Net Applications data for January is out, and there are some interesting trends displayed. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: ads, browser, Chrome, computer, download, email, Firefox, Google, internet, Internet Explorer, iPhone, Linux, Mac, Microsoft, Net Applications, visitors, Windows

Russia Internet search engine “Yandex” named the most popular search topic in 2009. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: 2009, Microsoft, Moscow, New Year, online, popular, query, ranking, request, search engine, social networking, top ten, TV, Windows, Yandex

It was a big year for technology: Twitter and Facebook’s popularity exploded, while new smartphones, e-readers and a host of other gadgets cropped up to compete for our plugged-in affection. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: 2009, account, attack, Blog, company, computer, Conficker, e-mail, Facebook, fails, Gmail, Google, Google Wave, hacker, information, internet, iPhone, iPod, LiveJournal, Mashable, Media, member, Microsoft, online, service, site, smartphone, social media, TechCrunch, technology, Twitter, users, Web, worldwide, Zune

A small Missouri company with the word “Bing” in its name has sued Microsoft for branding its search engine with the same word, alleging trademark infringement and unfair competition by the software giant. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: advertising, application, Bing, company, design, Microsoft, search engine, site, Web

The scale of a phishing attack originally thought to be directed at Hotmail may be larger than previously thought. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: account, addresses, attack, Blog, customers, e-mail, Gmail, Hotmail, install, links, login, Microsoft, offline, passwords, phishing, post, project, service, site, software, traffic, update, users, Website, Yahoo

A Russian Internet group, Digital Sky Technologies, has offered to invest $200 million in Facebook Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: company, Facebook, financial, investment, mail.ru, Microsoft, Reuters, russia, site, stock, users, Web