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posted in January 2011
1/31/2011
Social network users in Germany, France, Italy, Spain, and the U.K. can now get discounts by checking in at Starbucks, Mazda, and other partner businesses.
1/28/2011
CrossOver software lets users run apps on PCs "without paying a dime to Microsoft," said the firm.
1/28/2011
The professional social networking site nearly quadrupled revenue from 2007 to 2009, but expects a slowdown in 2011 as it invests for growth, according to the company’s SEC filing.
1/27/2011
Robots play a critical -- and growing -- role in modern medicine, from training the next generation of doctors, dentists, and nurses, to comforting and protecting elderly patients in the early stages of dementia. Using robots, medical professionals can make smaller incisions for shorter surgeries, reducing hospital stays and improving patients' prognoses and saving costs. As robots become even smaller and developers continue to further integrate the devices with artificial intelligence, the medi
1/27/2011
Pay-per-click service can select users based on job title, company, LinkedIn group.
1/27/2011
Fedora, Red Hat, Ubuntu, and other distros are working on a framework for a universal application installer.
1/26/2011
The social network addresses concerns that the 30% cut it takes when game players use Credits will damage developers' cash flow.
1/26/2011
The company has tapped Electronic Arts executive Adam Sussman to lead the operation, which will refocus on social media and mobile games.
1/25/2011
Facebook co-founder Eduardo Saverin’s startup launches public alpha days after getting an $8 million cash infusion.
1/25/2011
Developers must pay the social media giant a 30% cut whenever online game players use the virtual money.
1/24/2011
The April Linux release will include the Document Foundation's productivity suite instead of Oracle's software.
1/24/2011
Social media location site is developing tools to help local businesses connect with customers and expects to hit 10 million users by June, said site co-founder.
1/21/2011
Version 2.1 Alpha is based on Mozilla's Gecko rendering engine, adds six major features.
1/21/2011
Founders of Facebook, YouTube invest in startup that delivers search results in multimedia, rather than links.
1/20/2011
In the U.S., the social media site will garner 7.8% of the online ad market, compared with its 4.7% share in 2010, reported eMarketer's annual forecast.
1/20/2011
Excluding Skype, eBay achieved revenue of $2.5 billion for the quarter, yielding profit per share of 52 cent and beating analysts' expectations.
1/19/2011
Pew study finds 85% of Twitter users, 82% of social networkers, and 75% of Americans donate their time to community groups.
1/19/2011
The Nokia toolkit will enable developers to write Web-enabled applications once, and deploy them across multiple platforms.
1/18/2011
Refurbished Linux computers and discounted Internet service are being offered in a bid to make the United Kingdom the world's first fully connected nation.
1/18/2011
Location service posts code for Rogue, Fully-Loaded on GitHub.
1/14/2011
California man faces up to six years in jail for charges related to stealing 230 women's online identities to access information from their email and Facebook accounts.
1/14/2011
Royal Pingdom's 2010 year-end report reveals staggering figures about the growth of social media, email, online video, spam, and the Internet overall.
1/13/2011
News Corp. is exploring options for unloading the money-losing social media property, said MySpace.
1/12/2011
One-fourth of poll respondents expect answers within an hour when using Facebook, Twitter to communicate with companies, finds British study.
1/12/2011
The social media company acquired the URL from the American Farm Bureau Federation in late 2010.
1/11/2011
Economic incentives, university partnership led Linux developer to continue hanging its hat in the Raleigh area.
1/10/2011
The media software's open source license conflicted with Apple's policies, said one of its developers in requesting removal.
1/10/2011
Barnes & Noble e-reader mod boots from an SD card and doesn't alter the native Android operating system.
1/7/2011
Enterprise social networking vendor hopes to lure competitor's customers with aggressive migration offer.
1/7/2011
Social networking site will cut its U.S. staff by up to 50% and virtually close its international operations to try to stem the flow of red ink, say reports.
1/6/2011
Colorado attorney general led coalition that faulted the social media site's terms of service for conflicting with state constitutions.
1/6/2011
Deal marks the game developer's eighth purchase in eight months.
1/5/2011
Fail0verflow says the mod restores the PlayStation's Linux functionality, allowing any program to run without authentication on the gaming console.
1/5/2011
While older Americans still prefer the tube, those ages 18-29 are more likely to check the Web to catch the latest news, finds Pew study.
1/4/2011
The small social discovery network drove 43% of U.S. page views in December, beating mammoth Facebook's 38% share, reported StatCounter.
1/3/2011
Government crackdown on illegal voice over IP services appears to shore up state-run providers. say observers.