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1. News aggregation sites threatened with legal action

   (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

   ... anything, it is the growth of the Internet itself - not link aggregation - that has undermined your businesses by destroying the virtual monopoly that you once held over the mass distribution of written ...

2. Office 2010 enters public beta next month

   (Software/Software Features)

   ... was the enhanced Internet site capabilities that help businesses drive revenue and retain customers on a single platform. The third was the choice and flexibility between on-premises and cloud solutions. ...

3. Kindle is no answer to reading books digitally

   (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Features)

   ... The industry has to work out a way of us being able to do the same with an electronic book without making it free for just about everyone. Google and the internet have lulled many into believing that ...

4. DivX CEO: We've still a lot of streaming to do

   (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Features)

   The CEO of DivX - Kevin Hell - said that there are still big opportunities for his company despite the move to internet streaming.The CEO of DivX - Kevin Hell - said that there are still big opportunities ...

5. How to save journalism

   (Business and Law/Business and Law Opinion)

   ... to understand old-line journalism is in serious decline. European publishers are suffering the same fate with Axel Springer, Sanoma, Mecom, and others all reporting substantial revenue declines. Internet ...

6. Intel shows off 22 nanometer, optimistic about future

   (Hardware/Hardware Features)

   ... sectors." Standards are what made the internet explosion happen, he said. Intel is creating another generation of standards to enable the growth of personal computing. The three ingredients are Moore's ...

7. California Democrat endorses Net neutrality bill

   (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

   California Democrat Rep. Henry Waxman has formally agreed to co-sponsor the Internet Freedom Preservation Act. The bill - authored by Rep. Edward Markey - would prohibit ISPs from selectively blocking, ...

8. In-flight wi-fi takes off

   (Mobility/Mobility Features)

   ... for the airlines, all during a downturn in the global economy," said Berge Ayvazian, Senior Analyst for Yankee Group. "This survey demonstrates the pent-up demand for broadband internet access in-flight ...

9. Nokia has another shot with Linux

   (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Features)

   ... high-end phone based on the operating system. Nokia has had one shot with Linux already, using it three years ago for its range of internet tablets. They didn't really catch on. The new N900 series is ...

10. ARM rules the smartphone roost

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    ... functionality to devices. Devices based on the ARM Cortex A9 multi-core architecture are expected in 2010. Only around 10 percent of smartphones support Internet widget frameworks. "This is another area ...

11. Advertising woes hold back digital video market

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    ... economic forces - advertising, the movie industry, and broadcast television. But the advertising industry has been suffering for a while from the effects of the internet, the entertainment industry has ...

12. 9% of U.S. households subscribe to Netflix

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    ... Bay area as “a leading indicator of internet behavior elsewhere in America and are thus encouraged by these large and growing penetration rates.” The company reported revenue of $408 million for Q2, ...

13. Microsoft’s Bing gains, Yahoo drops, Google flat

    (Software/Software Features)

    ... came in as the U.S. Internet’s second most important brand, with 139.1 million unique visitors who spent an average of 132 minutes on Microsoft sites during the month. Google leads with 155.6 million unique ...

14. Intel sees "one billion" connected mobile devices by 2015

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    A senior Intel VP has predicted that there will be "one billion" connected mobile devices by 2015. According to Anand Chandrasekher, the Internet has experienced "staggering growth" and is continuing ...

15. India suffers first ever negative PC sales

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    ...  MAIT estimates that out of a total population of over one billion souls, only 60 million have an Internet connection. That's way behind emerging market competitor China. It has an ambitious goal to have ...

16. 3G netbook market growing at rapid pace, iSuppli says

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    ... Clearwire? Most netbooks aren’t quite real netbooks yet. Our impression of a netbook today is a compact mobile computer with very limited hardware horsepower that is enough to browse the Internet and ...

17. Users turn to online gaming

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    ... to be one of the top gaining categories over the past year, growing at ten times the rate of the total US internet population and reaching nearly one out of every two internet users," said Edward Hunter, ...

