SOFTWARE

Google's Chromebook may spell doom for Microsoft, a lumbering, bureaucratic, and non-innovative giant that's only good at one thing: milking the Windows OS.

Just one day after the battle between Yahoo and Alibaba heated up, the companies said Sunday that they've open up communications to try to resolve their differences.

The battle between regional tech giants Yahoo and Alibaba heated up as the companies released contradictory statements following this weeks controversial Alipay transfer.

Facebook admitted this week that it hired a high-powered public relations firm to smear competitor Google, using what one insider calls furtive and creepy tactics.

LimeWire, a major peer-to-peer (P2P) company that was accused by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) of being a platform for illegal music transfers, has been let off lightly as it settled the dispute at $105 million, far short of $1.4 billion that was first sought by the plaintiffs.

The number of malware that aim the Android mobile operating system has gone up by 400 per cent since summer of last year, according to a report by Juniper Networks.

Following a 5 year legal standoff between peer-to-peer (P2P) boss LimeWire and the Recording Industry Association of America (R.I.A.A.), the two sides have agreed to settle the music piracy dispute for $105 million.

LimeWire will pay $105 million to 13 record companies for infringing copyrights according to the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) late Thursday.

Google launched a slew of new products and services at its conference this week, pitting itself against the king digital content, Apple. But the entry of the world's largest search company to the music space may not be as foreboding for Apple as one might think.

The operators of LimeWire agreed to pay record companies $105 million, ending a federal trial over copyright infringement damages owed by the once popular but now defunct file-sharing service.

French President Nicolas Sarkozy will host technology titans, including Facebook, Google and Amazon, at a summit to debate how governments can encourage innovation on the Internet, while taming its excesses.

A British judge has banned Twitter users from identifying a brain-damaged woman in one of the first attempts to prevent the messaging website from revealing sensitive information.

After speculation of Facebook’s recent smear attempt against Google, it was confirmed that the largest social networking website hired PR firm Burson-Marstellar to plant stories attacking Google’s content publishing and privacy practices. The bitter rivalry is now in the open; Facebook acknowledged using a 3rd party to assist in the campaign.

Wall street edged down at the open on Friday after April U.S. inflation rose in line with expectations, helping investors reassess the recent volatility in the commodities market.

Wedbush Securities said the Digital Hollywood surveyed respondents are bullish on Facebook advertising growth next year (2012) with median response of up 35 percent while average was up 63 percent.

The operators of LimeWire agreed to pay record companies $105 million, ending a federal trial over damages after the once-popular file-sharing service had been found liable for copyright infringement.

Facebook has released this statement about the campaign aimed at Google's Social Circle feature.

Microsoft's $8.5 billion acquisition of Skype is likely to boost videoconferencing from workers' desktops, posing further risks to video technology providers like Polycom and Logitech.

Facebook adopted a warning service to help users avoid clicking on dubious internet links, with a website ratings system developed by a Finnish start-up.

The latest Acer and Samsung notebooks running on Google Chrome OS were unveiled at the Google I/O conference earlier this week. But can they beat the iconic iPad?

While many are heralding the entry of Chromebooks as the next game changer cynics have a question or two about Google's strategy behind its light-weight, browser-based Chrome OS.