Datamation Staff

Computerworld: Aides to Sen. Herb Kohl (D-Wis.), the chairman of the Subcommittee on Antitrust, Competition Policy, and Consumer Rights, say that the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee will look into Mozilla’s complaints about Microsoft. Last week, Mozilla claimed that Microsoft was refusing to provide APIs for Windows RT to other other browser makers. As a result, […]

BusinessWeek: Under pressure from the company board and stockholder Daniel Loeb, Yahoo CEO Scott Thompson resigned over the weekend. Thompson had come under criticism for lying on his resume by claiming a computer science degree he did not have. The company announced that Ross Levinsohn, Yahoo’s head of global media, will take over as interim […]

All Things D: Unnamed sources tell All Things D that Google is nearing a deal to buy social technology firm Meebo. Reportedly, Google will pay about $100 million for the acquisition. Meebo’s products include the Meebo Messenger Web-based instant messaging client and the Meebo Bar social media and advertising overlay for websites. Neither Google nor […]

TechCrunch: Nielsen has released a new report on moms, and it seems they’re more tech-savvy than many people think. Currently, 54 percent of mothers own smartphones–more than average. In addition, 75 percent of mothers use Facebook, and moms are 61 percent more likely than the average person to use Pinterest. Lots of mothers blog as […]

ZDNet: A new survey of 1,500 IT professionals who work at small or medium-sized businesses (SMBs) finds that the use of cloud computing continues to grow. According to the latest version of Spiceworks State of SMB IT Survey, 48 percent of SMBs use at least one cloud service. That’s a big increase from a year […]

Washington Post: Unnamed sources say that antitrust investigators from the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) are looking into Facebook’s acquisition of Instagram. The FTC routinely examines deals worth more than $66 million; since Facebook paid $300 million for Instagram, it’s no surprise that they’ve attracted the eyes of regulators. However, with Facebook’s IPO scheduled for just […]

TGDaily: In its continuing efforts to catch up with Google search, Microsoft is rolling out some major changes to its Bing search engine. The site is rolling out a three-panel design. The traditional “core” search results appear on the large left-side panel. In the middle is a new “snapshot” panel with maps and other results […]

BBC News: Facebook users in New Zealand are testing a new feature that allows them to pay a small fee to flag particular posts, making it more likely that friends will see them. The social network is trying out several different options, and prices for the tested feature range from free to around $2. “We’re […]

Computerworld: The scandal surrounding false information on Yahoo CEO Scott Thompson’s resume has claimed its first casualty. Patti Hart, the board member who led the search committee that ultimately hired Thompson, will step down from her post. She will finish out her term on the board, but will not seek re-election. Earlier this week, Thompson […]

All Things D: HP has unveiled several new ultrathin laptops. First, the company expanded its line of ultrabooks with several new models, including the Envy SpectreXT. Second, the company announced a new line of “sleekbooks,” laptops that are a lot like ultrabooks, except that they utilize AMD processors and carry a much lower price tag. […]

eWeek: For this month’s Patch Tuesday, Microsoft released seven bulletins patching 23 security vulnerabilities in Windows, Silverlight, Office and the .NET Framework. Three of those bulletins — MS12-034, MS12-029 and MS12-035 — are marked “critical.” The first addresses an assortment of vulnerabilities, many of them related to the Duqu malware. The second fixes a critical […]

FOX News: The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has issued a warning about a potential threat to the nation’s energy industry. DHS’s Industrial Control Systems Cyber Emergency Response Team (ICS-CERT) wrote that it had discovered “an active series of cyber intrusions targeting natural gas pipeline sector companies.” Sources say it concerned a spear-phishing attack  […]