phones spread in much of the developed world, few thought of Africa as a potential market....
WikiLeaks founder awaits bail appeal
The founder of whistle-blowing website Wikileaks, Julian Assange, will know by Thursday if he will be freed on bail.
Mr Assange remains in Wandsworth Prison...
Yahoo fires 4% of workers
Yahoo said on Tuesday that it would cut 4 percent of its work force.
Yahoo will lay off about 600 employees, mostly in the company’s...
McDonald’s customer data stolen by hackers
McDonald's databases were recently hacked into and personal customer information was stolen, the fast-food giant said in a statement.
"Recently McDonald's was informed by one...
WikiLeaks founder intends to keep leaking
Wikileaks founder Julian Assange has said he is determined to continue releasing secret documents, despite being held on remand in a British jail. Mr...
Internet usage catches up with TV use in US
Americans are now spending as much time using the Internet as they are watching television, and the amount of time people spend on the...
iPad 2 speculation mounts
Based on reports made by sources who are close to Apple components suppliers, the next generation iPad (also quoted as iPad 2) will have...
European Amazon sites knocked offline
British, French, German, Austrian and Italian sites were down for about 30 minutes on Sunday during a peak pre-Christmas shopping period. The outage occurred...
Technology: 11 Predictions for 2011
I've made my 11 tech predictions for 2011, and it looks like it'll be an interesting year.
Every December since 1990, I have published a...
Google unveils Chrome OS notebook computer
Google has delayed the launch of its much anticipated laptop, powered by its Chrome operating system, until 2011. Instead, Google announced a pilot programme...
A Facebook ‘Welcome’ That May Not Be
High school seniors about to be admitted to college, take note: that authentic-looking Facebook page inviting you to join the university’s “welcome group” for...
As Africa telecoms grow Ethiopia, Somalia and Zimbabwe present great potential
A telecoms committee has been recently formed to urge African Countries to focus their attention to broadband deployment and telecom services to rural communities....