- Tue Feb 9 11:00 AM PST 2010 Google's social side hopes to catch some Buzz
Facebook and Twitter are the darlings of the social-media world, not Google--which hopes to change that with Buzz, betting it can organize your online social life.
- Tue Feb 9 10:30 AM PST 2010 Swag Bucks: Earn rewards for searching the Web
It sounds a little too good to be true, but Swag Bucks looks to be a legitimate way to earn goodies just by running Web searches like you normally would.
- Tue Feb 9 10:15 AM PST 2010 The 404 Podcast 515: Where we look to our hands for inspiration
Today's episode of CNET's The 404 Podcast features a pink Ouija Board, the newest Facebook meme, search engine profiling, and Google's latest mapping feature that waves goodbye to your shopping privacy.
- Mon Feb 8 7:02 AM PST 2010 Bids are in for AOL's sale of ICQ--it's down to 'UN' of 4 buyers
The bidders, offering in the vicinity of $200 million, are likelier to be one of many international Internet companies rather than a U.S. one.
- Mon Feb 8 3:22 AM PST 2010 YouTube arrives on next-gen IPv6 network
By making its video site available over Internet Protocol version 6, Google takes another step toward solving the chicken-and-egg problem inherent in moving to the next-gen Net addressing system.
- Fri Feb 5 2:35 PM PST 2010 Add-ons in Firefox's first mobile browser
We give you a video tour of Firefox 1.0--first seen on Nokia--and talk mobile add-ons.
- Fri Feb 5 12:16 PM PST 2010 Google seeks to patent new Web app tech
Four patent applications embody the search company's ambitions to make the Web into a more powerful platform for applications.
- Fri Feb 5 11:06 AM PST 2010 Authors Guild: We don't want to be the RIAA
Google's settlement with authors and publishers was agreed to by plaintiffs because they thought a legal victory would not necessarily end copyright infringement.
- Fri Feb 5 9:16 AM PST 2010 FBI wants records kept of Web sites visited
Internet providers should keep logs for two years, says head of FBI's digital evidence section. But what about the practical and privacy issues?
- Fri Feb 5 4:00 AM PST 2010 Tough calls ahead for Google's Nexus One plans
Google says it wants to change the way phones are sold with its Nexus One and Web store. To make that work, it needs to do a lot more in areas it rarely touches.




