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New Firefox 3.6 beta aims to cut crashes
News Third beta imposes new restriction on how third-party software can interact with it. And feature called Resource Package could speed up Firefox 3.7.
Tags: Web browsers, Google Inc., Web Page, Web Browser, Google Chrome, Mozilla Corp., Beta, release candidate, Mozilla Firefox, performance
Facebook: We're going after scammy ads, too
News The social network reinforced in its developer blog that it's taking an active stance against the companies that have been getting bad press recently for deceptive advertising.
Tags: Internet advertising, Facebook, Social Networking, Ad Network, compliance, application company, Burger King Corp., Internet advertising, advertisement, network
Antitrust concerns linger in Google Books deal
News Opponents of Google Books settlement say the search giant will still have exclusive rights to digitize orphaned out-of-print works.
Tags: Regulations, Digital rights management (DRM), Google Inc., U.S., revenue, U.S. Department Of Justice, American Civil Liberties Union, Settlement, antitrust, blog
Facebook adopts new privacy policy
News The social-networking site hopes that policy revision will make the policy more accessible and easier to understand.
Tags: Privacy, Facebook, Revision, Social Networking, network, Video, general counsel, blog, Privacy
Bing integrates Wolfram Alpha results
News Microsoft's search engine will use Wolfram Alpha computation engine APIs for results in areas including nutrition, health and advanced mathematics.
Tags: Web browsers, Search, nutrition, Wolfram Alpha, search engine, Microsoft Corp., Porter Five Forces, API, Search Result, knowledge
Twitter phishing scam spreads via direct messages
News In new phishing scam, direct messages are sent to Twitter accounts link to fake Twitter log-in page.
Tags: Web 2.0, Spam and phishing, Phishing, Spokesperson, Video, Password, blog, Web 2.0, Spam and phishing
Google's SPDY protocol could ramp up Web speeds
News Researchers at Google are playing with a new Web protocol that could theoretically decrease the time it takes to load a Web page by a significant amount.
Tags: Programming languages, Protocols and platforms, Google Inc., SPDY, Web Page, Web Browser, Web Server, Google Chrome, Server, TechCrunch
Twitter confirms new round of funding
News What the company isn't commenting on: the exact amount of the round--or whether it actually values Twitter at $1 billion, as reported earlier.
Tags: Web 2.0, Business Strategies & Functions, T. Rowe Price Group Inc., marketing, customer service, Wall Street Journal, blog, team, Web 2.0
Windows 7, Vista zero-day flaw reported
News Security researcher says vulnerability in Windows 7 could lead to an attack causing a critical system error, or "blue screen of death".
Tags: Microsoft Windows, Server Message Block, Microsoft Windows Vista, Zero-day Bug, BSOD, Small And Medium Business, Microsoft Windows 7, Flaw, Microsoft Windows Vista SP1, Microsoft Windows
Beware fake Snow Leopard sites
News Security firm Trend Micro warns of Web sites that purport to offer free copies of forthcoming new Mac OS but instead deliver malware.
Tags: Mac OS, Viruses and worms, Antivirus software, Antivirus Software, Domain Name, Trend Micro Inc., Phishing Web Site, Apple Macintosh, antivirus company, DNS
O'Reilly: Web is at war, and it's making me sad
News In his keynote at the Web 2.0 Expo, Tim O'Reilly sets off the "punditocracy" by insisting that the "war of the Web" is heating up again.
Tags: Web 2.0, Web sites, Google Inc., Apple Inc., Checkout, Operating System, Microsoft Corp., Web sites, Web 2.0, Tim O'Reilly
Adobe exploit puts backdoor on computers
News New exploit targeting Adobe is Trojan horse hiding JavaScript that drops a backdoor onto the compromised computer, Trend Micro says.
Tags: PC security, Data security, Authentication and encryption, Back Door, Adobe Systems Inc., Malware, Computer, Microsoft Corp., Authentication and encryption, Adobe Acrobat Reader
Google patches severe Chrome vulnerabilities
News Maliciously crafted JavaScript and XML could let an attacker take over a person's computer through the stable version of Chrome, Google warns.
Tags: Web browsers, Network security, PC security, Sandbox, Web Browser, Vulnerability, computer, Attacker, patch management, program manager
Windows Home Server update delayed
News Compatibility issues with Windows 7 have delayed the planned Power Pack 3 update until later this year.
Tags: App servers, E-mail servers, Web servers, File servers, Server platforms, Microsoft Windows Home Server, Microsoft Windows 7, software company, File servers, Server
Android modders to cut Google Apps out of ROM
News Maker of CyanogenMod, a modified version of Google's Android mobile operating system, is to distribute the product without proprietary Google Apps included.
Tags: Open source, ROM, YouTube Inc., Google Android, Google Talk, blog, Google Apps, Google Maps, Open source
