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  • NextAdvisor picks its top cloud storage services for consumers

    Consumer and small business product review site NextAdvisor.com this month launched a new category , with reviews and comparisons of the best cloudstorage services.

    Written by Lucas Mearian • 10 Feb. 12 09:29

  • LinkedIn's Q4 earnings strong, revenue doubles

    LinkedIn is reporting a strong fourth quarter as the online professional networking service added 14 million members. Its net income and revenue beat Wall Street's expectations.

    Written by AAP • 10 Feb. 12 09:25

  • Obama 2012 campaign playlist revealed courtesy of Spotify

    Depending on your taste in music and tolerance for others’ tastes, President Barack Obama’s latest social media move – sharing his 2012 campaign playlist via streaming music website Spotify – might be a case of over-sharing: Ricky Martin, REO Speedwagon and James Taylor all made the cut.

    Written by Bob Brown • 10 Feb. 12 06:27

  • Pre-rendered pages highlight latest Google Chrome release

    You're familiar with autocomplete. Now get ready for auto-page rendering.

    Written by Brad Reed • 10 Feb. 12 04:29

  • EPIC sues FTC over Google's planned privacy changes

    The Electronic Privacy Information Center has filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Federal Trade Commission, asking a court to force the agency to take action against Google over planned changes in the company's collection of personal data.

    Written by Grant Gross • 09 Feb. 12 09:28

  • Swedish e-commerce startup's execs linked to NYC sex crime

    Two Swedish nationals with the same names as top executives of e-commerce startup Klarna were arrested on Saturday in New York and charged with criminal sexual abuse.

    Written by Elizabeth Heichler • 09 Feb. 12 08:51

  • Google to pay users to track their movements online

    Amid widespread concern about its new privacy policies, Google is now facing criticism over an offer to give users Amazon gift certificates if they open their Web movements to the company in a program called Screenwise.

    Written by Cameron Scott • 09 Feb. 12 08:41

  • Salesforce.com shakes up Standard support plan features

    Salesforce.com has made a series of changes to its support services that include the removal of certain features from the Standard tier, but which the company says overall will provide a better experience for customers.

    Written by Chris Kanaracus • 09 Feb. 12 08:37

  • New social site Pinterest attracts enthusiasm, scrutiny

    Just as it enjoys an initial surge of popularity, a new social networking site called Pinterest is also experiencing its first bout of controversy. Observers are accusing the site of secretly embedding code in user content to generate revenue.

    Written by Joab Jackson • 09 Feb. 12 07:10

  • Google Chrome will no longer check for revoked SSL certificates online

    Google plans to remove online certificate revocation checks from future versions of Chrome, because it considers the process inefficient and slow.

    Written by Lucian Constantin • 09 Feb. 12 04:55

  • Free Web tool consolidates data on code vulnerabilities

    Enterprise coders can now use an open source Web application that lets them consolidate software vulnerability data from a range of scanning and test tools. With a centralized view, and reporting and management tools, ThreadFix speeds the work needed to fix software bugs and vulnerabilities, including those in proliferating mobile apps.

    Written by John Cox • 09 Feb. 12 03:29

  • Researchers claim 100-fold increase in data storage speed

    European researchers may have found a way to speed up data storage 100-fold, breaking one barrier holding back how fast data can be transferred.

    Written by Tim Greene • 09 Feb. 12 03:29

  • Why one insurance company ditched its own hardware- for a cloud -based SAN

    Why do some enterprise managers decide to brave their way into the new and unknown of cloud-based services? Sometimes it's simply because the old technology just isn't working out that well anymore.

    Written by Ellen Messmer • 09 Feb. 12 01:29

  • Greenpeace scorecard documents greener enterprise offerings

    Technology companies are not just making their products less carbon-intensive; they are also increasingly designing products to improve energy efficiency in the industries that they serve, according to the latest in a series of Greenpeace ratings of the sector's energy practices.

    Written by Cameron Scott • 08 Feb. 12 16:01

  • Google to commit to offer some Motorola patents on FRAND terms

    Google is planning to send a letter to standards setting organizations, stating that Motorola Mobility's standards-essential patents will continue to be available on FRAND terms after its acquisition of the company, a person close to the situation said late Tuesday.

    Written by John Ribeiro • 08 Feb. 12 15:26

  • Yahoo! chairman, three directors step down

    Yahoo! chairman Roy Bostock is stepping down from the board of the struggling internet company along with three other directors.

    Written by AAP • 08 Feb. 12 13:02

  • Google accelerates Android browser updates with mobile Chrome

    Google's launch today of Chrome for Android may be a move to accelerate the pace of browser updates, an analyst said.

    Written by Gregg Keizer • 08 Feb. 12 12:36

  • Internet freedom could turn on 'middle countries'

    With so much attention focused on online censorship in highly restrictive countries such as China, Iran and Syria, the discussion of global Internet freedom often has tended to exclude the large class of more moderate nations with rapidly growing online populations with only a rudimentary set of laws and policies for the Web.

    Written by Kenneth Corbin • 08 Feb. 12 10:37

  • Dating site matches not so scientific

    Users flock to online dating sites in ever greater numbers, but despite their marketing claims, services such as Match.com and eHarmony may not be offering potential mates chosen through rigorous scientific methods, a group of psychologists and sociologists have charged.

    Written by Joab Jackson • 08 Feb. 12 08:56

  • Report: Amazon to open physical retail store

    Amazon, a pioneer in Internet retailing, may soon open up a brick-and-mortar shop.

    Written by Jeff Bertolucci • 07 Feb. 12 10:13
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