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02 March 2010
News: Former Mozilla security expert joins Apple

Former Mozilla security chief Window Snyder has been hired by Apple.
Video: Intel's CIO on PC replacement cycles

At the Cebit show in Hanover on Tuesday Diane Bryant, CIO of Intel, explained how the company manages PC replacement
01 March 2010
News: Facebook and Twitter useful after Chile earthquake

Google, Twitter, Facebook, YouTube and other web services having been utilised by relief organisations, government agencies, corporations and throngs of people in the aftermath of Chile's massive earthquake.
News: ICANN to visit China after 'dot-china' request

An ICANN visit to China, following an application to offer domain names that end with Chinese characters, is expected to hihglight the country's censorship of the net.
News: Microsoft criticises Google over antitrust concerns

Microsoft and Google are stepping up their war of words. This time it's Microsoft's turn: It says Google is pointing fingers rather than addressing the European Commission's investigation into the search giant.
News: Chinese Google hackers targeted 100 other companies

The hackers who broke into Google two months ago have gone after more than 100 companies, according to an estimate by security vendor Isec Partners.
27 February 2010
News: Ray Ozzie, the man leading Microsoft's comeback

We profile Ray Ozzie, Microsoft chief software architect and Bill Gates' handpicked successor, as he looks ahead at a critical period in Microsoft's war with Google.
26 February 2010
News: Court dimisses Windows XP downgrade case

A year-old lawsuit against Microsoft over alleged antitrust violations for the 'downgrade' rules it set for Windows Vista and XP has been dismissed.
News: May 4 named as 'Day against DRM'

Tuesday May 4 has been named as this year's Day against Digital Rights Management (DRM) by the President of the Free Software Foundation.
News: Analysis: Where does Palm go from here?

Smartphone industry pundits wonder whether Palm can survive another year, given Palm's announcment that its new smartphone sales failed to meet expectations.
News: Palm lowers smartphone revenue expectations

Despite launching a number of smartphones last year, Palm is predicting revenues from its relaunched mobile phone business will fall far short of earlier projections.
News: Google reveals how search results are ranked

Google has revealed how it ranks its search results, just days after the European Commission said it was looking into antitrust complaints against the company.
25 February 2010
News: Google condemns Italian privacy convictions

Google has denounced the conviction of three of its executives by an Italian court, and says it will help the employees appeal against the ruling.
News: Chip industry 'will grow by 20% in 2010'

The global chip industry will see a 20 percent year-on-year growth in 2010, Gartner has predicted.
News: PayPal to open app store

PayPal is planning to to open an app store where developers can offer their wares later this year.
24 February 2010
News: Twitter-Yahoo deal puts 'tweets' in Yahoo webmail

Yahoo and Twitter have joined forces to put Twitter feeds on Yahoo home pages, email accounts, Yahoo Sports and other sites in a broad content-sharing agreement that also includes Twitter in Yahoo search results.
News: EU begins Google antitrust investigation

The European Commission has begun an antitrust investigation into search giant Google.
News: Xerox sues Google & Yahoo over search tech

Xerox has filed a lawsuit against Yahoo, Google and YouTube alleging infringement of Xerox patents on search and integration technology.
News: Speed and fun key to successful web apps

To be successful, a Web application must be fast, instantly useful, playful and search-engine friendly with a clean user interface, according to venture capitalist Fred Wilson from Union Square Ventures.
23 February 2010
News: Microsoft & Amazon in patent cross-licensing deal

Amazon.com has agreed to pay Microsoft an undisclosed sum as part of a patent cross-licensing deal between the companies announced on Monday