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If you are an Ubuntu user, you may want to take note that the company has issued a warning to all its users to make sure they are using the latest version of the distro.
Due to a security flaw, the vendor has warned that all versions from Ubuntu 6.06 onwards to 8.04 are vulnerable to [...]

Facebook’s controversial Beacon advertising system, which was launched back in November amid waves of criticism, has now led the company to a class action lawsuit for allegedly breaking privacy and wire-tapping laws. The suit claims Facebook gathered users’ online activity and then shared it with friends without asking them for permission.
Beacon was originally designed to [...]

Microsoft has been very tight-lipped about Windows 7, carefully revealing only little bits of information about the OS – specifically that it would use the same driver model and basic kernel approach as Windows Vista and that it is reworking the whole user interface with a multi-touch experience in mind. But the secrecy stance over [...]

The Internet is all about communication. Not so much organization, but definitely communication – email, instant messaging, forums, social networks, RSS feeds, news discussions, et cetera. All of that communication is hard to organize, and Mozilla aims to change that.
They are demonstrating a new type of browser plugin that would be integrated into the browser. [...]

It appears that Intel has set the brand-name under which it will market its processors based on the upcoming Nehalem micro-architecture. According to an article on Expreview.com, the new desktop parts will be known as Core i7 and should be introduced by Intel on Monday – although they won’t be available until the official launch [...]

Google has rolled out a new analytical tool called Google Insights for Search. It allows AdWords publishers to perform a more in-depth analysis of search trends. Once a search term is entered, it spills out vital information related to that particular information.
This information ranges from the regional interest in a search term to related search [...]

Kaspersky Labs is warning of a new worm seen in the wild that is specifically targeting Facebook and MySpace users. The new worm works like several others we have seen in recent history, using infected clients to send messages to other users and prompting them to download a dangerous file. Due to the fact the [...]

Sometimes you see a video online and you want to save it to watch later. It is such a shame that you cannot download movies from sites like MSN Video, YouTube and Google videos. Well actually you can if you visit Splandoo.
The site is simplicity itself. Just find the video you want to download - [...]

Rumors of a Digg acquisition by Google have been on and off for some time now. But according to TechCrunch, the two have signed a letter of intent and are finally nearing a deal whereby the search giant would pay a sum in the range of $200 million to bring the popular news aggregation site [...]

Following eight months of testing, Google’s Wikipedia competitor, Knol, was finally opened to the public today. The concept is quite similar to that used by Wikipedia, whereby users can share knowledge in a wiki format, but with a twist that emphasizes authorship and control over an article’s content.

Each article – otherwise known as knol [...]