Amazon.com to buy social network for book lovers
Amazon.com has agreed to buy a social network for book lovers, putting pressure on competing sites looking to attract bibliophiles. Read more...

Google rolls out tool that suggests search queries

Researcher mines blogs, social networks to access bank accounts

National Geographic Expands Widget Program

Microsoft taps Multimap CEO to steer commercial-search unit

Amazon launches persistent storage in the EC2 cloud

Facebook hopes new ad scheme can engage users

EBay moves further from auction roots with pricing, payment changes

Yahoo Buzz poses serious threat to Digg, some users say

After two-year dip, Google customer satisfaction scores roar back

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Review: Internet radio appliances roundup
They look like radios and have antennaes, but they connect over Wi-Fi to the Internet and stream audio to speakers.

Business hacks reap money from e-commerce sites
Want to fleece e-commerce Web sites for millions, but don't have the time to develop "133t" tech skills or go around war driving for open Wi-Fi access? No worries -- crime's still an opportunity, as detailed in a Black Hat seminar.

NATs necessary for IPv6, says IETF chair
The chairman of the Internet Engineering Task Force explains why network address translations are being developed for IPv6 even though it was supposed to eliminate the need for them on the Internet.

How to get started in virtual-world operations
A service provider can help you build a virtual-world environment for your network operations or data center. However, there's a lot you can do on your own that's comparatively easy and affordable.

Google is doing WHAT?
Its motto is "Don't be evil" -- but it looks like anything and everything else imaginable is pretty much fair game -- not to mention some wildly rumored projects that we asked the company to confirm or deny.

Opinion: Is Google News scapegoating technology?
Google cited a technical problem in its delay of posting news about journalist Tim Russert's death, but the completely automated Google News site seems to consistently lag behind other media sites in reporting breaking news, columnist says.

Elgan: Here comes the cell phone ad disaster
The cell phone advertising disaster is coming, and there's not much any of us can do about it.

Opinion: What will rule the 'new' Internet?
With many young people generating their own content on evolving video and social networking sites and sharing it with tools like BitTorrent, the Web of the future may resemble its very beginning, when most resources and content distribution were created by individuals and not large conglomerates.

Q&A: Networking veteran launches unique auction site
The frustrating search for a high-def TV prompted Mukesh Chatter, who has founded two other companies, to develop a start-up auction site in which sellers bid for the business of buyers.

The many uses of enterprise wikis
CIO sat down with Scott Johnston, senior product manager of Google Sites (and former vice president of products at Jotspot) to talk about Google Sites and what types of use cases for the product have emerged since it launched.

Here are 15 devices and add-ons that make the back-to-school computing experience extraordinary. As Facebook-like apps infiltrate the enterprise, they're integrating the workforce in unforeseen ways. If you want to expand the visual capabilities of your laptop, you can add two monitors without spending a lot of time or money. The latest iteration of Asus' groundbreaking mini-notebook adds a faster CPU, a larger display and a better keyboard.

Reviews, analyses, how-tos, visual tours, hot issues and predictions about Microsoft's new OS.

Four years from now, the IT field will be a vastly different place. Will you be ready?

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