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Mozilla's Firefox has replaced Microsoft's Internet Explorer as the most popular web browser in Europe, according to StatCounter, a market-research firm.

While Microsoft slugs-it-out in the CES arena, Google won temporary relief in its cloud-war against Microsoft as it restricted the U.S. Interior department from handing a $59 million contract to Microsoft.

Panasonic Corp aims to beef up its Internet-TV service this spring, expanding its offering of applications to compete with rivals like the alliance between Sony Corp and Google Inc.

Google Inc won a small battle in its larger war to make inroads into government contracting when a federal judge ordered the Interior Department to rethink a proposed bid for a contract for email services.

Panasonic Corp will open up for free its technology for Internet-enabled televisions as it looks to create a rival group to the Sony Corp and Google Inc alliance, the Nikkei reported.

Google has not given up on China and is looking for ways to re-enter the market, according to CFO Patrick Pichette.

Amazon announced that its Kindle apps will now be available for Android and Windows based tablets as part of its Buy Once, Read Everywhere strategy.

Auriga's previous valuation model had suggested that Sprint’s spectrum was worth $7 billion based on older auction sales of spectrum by the U.S. Government, while the updated model suggests a valuation closer to $9 billion.

Firefox has dethroned Internet Explorer (IE) in December 2010 to become the number one browser in Europe, as Google’s Chrome stole share from the Microsoft browser, a report said.

Goldman Sachs is not giving its multimillionaire clients a lot of time or information to think about investing in a $1.5 billion Facebook private offering.

Apple’s iOS is the No.1 mobile operating system with 28.6 percent of the smartphone operating system market share in U.S, while Google’s Android with 25.8 percent share stands at No.3, said a report by research firm, The Nielson Company.

Google and Apple are slugging it out in the publishing domain as they up their ante to woo publishers, who are still emerging from the recessionary shock and are looking for a viable digital content related business model.

Android is gaining popularity among new smartphone buyers in the US even though Apple’s iOS still leads the overall smartphone market.

As the LePad is expected to have most features of Samsung Galaxy Tab and Apple iPad, with some additional features different from the two, it may attract more consumers.

Microsoft is set to face a tough road in operating system market in 2011.

For the past several months, we have been hearing this term known as “Net Neutrality”. What is it all about? Many people still aren’t exactly aware of this new jargon over which companies and Federal Communications Commission (FCC) of the United States are locking horns with each other.

Google Inc has approached several magazine publishers about creating a digital newsstand, in a move that could open a new front in the Internet company's rivalry with Apple Inc, according to a news report.

Facebook has dethroned Google as the top-visited Web sites in 2010, as well as the most searched term of the year, a report says. Into 2011, it is to be seen whether the search engine giant can regain ground.

S&P Equity Research predicts big developments for the Internet segment in 2011, including continuing challenges for Google, changes at Yahoo, and a cloud offering from Apple.

e-readers have exploded into the market in 2010

As technologies become more popular, they become more enticing targets.

More than one in five TVs shipped this year were in some way connected.

Facebook surpassed Google for the first time as the most visited website in the United States for most of 2010.

California-based start up Lookout Mobile Security said a new Trojan - dubbed Geinimi' - affecting Android devices has recently emerged in China and displayed botnet-like capabilities.

Microsoft co-founder and billionaire Paul Allen added details to the patent infringement lawsuit filed against Google, Apple, eBay, Facebook, Netflix, AOL, Yahoo!, Office Depot, OfficeMax and Staples in August.

Google is planning to launch an online applications store offering popular educational software.

Two separate groups of iPhone and iPad users have sued Apple Inc alleging that certain software applications were passing personal user information to third-party advertisers without consent.

Big players of the U.S. technology sector, who are flush with cash and looking to expand their horizon, returned to the merger and acquisition space this year after recovering from the 2009 recession.

Google displayed a gigantic 42-inch, fully functional Nexus S handset at a Best Buy store in San Carlos, California to give customers a first-hand view into the recently launched Android 2.3 Gingerbread.