SAN FRANCISCO: Google has agreed to pay 8.5 million dollars (US) to settle a privacy lawsuit over a Buzz social networking tool added to free email service Gmail in February, according to court documents. ... (more...)

BERLIN: Responding to a firestorm of protest in Germany over its disputed Street View navigation service, Google said Thursday it would extend a deadline for allowing people to opt out. The move is part... (more...)

Administrators for Google Apps Premier and Education editions on Tuesday were granted new powers over their companies’ mobile devices. (more…)  Read More →

Microsoft has for a second time extended the period in which customers who purchase a Windows 7 PC can “downgrade” the operating system to Windows XP. (more…)  Read More →

The public flogging of Apple over the iPhone 4′s reception problems reached a fever pitch on Thursday, a day before the company plans to publicly address the issue at a news conference. (more…)  Read More →

Google’s second-quarter earnings missed analysts’ target as higher expenses and the fallout from the European debt crisis dragged down the Internet search leader. The letdown announced Thursday... (more...)

Facebook today has about 150 million mobile users, up 50 per cent from the 100 million mobile users it boasted in April, and the social networking giant plans to pump up the volume on its smartphone initiatives... (more...)

BEIJING: China reported 384 million Internet users by the end of 2009, up 28.9 per cent, or 86 million, from a year ago, said a report from the China Internet Network Information Center on Friday. (more…)  Read More →

On the heels of its recent release of SkypeKit for Linux, Skype has announced a new version of the SkypeKit Beta SDK that works on Windows (x86) and Mac OS X. (more…)  Read More →

Apple’s iPhone 4 may have a serious antenna flaw, but it’s still got a leg up on Microsoft’s forthcoming Windows Phone 7 operating system in at least one crucial area-the ability to run... (more...)