Facebook Agrees With Canada On Privacy Controls

Facebook agreed Thursday to give users more control over the information they share with third-party applications like games and quizzes in response to concerns raised by Canadian privacy officials. Currently, people who wish to use such third-party software have to agree to share all their data with the application. With the changes, the...

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First U.S. Rehab Center for Internet Addiction :: Opens its Door

Over the last few years, a new and disturbing phenomenon has been increasing in frequency. It’s called Internet Addiction Disorder (IAD), and it has been the subject of new research and debate. It is not currently included in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM), but many argue that addictions to the web and to...

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Facebook Lite goes live

Social networking site Facebook unveiled a new downsized version of its Web site to selected test users, but accidentally revealed the 'Facebook Lite edition' to a much larger group than intended. According to Facebook, the Lite edition is a fast-loading, simplified version of Facebook that enables people to post comments, accept friend requests...

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Windows 7 half the price in UK

For once, the U.K., which frequently gets the shaft in technology cost comparisons vs. the U.S., is going to do better than the U.S. Quite a bit better, at least for now, with C|Net discovering that they're getting a 50% price advantage on Windows 7. Checking Amazon.com in the U.K., full versions of Windows 7 Home Premium will cost the equivalent...

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Microsoft Disputes Firefox One Billion Downloads Claim

Two weeks ago, Mozilla announced a major milestone for its Firefox web browser: one billion downloads. They even launched OneBillionPlusYou.com to mark the occasion and demonstrate just how large one billion really is.Not everyone’s in awe of the number, though. A senior executive of Microsoft, the current browser market...

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Google Wave :: A Complete Guide

Today has been dominated by news and excitement surrounding Google Wave, Google's new real-time communication platform that will launch to the public later this year. In fact, there’s been so much buzz that you might just not have enough time to read the thousands of articles being released on Google’s biggest product launch in recent memory....

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Two Giants : Google vs Microsoft

Google and Microsoft are having cold war in between them. One after other the two giants are launching similar type of applications.Search Engine:Google Search has been one of the dominant from the last few years. After all Google has changed its name to verb i.e googling. Google Search occupies 58.70% of the Search Engine Market Share.Microsoft...

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Microsoft Had Its Own Version of YouTube?

Is there any industry where Microsoft isn’t competing with bitter rival Google ? Think about it: Bing vs Google Search, Google Docs vs. Microsoft Office (soon to be online), Gmail vs Hotmail, Windows Mobile vs. Android, and let's not forget Windows vs Google Chrome OS.With all of these high profile battles, you really can’t blame us if we’re...

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Microsoft opened Linux-driver code after 'violating' GPL

Microsoft was in violation of the GPL (General Public License) on the Hyper-V code it released to open source this week. After Redmond covered itself in glory by opening up the code, it now looks like it may have acted simply to head off any potentially embarrassing legal dispute over violation of the GPL. The rest was theater.As revealed...

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