From PC World: Ever wish you could keep certain sites from showing up in your Google search results? Thanks to a new feature being rolled out right now, you can.

Google announced the debut of a site-blocking search tool via its official company blog on Thursday. The tool is simple...

From DailyTech: According to a post [translated] on Microsoft France's official Windows Phone 7 blog, the OS's first major update may be bumped back a week or two for unspecified reasons. The post has since been edited, but not before many took note of it. ZDNet blogger Mary Jo...

From DailyTech: A group of hackers have scammed Microsoft out of $1.2 million after finding a way to generate new Microsoft Points out of old point codes.

Microsoft Points is the currency for online stores such as the Games for Windows - Live Marketplace, Zune, Windows Live Gallery...

From X-bit Labs: Intel Corp. said Thursday that its Thunderbolt interconnection technology will be adopted by Canon Corp., a maker of consumer electronics, including digital cameras, printers, projectors and other gear. At present it is known that Canon’s video equipment will support...

From X-bit Labs: Chief executive officer of Hewlett Packard said that the company’s plan is to be able to install its webOS operating system that the company got with the acquisition of Palm onto all HP-branded personal computers next year.

Speaking at a press conference in India...

From InfoWorld: The Mozilla Foundation has issued the first release candidate of Firefox version 4.0, finishing a grueling and ambitious beta development cycle for the browser.

This release candidate represents what the development team feels is a finished browser, said Johnathan...

From PC World: A day before the iPad 2's launch, Apple has announced online order details for its latest tablet.

Customers who want to order the iPad 2 from Apple's website can do so starting at 1 a.m. Pacific (4 p.m. Eastern) on Friday, March 11.

The iPad 2 goes on sale in Apple...

From CNET News.com: Rovio, the company behind the Angry Birds phenomenon, is suddenly flush with cash.

The company announced today that it secured $42 million in a Series A round of funding led by venture-capital firms Accel Partners and Atomico Ventures. Accel Partners is best...

From CNET News.com: The AOL layoffs are finally here, and they are smaller than some had been expecting.

According to several people close to the situation, the New York-based Internet giant will lay off up to several hundred staffers starting Thursday in very targeted areas of the...