18. Bing to define Microsoft’s capability to innovate

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    ... perspective, we should look forward to a historic battle between Microsoft and Google for the lead in search and Internet advertising.          Wolfgang Gruener ...

19. Broadband access gets more expensive, study finds

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    Access to fast Internet connection has jumped over the past year. A new study released by the Pew Research Center’s Internet & American Life Project that 63% of Americans now use broadband Internet ...

20. Microsoft to launch free anti-malware software as beta “soon”

    (Security/Security Features)

    ... threats from malware on the Internet.Redmond (WA) – Microsoft confirmed that it is getting ready to make a test version of its upcoming anti-malware software soon. Code-named “Morro”, the software is ...

21. Facebook gets $200 million, looks at paid services

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    ... are different – Microsoft, for example, contributes search technology and advertising sales. DST, largely unknown in the U.S., claims it is one of the leading internet investment groups globally with ...

22. Bing! Microsoft to rename search engine yet again?

    (Software/Software Features)

    Microsoft’s journey to find a sticky name for its Internet search service has already been an odyssey through branding land and now it seems that the company is dropping the name for its highly anticipated next-generation ...

23. Global smartphone sales surge as mobile phone shipments plummet

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    ... tighter integration with applications and services around music, mobile e-mail, and Internet browsing made the difference at the high end of the market." Indeed, Symbian accounted for 49.3 per cent of ...

24. Intel and Novell advocate Moblin adoption for the masses

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    Intel and Novell have announced a joint effort to encourage the adoption of Moblin. Moblin, an optimized open source Linux software platform, is used to enable "rich" Internet experiences on Intel Atom ...

25. Mozilla’s Fennec gets Firefox 3.5 core

    (Software/Software Features)

    ... software faster, more secure and much more extendable to enable a “customizable web.” Another opportunity is in corporate applications, which still rely on Internet Explorer 6 in many environments. Beltzner ...

26. Golden Goose continues to lay Microsoft eggs

    (Software/Software Features)

    ... percent, which accounts for the five percent drop. Internet DivisionThis division includes Microsoft's online services and the 14 percent drop is accounted for by a drop in advertising revenues. This ...

27. TWC stomps its feet over metered Internet plans

    (Networking/Networking Opinion)

    ... a consumption-based subscription model of its broadband Internet access, the company filed a document including critical comments in response to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) of 2009.  ...

28. Intel helps Vietnam bring education to the masses

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    ... to modernize Vietnam's education system by 2011 by making one million "affordable PCs" available over the next two years from local technology companies to all teachers, along with broadband Internet access. ...

29. FCC to draft broadband outreach plan by Feb 2010

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    The FCC has begun inviting debate on the best way to reach out to low-income and under-served (rural) areas with broadband Internet access. Acting on orders from Congress, the FCC has until February 2010 ...

30. Internet update: 225 million websites, more malware and spam

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    Netcraft and Symantec’s Message Labs released several new interesting numbers about the Internet today. Apparently, the internet is still growing at a record pace, spam is on the rise again and more ...

31. Net neutrality proponents upset by stimulus broadband rules

    (Networking/Networking Features)

    On Monday, representatives of broadband providers stated that an agency overseeing the $4.7 billion in broadband deployment incentives will slow down the spread of Internet access to areas which are underserved ...

32. Internet Protocol TV World Forum coming later this month

    (Networking/Networking Features)

    The 2009 Internet Protocol TV (IPTV) conference will be held in London's Olympia Exhibition Centre on March 25-27, 2009. IPTV vendors on hand will demonstrate the latest in TV over the Internet, bringing ...

33. Microsoft spells out details for App Store

    (Software/Software Features)

    ... its virtual store for mobile phone applications and extensions which launched in February. It is Microsoft's aim to capitalize on the gigantic market which is mobile applications. Utilizing a 3G Internet ...

34. Report: Social networking more popular than web-email

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    ... websites. This new data marks a change in the direction of the Internet and communication by its users. Chicago (IL) - More individuals visit and utilize social networking websites and blogs rather than ...

