14 Arrests For Alleged Cyberattack On PayPal

Fourteen people were arrested for allegedly mounting a cyberattack on the website of PayPal in retaliation for its suspending the accounts of WikiLeaks.

BlackBerry's First Tablet Goes On Sale

Research In Motion, maker of BlackBerry smartphones, released it's first tablet device. Customers were checking out the Playbook at stores from coast to coast.

IBM Computer Taking On 'Jeopardy!' Champs

In Jeopardy's! 47 year history, there has NEVER been a contestant like Watson.

Review: Flock And Rockmelt Browsers

When it comes to social networking, there's a lot to keep track of online.
But two new browsers aim to streamline those tasks for you.

Samsung Galaxy Pad Delivers, But Is No iPad

When Apple released the iPad in April, it set a high bar for tablet computers. The first real competitor has arrived in Samsung's Galaxy Tab.

E-Mail Secondary As Facebook Revamps Messaging

Facebook has unveiled a new messaging platform that takes aim at one of the Internet's first applications, e-mail.

Review: Nifty Scanner Eases Farewell To Paper

Want to scan a book into your iPad?
A little destructive ... but no progress is made without sacrifices.

£100 Billion Internet Economy

Every time you click-to-buy you're contributing to an industry that is worth over a hundred billion pounds a year to the UK economy.

Facebook: "Privacy settings not working"

Facebook users are inadvertently providing access to their names and in some cases even their friend's names to advertising and Internet tracking companies.
A report by the Wall Street Journal says that through some popular applications companies are accessing personal information.

Facebook's Zuckerberg "Friends" Microsoft Bing

Microsoft is incorporating what your friends do on Facebook right into its Bing search engine. With the help of Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, the software maker rolled out a new feature that can show what someone's friends "like" in searches.

'Hacktivity 2010' Tackles Computer Security

Computer hackers gathered in Budapest at the weekend for a major international conference on IT security. At a time when computer security is paramount for everyone, from private individuals to multi-national corporations, we examine what hackers are truly capable of.

Cars Launches New Online World

While fans wait for the sequel, The World of Cars Online allows users to create their own car and play games.

Facebook 'Bigamist': First Wife Has 'Problems'

The Tampa husband, accused of being married to two women at the same time, says his first marriage was never recognized in the U.S. and that she knew about his new wife all along and did not discover them on Facebook as she has claimed.

Google Services Blocked In China

Bloomberg's Ari Levy talks about Google Inc.'s announcement that some of its services, including Web search, mobile and advertising, are being fully blocked in China. Levy speaks with Pimm Fox on Bloomberg Television's "Taking Stock."

Sexy Spice

The Old Spice Man, also known as Isaiah Mustafa, has become an internet hit.

Facebook Hits 500 Million Users

Facebook reached a major milestone this week with 500 million users.
The social network was started six years ago by Mark Zuckerberg with only a few hundred users.

Japan Births Robot Child

Researchers have created a baby bot in the hope that it'll lead to an intelligent robots that can live with humans. The tiny androids are also being tested to help scientists understand more about the early stages of child development.

Moat Facebook Page Removed

The Facebook page dedicated to gunman Raoul Moat has been removed.

Panic Button For Facebook

Facebook introduces a new application for young people to help combat sexual grooming and cyber bullying.

Wuh Says Google in `Very Difficult' Position in China

Paul Wuh, an analyst at Samsung Securities Co., talks with Bloomberg's Rishaad Salamat in Hong Kong about Google Inc.'s problems with the Chinese government. Google’s web search in China is "partially blocked," the company said July 1 on its site. Google, at odds with Chinese rules that require filtered search results, in March began automatically directing users to a site in Hong Kong, where there are no such controls. China said the remedy was unacceptable and may not renew Google’s license to provide Internet services.
To allay the government’s concerns, Google began directing users last week to a page with a link to the Hong Kong site.

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