Reuters – Google Inc said on Friday it was the target of an investigation by the Texas Attorney General’s office into the fairness of its search engine rankings.
Macworld.com – Itâs a long weekend for many of us and, as you probably know, the term âlong weekendâ was in fact named after actor Justin Long, who played the part of Mac in the long running Get a Mac ads that concluded earlier this year.
AFP – 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.
PC World – Some of the first fruits of a European Union-funded project led by IBM are making their way into the field of cloud computing, in the form of a virtual machine migration technology.
PC World – More people browsed the Internet last month with a device running Apple’s mobile operating system, iOS, than used Linux to do so.
NewsFactor – Samsung Electronics is predicting it will sell 20 million to 25 million smartphones this year.
NewsFactor – Google’s Chrome browser is now two years old, and the youngster — and its proud parent — are celebrating its steady rise in popularity.
Mashable – In less than two days, Apple’s Ping music social network has surpassed the 1 million user milestone.
Macworld.com – As you all know, it’s never a proper aftermath of an iPod event without some new cases, and we here at Macworld are more than happy to present some of the first options available for that iPod Touch or Nano in your pre-order basket. From protective covers to eighties-inspired wrist straps, we’ve got a little something for every kind of case lover—except maybe a wrist-watch adapter for the Nano (and if someone wants to get on that before Halloween, I would be much obliged).
PC World – A clever spammer found a glitch in Facebook’s photo upload system and used it to post thousands of unwanted Wall messages this week.
