Mozilla releases second Firefox release candidate

From CNET News.com: Mozilla on Sunday released a second release candidate of Firefox 3.6, a modest upgrade that embodies Mozilla's effort to increase the frequency the open-source browser is developed.

Mike Beltzner, president of Firefox, announced second Firefox 3.6 release...

Apple officially announces January 27 event

From CNET News.com: Apple has formally announced a special event for Wednesday, January 27, in San Francisco to reveal to the public its "latest creation."

Whether the company will open the curtains on a tablet, slate, big iPod Touch, or a bit of all three, invited guests will find...

Google China insiders may have helped with attack

From CNET News.com: Google is looking into whether employees in its China office were involved in the attacks on its network that led to theft of intellectual property, according to CNET sources and news reports.

Sources familiar with the investigation told CNET last week that...

U.S. Gov't Staying Out of Google and China Issue

From Tom's Hardware: U.S. Ambassador to China, Jon Huntsman, said that the U.S. government will be staying out of any negotiations that Google may have with China following the hacking incident.

Huntsman did acknowledge that Americans are likely to feel very strongly in the Google...

New Symbian UI in the works to compete with iPhone, Android

From InfoWorld: Nokia has turned in its proposal for the user interface in Symbian^4, with the goal of developing an interface that can compete with the iPhone and Google's Android OS.

The proposal was turned in to the Symbian Foundation on Friday, and will now undergo open...

Chinese site criticizes investor for Google support

From CNET News.com: In an unusual move, the Alibaba Group of China on Saturday criticized Yahoo, one of its largest shareholders, for siding with Google after a cyberattack on that company.

John Spelich, a spokesman for Alibaba, said executives at the company were angry because...

Report: New York Times to charge online readers

From CNET News.com: The New York Times is reportedly getting ready to charge readers for access to the venerable newspaper's online content.

The newspaper is expected to announce in coming weeks that it will institute a metered pay plan in which readers would have access to a...

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