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Why iPhone Service Prices Probably Won’t Budge
Prevailing buzz says we're due for a cut in the cost of iPhone service plans. I doubt that very much.News
Comcast OnDemand Goes Online
Competing streaming sites push Comcast to also let subscribers retrieve shows from the Web.News
Google Sinks Atlantis Discovery Buzz
Google quashes rumors that the lost island of Atlantis has been found using Google Ocean.News
U2 Album Leaked; Only U2 Surprised
U2 and other artists should go digital and satisfy their fans' desire for online distribution.News
Hulu Pulls Content From TV.com, Boxee
Citing contractual obligations, Hulu decides to make its free video content unavailable on two sites.News
Judge Dismisses Google Street View Case
A judge dismissed an invasion of privacy case a Pennsylvania couple filed against Google over its Street View mapping photos.News
Will Google’s PowerMeter Be Home Automation’s Savior?
Google's star power could push home automation to the masses.Security Alert
Must-Have Security Fixes for IE7, Microsoft Servers
Today's Patch Tuesday from Microsoft includes important fixes for IE7 and Visio, and businesses should be sure to apply patches for Exchange and SQL servers.News
Is Woz a Dancer?
Apple's cofounder will show off his moves on ABC's reality dance show this season.News
Google Eye-Tracking Watches What You’re Watching
Engineers aim to see where your eyes first land on a Web page — so the content you want is where you expect it.News
E-Books Take Center Stage
New Amazon Kindle rumors and Google's e-book announcement help fuel e-reading furor.News
Gmail Update Supports Multiple Inboxes
New Multiple Inboxes feature enhances labels and filters functions to keep you organized.News
Google Brings Shakespeare and Twain to Your IPhone
Google has adapted its Book Search for the iPhone and its own Android platform, it announced on Thursday.News
Google Makes iPhone the New eBook Reader: Watch Out, Kindle
Google beefs up Google Book Search efforts optimizing over a million titles for mobile devices including iPhone and T-Mobile G1.News
The 10 Most Viral Super Bowl Ads
What do online viewers love most: dancing lizards, Ed McMahon's gold hip, or disgruntled workers? Check out our list of the most viewed Super Bowl ads.News
Can Google Really Tell Which of Your E-mails are Interesting?
The company says it analyzes the worth of your messages to figure out which ones to store for offline viewing. But I'm unconvinced.BizFeed
Spy on Your Workers With Google Latitude
Google's new location-tracking service for smart phones should make it easy to keep an eye on your workers, but its powers may be limited.News
Three Reasons Why I Won’t Be Using Google Latitude
Targeted advertising — not to mention an intangible creepy feeling — will keep me under the radar.News
YouTube Leads Growth in U.S. Online Video Viewing
Two out of three Net users who watched online video in December were watching YouTube.News
Google Latitude Service Lets You Track Your Friends: How It Works
Google Latitude is a new mobile opt-in service that allows people to track geographic movements of other Latitude users on Google Maps.News
Google Offers Tool to Let You Track Your Friends’ Movements
Google is now tracking where users of its maps service are — and making that location data searchable by others.News
Dive into Google Ocean
Google launches an updated version of Google Earth that includes oceanic 3D underwater terrain as well as historical imagery.News
Human Error Caused Google Search Bug
UPDATE: The mistake that mistakenly returned a security warning for all Google searches was Google's and not the that of the blacklist manager.News
Zumbafone: The Top-Secret Phone of the Future
Pssst.. Want to hear about a top-secret phone? Called the Zumbafone, this fully voice-controlled mobile phone snaps onto your ear and might have James Bond green with envy.News
gBust! Field of Pot Discovered via Google Earth
Swiss police arrest 16 and seize 1.6 tons of marijuana in bust enabled by satellite images.News
Take a Peek at the Google Drive
Web sleuths are surfing and snooping around to discover hidden Google gems yet to be released, including the so-called GDrive.
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Is Your ISP Throttling Your Internet Connection?
Google's new tools can diagnose connection problems. Here's how to make the most out of them.News
Offline Gmail is Almost Like the Real Thing
System for accessing email without a net connection works in your browser, syncs thousands of messages.News
Ogg and Friends Challenge Flash
Supporters of the open source video Ogg Theora get some monetary endorsements.News
Midweek Rumor: Google To Buy Skype
It's still strictly speculation, but Google could do more with Skype than eBay has produced.News
Gmail Goes Offline
Google says you’ll be able to read, label and compose mail in your browser even when you’re not connected to the Web.Opinion
Microsoft Songsmith: Bad Music Made Easy
Microsoft Research Songsmith makes it easier than ever to create terrible music without even learning an instrument!News
Pope Reaches Out on YouTube
The Vatican will be sending religious messages from the Vatican via YouTube.News
R.I.P. Google Notebook: Here are the Alternatives
Google shuttered its Notebook Web-based tool leaving some people in the lurch. Here are some Notebook alternatives.News
10 Web Sites That Will Matter in 2009
You've probably never heard of many of them, but chances are you'll be using some of these Web sites by the end of this year.News
Where to Watch Obama’s Inauguration Online
Can't make it to Washington? No problem. All you need is a computer or a mobile phone and an Internet connection.News
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Consumer Gear Goes Green
Vendors scramble to show how eco-correct they are, but consumers want full functionality, too.News
Silverlight to Stream Obama’s Inauguration
Microsoft's Silverlight has been chosen for the live streaming of Obama's inauguration on Tuesday.News
Steve Jobs and Apple: A Reality Check
Here's why you shouldn't be too freaked out over Steve Jobs's medical leave of absence.News
YouTube Gives Videos the Silent Treatment
As a way of complying with copyright infringement claims, video site presses the mute button on certain tunes.News
Google Kills Services: Notebook, Dodgeball, Others Gone
Google shuts down services Google Video, Notebook, Catalog Search, Dodgeball and Jaiku.News
Obama Inauguration: Be There Without Being There
These sites and services, used together or separately, will immerse you in the media experience of Obama's inauguration on Tuesday.News
Tech Heavyweights Kick off the Year at CES
A roundup of innovation at Asia's tech giants as prsented at the recent Consumer Electronics Show.News
Google Launches Reseller Program for Apps Premier
Google will launch a reseller program for its Apps Premier hosted suite.News
Another iPhone Nano Rumor: More Bologna
Another day, another Apple iPhone Nano rumor. The latest promises mini-iPhones by June 2009.News
Value-priced Blu-ray Disc Players Gain Net Connections
After a strong push in 2008, Blu-ray Disc makers ratchet up the features for 2009. Here is a look at Blu-ray trends at CES.News
Study: Searching Google Damages The Environment
Can searching Google be bad for the environment? A Harvard University professor says yes.News