35. Federal courts allow live blogging now more than ever

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    ... or Hicksville, Ohio. And today, with the Internet, such a feature has far exceeded any previous ability, going super-nova. Mankind's ability today to be instantly connected with everything that exists ...

36. YouTube viewers in U.S. exceed 100 million for first time

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    ... on the Internet (and also #3 in U.S.), and #3 in most traffic, accounting for around 17% of all Internet traffic world-wide. This gives an idea as to the demand and growth of the online video industry. ...

37. UPDATED: The 100 oldest registered dot com, org, net, edu domains

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    Ever wonder what the oldest registered .com domain is on the Internet? After all, they haven't always existed. In fact, it was just 24 years ago this month that the oldest domain was registered. It was ...

38. Microsoft, Visa and EU team up to fight Internet child porn

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    A new type of police coalition is being created which extends out to Internet providers, financial groups and NGOs. Launched today, the group's intent is to tackle online child pornography, according ...

39. 60% of world's population now has cell phone, highest ever

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    ... is coming from poor, developing countries. This 60% figure is up from just under 15% in 2002. Internet use has more than doubled to 23% in 2008 up from 11% in 2002. Only 1 in 20 people in the same ...

40. Analysis: Safari 4 lifts Apple above 10% browser market share

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    ... the top 5 of browser developers, there were major shifts in beta browser market share. Microsoft saw strong gains for Internet Explorer 8 and Apple hit a home run with Safari 4. Mozilla does not promote ...

41. Internet Safety Act: Welcome, Big Brother

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Opinion)

    ... can enjoy the Internet in peace without be inundated. We'd also agree that child pornography is particularly reprehensible, and society owes its victims an unwavering commitment to make every reasonable ...

42. Analyst: iPhone service plans too pricey. Duh!

    (Mobility/Mobility Opinion)

    ... service and Internet access cost, excluding taxes and fees, turns the iPhone into a $2000+ toy. Most of us mere mortal consumers could not justify such an expense for a phone that can also surf the Internet ...

43. UPDATED: Intel still decisive on Moorestown and WiMAX

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    ... We chose Intel's next-generation Moorestown platform and Moblin-based OS to pursue this segment because of the high performance and Internet compatibility this brings to our service provider customers. ...

44. Global telco broadband growth slows considerably

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    Broadband subscriber growth entered a downturn in 2008, according to market estimates released by iSuppli today. Global subscriber growth was 9.1%, following five years of strong double-digit growth. ...

45. Analysis: Chrome growth slows to a crawl, new features needed

    (Software/Software Features)

    ... most parts of November. For comparison, all versions of Safari, Firefox and Internet Explorer recorded 7.93%, 21.34% and 68.15% web usage share in December respectively, as shown in TG Daily's in-dept ...

46. Mozilla building free web video format to challenge Apple, Microsoft and Adobe

    (Software/Software Features)

    ... they will issue a $100,000 grant, compliments of the Wikimedia Foundation, in an attempt to develop an open-source Internet video standard - free to all. Mountain View (CA) - The Mozilla Foundation, ...

47. Zune in Crisis: Holiday sales down 54%

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    ... Internet functionality in the Zune lineup that could challenge the iPod touch  + App Store combo. Microsoft's efforts to replicate their all-in-one iPod approach centered around its iTunes content store ...

48. Microsoft still has eye on Yahoo's search business

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    ... arms around the Yahoo search business. Whether he manages to win the heart of Carol Bartz or not, he doesn't really care because his goal is investing in Internet search engines to compete with Google. ...

49. EBay misses Q4 estimates, earnings down 31%, revenues down 7%

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    ... But now it seems eBay has turned into a cash-maximizing business. And while eBay is the #8 site on the Internet, and it is still an extremely viable company, I cannot help but wonder what it would be like ...

50. Apple remains a money-making machine, thanks to iPod touch and Macbooks

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    ... It can run App Store programs and games and access the Internet, but most customers purchased the gadget to play games. Apple recently reported that customers have downloaded over half a billion applications ...