Google offers $20,000 for Chrome hack
Google is ready to put its money where its mouth is. The company is offering $20,000 to any hacker that can exploit Chrome at the Pwn2Own contest.
Instagram raises $7M, reveals its iPhone app is only the beginning
Popular photo app Instagram is now $7M richer, and plans to take over the photo sharing market. Watch out, Hipstamatic.
Leaked ‘AOL Way’ documents expose AOL’s cash-driven content strategies
AOL plans to combat falling ad revenue with a comprehensive system for generating thousands of search-engine-optimized articles every week, but some see it as the blueprint for a content farm.
After 5-day blackout, Internet access in Egypt is restored
With Internet access fully restored in Egypt, the military has urged protesters to return home in a futile attempt to restore order in the protest-riddled country.
Google vs. Bing: The war continues
Google's Amit Singhal takes to the official Google blog to back up claims that Bing is stealing Google results, calling Microsoft's search engine a "cheap imitation."
Yahoo blames Microsoft for Windows Phone 7 ‘phantom data’ glitch
Microsoft and Yahoo have engaged in a blame game over the mysterious data usage affecting some Windows Phone 7 users.
Cisco: Mobile Web traffic growing at a staggering rate
Cisco predicts an explosion of mobile Internet traffic worldwide between now and 2015, but the price we'll pay for it largely remains a question mark.
Google calls out Bing for copying its search results
Bing's success as a search engine could be based on Google's own search algorithms, and engineers aren't happy about it.
Last blocks of IPv4 IP addresses allocated
The sky isn't falling, but there's no more free space in the Internet's 4.3 billion IPv4 addresses.
Yahoo blamed for Windows Phone 7 ‘phantom data’ saga
Yahoo Mail has been blamed for hogging about 25 times more data than necessary in certain instances.
Lolbot.Q holds Facebook account ransom for $11.60
PandaLabs has discovered two new strains of malware leveraging Facebook, including Lolbot.Q, which hijacks a user's account and requires a survey - and fees - to get it back.
BlackBerry and Vodafone restored for some Egyptians; Internet still down
As Egypt enters a week of protests and riots, BlackBerry and cell phone service is somewhat restored while the Internet remains blocked.
Yahoo claims it won’t be ditching Flickr
Flagging numbers raise concerns that Yahoo will let Flickr go the way of Delicious, but the company insists the photo sharing client is here to stay.
As FBI issues 40 search warrants, Anonymous announces it will retaliate for UK arrests
Anonymous maintains its DDoS are akin to peaceful protests, and will now target the UK government for arresting alleged members. The US may receive a similar warning as it issues 40 search warrants against suspected cohorts.
London police arrest five possible Anonymous hackers
Months after they allegedly attacked various websites in defense of WikiLeaks, London police may have nabbed members of "hacktivist" group Anonymous.