Facebook will shut down Beacon to settle lawsuit
Facebook has agreed to shut down its much maligned Beacon advertising system in order to settle a class-action lawsuit.
Facebook has agreed to shut down its much maligned Beacon advertising system in order to settle a class-action lawsuit.
The U.S. Department of Justice has come out against the proposed agreement to settle copyright lawsuits that authors and major publishers filed against Google over the search company’s book search program.
PBS has fixed a malware problem related to the Web page for the Curious George children’s TV show.
A French court has found eBay guilty of counterfeiting and fined the online auction site €80,000 (US$118,000).
FCC chairman Julius Genachowski will propose new network neutrality rules during a speech at the Brookings Institute on Monday, the Washington Post reports.
The U.S. Federal Communications Commission is planning to create formal rules against Internet providers selectively blocking or slowing traffic, according to a report in The Wall Street Journal.
Apple’s decision to reject the Google Voice app for the iPhone was spelled out to Google by one of Apple’s top executives: Phil Schiller, senior vice president of worldwide product marketing.
Advanced Micro Devices this week told employees that it is reinstating old salaries after canceling an earlier cost-cutting program in which the company cut pay by 5 percent to 20 percent.
Google told the U.S. Federal Communications Commission that Apple did indeed reject the Google Voice application from the iPhone store, despite contrary statements from Apple.
Former U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, speaking at an SAP event Thursday, defended American-style capitalism against charges that it led to the global economic meltdown.
The free Microsoft AJAX CDN provides caching for libraries, improving Web site performance
Intel will show off key products next week that the chip maker hopes will expand its presence in the mobile space, while driving it into new markets.
Another legal challenge threatens to derail eBay’s planned sale of Skype to a group of investors, with the filing of a suit against Joost’s former CEO.
Google offers new ways to view the news; Microsoft’s Zune HD debuts
A Swedish startup is nearly set to launch a Web-based application that monitors millions of blogs, Twitter messages and other media for specific keywords and topics.