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Odds stacked against Google OS success

Thu, 09 Jul 2009 09:41:54 EDT

Google's netbook-friendly Chrome OS takes direct aim at Microsoft, whose eight-year-old Windows XP leads the netbook market. But the odds are stacked against Google.

How to beat mobile spam

Thu, 09 Jul 2009 11:55:34 EDT

I got my first SMS spam message last week and it infuriated me.

U.S., South Korean Web sites hacked

Thu, 09 Jul 2009 15:17:13 EDT

U.S. government Web sites -- including those of the White House and the State Department -- have been under attack since the Fourth of July, along with financial and commercial sites like Yahoo Finance and the New York Stock Exchange, cybersecurity experts said Wednesday.

Google takes on Windows with Chrome OS

Wed, 08 Jul 2009 19:35:44 EDT

Google is jumping into Microsoft Windows territory -- and threatening to change the way personal computers work -- with its own version of an operating system. The company says the forthcoming Google Chrome OS will revolutionize how computers operate, putting more emphasis on Web functionality.

Commentary: Google, Microsoft in free-for-all

Wed, 08 Jul 2009 10:08:36 EDT

Google has Microsoft-like dominance in search and search advertising. Its core business is so powerful that it can provide most of its services for free. Is this fair? What, if anything, should Google not be allowed to do? Wired editor-in-chief Chris Anderson believes these questions could define this era of antitrust law.

Oil baron's wind farm project hits doldrums

Wed, 08 Jul 2009 15:15:20 EDT

Billionaire oil man T. Boone Pickens is shelving plans to build the world's largest wind farm.

Jackson funeral draws big crowds online

Tue, 07 Jul 2009 23:56:15 EDT

Millions of people around the world watched coverage of Jackson's funeral on the Web, although the event appeared to fall well short of online viewership records. Global Web traffic was as high as 33 percent above normal during the star-studded memorial service, according to a firm that monitors Internet traffic.