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In an abrupt about-face, the Egyptian government reopened the Internet Wednesday, ending a five-day shutdown that took out the country's top ISPs and a rebellious populace's ability to communicate. The move comes shortly after Noor -- the only ISP initially left standing after the crackdown -- was s...

Google has leveled accusations that Microsoft has been using its search results to improve Bing's listings. Google came to this conclusion based on the results of a sting operation its engineers launched after noticing unusual misspellings were cropping up in both Google and Bing search results. Goo...

Three overarching, interrelated trends -- cloud consumption, virtualization and mobility -- present themselves as key industry themes for 2011. All have been increasing in importance over several years, and this year, all will reach a tipping point for businesses and information security providers a...

AOL cofounder Steve Case is teaming up with the Obama White House and the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation to launch Startup America, a partnership to "foster innovative high-growth firms in the United States," said Kauffman representative Benjamin Branham. It "is designed to marshal more resources ...

In his State of the Union address, President Barack Obama frequently mentioned the benefits of information technology, touting the contribution of the Internet to economic growth, and the achievement of innovative enterprises such as Google and Facebook. He pledged to submit a budget to Congress des...

Google's Android is now the global leader of the smartphone operating system pack. In the fourth quarter of 2010, shipments of Android-powered smartphones outnumbered all competitors, including the longstanding leader Nokia, according to a report from Canalys released Monday. Shipments of Android-...

Platform Computing last week released Platform ISF 2.1, which improves ease of use and automation for building and managing enterprise private clouds. Platform's cloud management software helps enterprises transition from internal IT to more productive and efficient private cloud infrastructure serv...

The classic newspaper may finally gets its 21st-century update. News Corp.'s iPad-exclusive newspaper, The Daily, is set to launch on Feb. 2. A weekly subscription will reportedly cost 99 cents. Issues of The Daily will be delivered automatically through Apple once users sign up. News Corp. told the...

The move to adopt cloud technologies by federal agencies has opened up IT opportunities for many vendors. As momentum builds within these agencies to explore the cloud, support is coming from other quarters. Last week, for example, by Rep. Gerry Connolly said that "Cloud computing offers the federal...

Video-on-demand website Hulu is embroiled in internal struggles over its business model. The site is a pioneer in Internet video when it was launched by TV networks in 2008, streaming recent episodes of popular TV shows, along with a limited number of commercials, to computers and other devices. Hul...

Healthcare technology has really made incredible advances over the last several years. However, while there is an app for almost everything, much still seems to be stuck in the Fred Flintstone era. Doctors still carry around thick folders with years of patient history. Yesterday, this was the only w...

Facebook is tracking your comments for ad opportunities. On Tuesday, Facebook announced its new advertising platform, called "Sponsored Stories." The new ads will be integrated near the user's news feed. Advertisements can be prompted by words that appear in apps, statuses, check-ins and "likes." A ...

Beginning July 1, Facebook will require games on its site to accept payments in its own virtual currency, Facebook Credits. It is not an exclusive requirement -- game developers can use other game currencies as well. Facebook, however, will motivate developers to use its system, dangling such plums ...

A Canadian recently sued the Internet giant Google, citing unspecified damages regarding alleged problems stemming from Google's social networking and messaging tool "Buzz," which is integrated into Gmail, the company's Web-based email program. This came on the heels of the recent $8.5 million settl...

Verizon's earnings report released Tuesday shows the company still outpacing competitors. Verizon Communications reported its fourth-quarter profit was $2.64 billion, up from $617 million in 2009. That's a rise from 22 cents per share to 93 cents per share. Although Q4 sales were up 5.7 percent from...