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Glitch prompts Internet name deadline extension

Apr 13, 2012 (AFP)

The Internet domain name "revolution" was on hold Friday due to an apparent flaw that let some aspiring applicants peek at unauthorized information at the regis...

Google proposes stock split as profit soars

Apr 12, 2012 (AFP)

Google on Thursday delivered a double-shot of good news to investors, announcing soaring profits and plans for a long-desired stock split that will make its sha...

Google likely next in antitrust push on tech giants

Apr 11, 2012 (AFP)

Google is likely the next major tech target of US and EU trust-busters after the US Justice Department sued Apple Wednesday for illegally colluding with publish...

AOL says to sell 800 patents to Microsoft for $1.0 bn

Apr 09, 2012 (AFP)

AOL announced plans to sell more than 800 patents to Microsoft in a $1.056 billion deal giving the struggling Internet pioneer a needed cash injection as it see...

Yahoo! axes workers in latest turn-around bid

Apr 04, 2012 (AFP)

Struggling US Internet pioneer Yahoo! said Wednesday it would slash some 2,000 jobs in a purge aimed at transforming into a "smaller, nimbler, more profitable" ...

EU probes Google's Motorola in Apple, Microsoft patent war

Apr 03, 2012 (AFP)

European regulators opened Tuesday two antitrust investigations against Motorola Mobility, bought by US Internet giant Google, in the latest chapter of an escal...

China vows faster, cheaper Internet

Apr 02, 2012 (AFP)

China has said it will aim to bring faster and cheaper Internet access to more people, following complaints that a near monopoly by state-backed firms had hurt ...

Settlement talks fail in Google vs. Oracle patent case

Apr 02, 2012 (AFP)

A federal judge in the heart of Silicon Valley said Monday that Google and Oracle have failed to settle a patent dispute out of court and that the case will hea...

Groupon's star dims with revised earnings report

Apr 02, 2012 (AFP)

Online discount deals firm Groupon saw its fledgling stock price sink Monday as word spread that it overstated its quarterly earnings, a move reportedly being s...

SciTechTalk: Internet 'tracking' debated

Apr 01, 2012 (UPI)

As "do not track" has taken center stage in debates about the Internet and personal privacy, many Web users remain unaware of exactly what tracking is and what ...

Budding Google social network sets itself apart

Apr 01, 2012 (AFP)

Like the strong-willed youth it is, Google's budding social network is confidently going its own way. In an AFP interview, Google+ vice president Bradley Horowi...

Facebook to make stock market debut in May: report

Mar 28, 2012 (AFP)

Facebook will make its stock market debut in May with a record-setting initial public offering of shares, according to a report Wednesday in the Wall Street Jou...

Zuckerberg's China trip sparks Facebook frenzy

Mar 28, 2012 (AFP)

The sight of a vacationing Mark Zuckerberg in Shanghai has sparked a frenzy of online speculation over the possibility Facebook might return to China, even thou...

Google lets users monitor their online activity

Mar 28, 2012 (AFP)

Google on Wednesday began letting people get monthly reports summarizing what they have been up to at the Internet titan's free online services. A freshly-added...

US regulators call for tighter online privacy rules

Mar 26, 2012 (AFP)

The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) called for Internet users to be given an easy-to-use "Do Not Track" feature in a report released on Monday backing tighter...

Facebook urges court to boot ownership suit

Mar 26, 2012 (AFP)

Facebook on Monday called on a judge to toss out a New York man's claim to partial ownership of the world's leading social network on the basis that the suit is...

Google mulls Japan court order to tweak auto-complete

Mar 26, 2012 (AFP)

Google said Monday it was reviewing a Japanese court order to modify its auto-complete feature to safeguard the reputation of a man who complained it falsely li...

US senators seek employer Facebook snooping probe

Mar 26, 2012 (AFP)

Two US senators are calling for an investigation into employers demanding access to workers' Facebook accounts, and urged a ban on such "unreasonable and unacce...

Huawei 'banned' from Australian broadband project

Mar 26, 2012 (AFP)

Chinese telecoms giant Huawei has been blocked from tendering for equipment contracts with Australia's National Broadband Network (NBN) due to security concerns...

Yahoo! proxy fight looms after board shakeup

Mar 25, 2012 (AFP)

Yahoo! on Sunday announced the appointment of three independent board members as the struggling Internet firm moved to shake up its team and fend off a challeng...