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IBM on Monday launched a major cloud computing initiative , in an effort it hopes will challenge the early lead of cloud pioneers such as Amazon and Google.

There is a problem with the computers that serve the social networking tools -- blogs, forums, story comments, etc.

Aside from its military and development work, Canada's biggest contribution to the war effort in Afghanistan may well be Tim Hortons coffee.

FIRE fighters are currently tackling a blaze in the Monks Eleigh area. A crew from Hadleigh were called to the scene of a stack fire on Boyton Hall Road, at around 4.30pm this afternoon.

A Lexington County man is accused of having sex with an underage girl that he met on a social networking site.

From birth announcements to consumer surveys to genealogical information, Internet predators are finding new ways to exploit even Web users who consider themselves safe and savvy, a consumer advocate warns.

Social network Hi5 has launched a site translation project, a week after the announcement that the company had created a "crowdsourced translation" app for use on the OpenSocial developer platform and several ...

The two men running to be Montana's next attorney general have recently announced plans aimed at protecting children, particularly in an age of Internet predators.

US presidential candidates John McCain and Barack Obama have released their technology policies, differing on whether "Net neutrality" rules should be imposed on telecommunications companies and on the breadth ...

Staff at a hospital have been banned from using social networking websites after a picture of a nurse baring her breasts appeared on Facebook.

One of two remaining at-large suspects in the double homicide on Plymouth Street was last seen robbing and pimping in the southern state of Georgia, Mountain View police said.

Journalists attend a condolence meeting to pay homage to Soumya Vishwanathan, who died under mysterious circumstances earlier this week, in New Delhi yesterday NEW DELHI: A television journalist murdered ...

Some of Britain's biggest music stars announced Saturday they are banding together to demand greater control over their music in the digital age.

Radiohead, Robbie Williams and Kaiser Chiefs are among more than 60 founding members of the Featured Artists' Coalition.

The group says it wants musicians rather than record labels to retain control over the rights to their music. It says new technology is rapidly changing the music industry, and artists are often left out when their songs are distributed over the Internet or mobile phone networks.

The Durham NDP candidate who called an anti-war activist a "fascist bitch" and other derogatory names has called it quits.

COLUMBIA, S.C. A South Carolina middle school math teacher has been charged with having sex with a 15-year-old girl he met online.

Facebook co-founder Dustin Moskovitz said today he's leaving the company along with engineering manager Justin Rosenstein to start a new software business.

The Orange County Business Journal today ranked BandCon as the 8th Fastest Growing Private Company in Orange County, CA.

Noel Gallagher has claimed that he did not know Oasis's new album was being streamed on MySpace.

Music site Imeem has undergone a redesign that premiered yesterday evening, streamlining the service as its OpenSocial comrade MySpace chews up headlines with MySpace Music.

Friendster to deploy both the OpenSocial and Facebook de facto industry standards for the benefit of Friendster users and the developer community SAN FRANCISCO, USA: Friendster, Inc., has announced that it has ...