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• Iran blocks access to some outside websites, services

  By Gregg Keizer | 11 February, 2012 09:19

  The Iranian government has severed some citizens' connections to secure websites and services, including Twitter and Google's Gmail, according to reports by Iranians and network experts.

• How the Phoenix Suns basketball team takes on social media attacks

  By Ellen Messmer | 11 February, 2012 07:31

  Every sport has its fans, and the Phoenix Suns basketball team is finding that use of social networking has become one of the main ways to keep in touch with its fan base -- though it can get dicey when basketball fans across the NBA go a little wild before big games.

• Google abandons big, black drop-down menu

  By Cameron Scott | 11 February, 2012 05:38

  Google has begun replacing the chunky, black drop-down menu of services it launched in November as part of an effort to integrate Google+ across its whole platform.

• Google expands the scope of its vulnerability reward programs to cover Chromium OS

  By Lucian Constantin | 11 February, 2012 04:16

  Encouraged by the success of its Web and Chromium vulnerability reward programs, Google has decided to expand their scope in order to cover security issues in Chromium OS as well.

• Blogger exposes major Google Wallet security flaw

  By Brad Reed | 11 February, 2012 03:23

  If you took one look at Google Wallet and said to yourself, "There's no way that's completely secure," it turns out you were right.

• Web app lets enterprise set security, sharing for Google Apps users

  By John Cox | 11 February, 2012 02:32

  A new security tool lets enterprise IT groups set access and share policies for employees, including mobile users, who are working with the online Google Apps suite.

• Eolas loses in Web patents claim against Google and others

  By John Ribeiro | 10 February, 2012 16:49

  A jury in Texas gave the verdict that two patents of Eolas Technologies that enable Internet browsers to host embedded interactive applications were invalid, in a protracted legal battle which involved top Internet companies like Google and Amazon.com.

• Androids don't age well compared to iPhones

  By Daniel Ionescu | 10 February, 2012 01:57

  Apple's iPhone is a better investment than any other smartphone because it has a higher resale value than an Android device, and it's also less expensive to own. That's according to a study from Priceonomics.

• Google: Concerns over Instant unwarranted

  By Juan Carlos Perez | 14 September, 2010 03:20

  Google shook the search market last week with the launch of Instant, a new feature that lets the company's search engine refresh results on the fly as people type their queries.

• Google VP Mayer describes the perfect search engine

  By Juan Carlos Perez | 11 November, 2009 08:44

  Last month, Google CEO Eric Schmidt said during the company's earnings call that Google had implemented about 120 search quality improvements during the third quarter as it moves toward its ultimate goal: "We want to get to the perfect search engine."

• At 10, Google reiterates commitment to CIOs

  By Juan Carlos Perez | 08 September, 2008 08:36

  Google, which celebrates 10 years of its incorporation this month, remains strongly committed to its Enterprise unit and to the customers it serves, including IT and business managers and CIOs, although most of the company's revenue comes from online advertising.

• Linux: A getting-started guide

  By Ian Paul | 01 February, 2012 01:54

  Are you fed up with Microsoft Windows and ready to give Linux a try? Here's how to get started. This guide for Linux discusses who the Linux OS is right for, what you need to get started, and how to turn your Windows PC into a dual-boot computer so you can have the best of both worlds - Linux and Windows.

• SOPA and PIPA: Just the Facts

  By Jared Newman | 19 January, 2012 01:31

  The Stop Online Piracy Act and the Protect IP Act are getting more negative attention, as major websites such as Wikipedia plan to protest the bills with blackouts on Wednesday. Even Google will join the action, with a link on its homepage explaining why the company opposes the legislation.

• Expert to IT pros: Adopt IPv6 soon or be sorry later

  By Carolyn Duffy Marsan | 18 January, 2012 08:36

  A dozen of the world's largest Internet companies - including Facebook, Google and Comcast - have committed to June 6, as the start date for their production deployments of IPv6, an upgrade to the Internet's main communications protocol.

• A user's guide to Android Ice Cream Sandwich

  By Armando Rodriguez | 27 December, 2011 01:26

  After months of waiting, the Galaxy Nexus (and by extension, Android 4.0, aka "Ice Cream Sandwich") is finally here. We've already done an extensive review of the hardware, so here we will be looking much more closely at Ice Cream Sandwich. Whether you are an Android veteran or a smartphone first-timer, this new version of Google's mobile operating system has a few things you should know about before getting started.

• What to expect in printers in 2012

  By Melissa Riofrio | 27 December, 2011 01:27

  No matter how clearly our world of online photo albums, Google Docs, and e-cards may seem--yet again--to ring the death knell for anything on paper, sometimes you still want to print.

• Tablets in 2012: What to Expect

  By Melissa J. Perenson | 09 December, 2011 01:48

  What will tablets look like in the coming year? Tablets are out of their infancy and moving into adolescence--which means that we can expect big changes ahead as tablets' design and components improve.

• Rumble in the Cloud: 5 Cloud storage services compared

  By Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols | 08 December, 2011 04:29

  It used to be that when I said "Cloud services," people's eyes would glaze over and in minutes they'd be gently snoring. That was then. This is now. While CIOs and CTOs still debate about what role the Cloud will have in business, personal Cloud services have been slowly easing their way into almost everyone's computing plans.

• 10 must-have tools for Cloud power users

  By JR Raphael | 08 December, 2011 03:06

  For many of us, the Cloud has changed the way we work and play. Thanks to well-known services like Gmail, Dropbox, Facebook and Instapaper, practically our whole lives - photos, documents, contacts and more - are online. So isn't it time to take control?