Internet applications & software stories

Cloud computing: An introduction

10 Jul 2009 3:09 PM

Cloud computing: a marketing buzzword or the future of the web? We take a look at the basics, including the dangers lurking in the cloud.
Hotmail gets more Bing with new quick add menu

10 Jul 2009 2:09 PM

Hotmail's quick add option gets some Bing'ification. Users of the popular web mail service can now do Bing searches that can be stuck inside of outgoing messages and replies.
Facebook debuts 'fan box' tool

09 Jul 2009 5:03 PM

A new tool lets celebrities, brands, products and companies effectively embed their Facebook presence into websites.
MessageLabs: Short URLs in email spam spikes

08 Jul 2009 12:18 PM

Email spam that includes truncated web addresses sees a dramatic increase, MessageLabs says.
After five years, Gmail exits beta

08 Jul 2009 11:20 AM

After five years, Gmail and Google docs are finally out of beta. But you won't find much in the way of changes, though.
URL shortening is hot — but look before you leap

07 Jul 2009 2:09 PM

Fuelled by Twitter's popularity, services to abbreviate web addresses are taking off. They bring a host of problems, but some are working to fix them.
Facebook cleans up its privacy controls

02 Jul 2009 5:25 PM

Facebook will transition users to new settings through use of an opt-in tool as it works to make more profile content public. Also, as expected, it does away with regional networks.
Bing brings out the tweets

02 Jul 2009 5:13 PM

Microsoft is adding Twitter feeds of a select group of prominent users to Bing search results for those individuals, embracing the microblogging service more directly than rivals.
Firefox 3.5 screenshots

01 Jul 2009 12:16 PM

Firefox 3.5 forges ahead with strong developer support, but most improvements for casual users will probably strike them as minor.
Mozilla releases Firefox 3.5

01 Jul 2009 10:41 AM

Firefox 3.5, the embodiment of Mozilla's attempt to "upgrade the web", is now available for Windows and Mac.

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