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Google on Tuesday unveiled Google Apps for Government. It also announced that Google Apps has received federal information security certification. "With Google Apps for Government, we've gone beyond FISMA certification," Google spokesperson Andrew Kovacs told TechNewsWorld. Meanwhile, Google will ne...

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Facebook has joined the list of social networking sites available in the in-boxes of Outlook users, thanks to Microsoft's Outlook Social Connector. Outlook users have been expecting Tuesday's announcement since November, when Microsoft said the service would be included in its Office 2010 suite. The...

YouTube's decision to make its mobile Web site compatible with HTML5 may one day be viewed as a turning point in what is shaping up as an epic battle for control of the mobile device landscape. In unveiling the new site on Wednesday, YouTube said its goal is to give mobile device users the same vide...

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The Converged Media Road to Success

With the introduction of advanced smartphones, e-readers and tablets, it's hardly surprising that consumption of online content has grown exponentially. This has caused turmoil within the media industry. Traditional advertising revenues are declining as new marketing options are emerging. Print medi...

Just over a year after its beta launch, Google has opened its Google Voice service to all comers. During the invitation-only period, more than one million users signed up, according to the company. One important question, though, is how many more people actually want to use the all-in-one-number ser...

Printer giant HP has announced a new line of printers that will ship equipped with a suite of services allowing their owners to print to them from anywhere on the Web, using any device capable of sending an email. The line starts at $99 and the Web-based service will be supported by digital print ad...

Now close to 15 years old and used by some 360 million people, Hotmail is getting an upgrade. The revamped email service is expected to roll out in July or August. The elephant in the room, of course, is Google -- and to a lesser extent, Yahoo, said Laura DiDio, principal of ITIC. Google has steadil...

Speed, power and user control are Mozilla's top three goals for Firefox 4, according to early product plans released Monday. Specifically, the browser will be fast -- "super-duper fast," according to Firefox director Mike Beltzner -- while also enabling new open-standard Web technologies such as HTM...

Google began rolling out a new look and feel for search results on both its desktop and mobile platforms Wednesday. For the desktop, it has added navigation options to the left-hand side of the results page, listing the most relevant search tools and refinements for a user's query. For the mobile pl...

On the heels of news that the Google Chrome Web browser is gaining market share while Microsoft's Internet Explorer browser is losing ground, both companies took the wraps off faster, next-generation browsers Wednesday. Google released a new beta of its Chrome browser which is much faster than the p...

Google on Friday announced that it's working on Google Cloud Print, a service that will let any application on any device print to any printer over the Internet. Instead of relying on the device's local operating system and drivers to print a job, applications will use Google Cloud Print to submit a...

Google is rolling out an update to users of its Docs service allowing them to do more real-time collaborating and making a variety of speed and service enhancements. Elements of the update began rolling out Monday, with others scheduled to filter out to users over the next few days, according to Goo...

Three security experts tore into three Web browsers on Wednesday, the first day of the CanSecWest security conference in Vancouver, exposing flaws on a MacBook, iPhone and Windows PC, and winning cash and hardware in the process. Network security provider TippingPoint's Zero Day Initiative organized...

The newest version of Microsoft's Internet Explorer will feature full hardware acceleration and a new Javascript engine that engages multiple processor cores for faster rendering, the company has announced. The new version aso reverses the software giant's reluctance to adapt to HTML 5. The company ...

In a move sure to make the grade with cyclists across the United States, Google on Wednesday added bicycle routes to its Google Maps service. Biking directions and extensive bike trail data are now available for the United States through Google Maps, giving cyclists nationwide a way to customize the...

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