Get FriendFeed updates right to your IM client. FriendFeed introduced a new feature on Friday, giving members the option to get updates from the social network as soon as they happen through standard instant-messaging protocols. Each IM contains the... 

SAN FRANCISCO–The cloud was omnipresent at the Web 2.0 Summit as industry executives discussed the migration from the client to millions of virtualized servers as the information pipe. “There is a lot of hype. We think about the cloud as the... 

Mark Papermaster was chosen to lead a team developing future iPhones, even though the company worried about his lack of direct consumer electronics experience. (Credit: Apple) Apple knew full well that Mark Papermaster would have to learn his new role... 

If you’re a United Kingdom dweller feeling left out of U.S.-only services like BuyYourFriendADrink.com there’s light at the end of the tunnel. Launching Friday is Get Them In, a new way to buy your friends food and drink items right on Facebook... 

In this week’s Security Bites podcast, CNET’s Robert Vamosi talks about user authentication with Kim Cameron, chief architect with the Identity and Security group at Microsoft. At this year’s PDC and again at WinHec, Microsoft certainly... 

In February of 2005, a Miami man sued Bank of America for not adequately protecting him against a $90,000 fraudulent wire transfer to the Parex Bank in Latvia. Joe Lopez was the first online user to sue his financial institution for not protecting his... 

Italian prosecutors reportedly filed defamation and breach of privacy charges against four former and current Google officials and set a February 3 hearing date, according to a Reuters report. The case centers on allegations Google did not take steps... 

It was revealed this week that the presidential campaigns of Barack Obama and John McCain were hacked over the summer. Now, a report has surfaced that the White House has suffered multiple attacks in recent months as well. According to a story by the... 

A judge has granted IBM’s preliminary injunction aimed at preventing former executive Mark Papermaster from reporting for duty as Apple’s new iPhone leader. Apple hired Papermaster as the new head of iPhone and iPod development earlier this... 

SAN FRANCISCO– While most of this week’s Web 2.0 Summit has centered on trying to find business models that work in today’s slumping economy, two of the most exciting ventures are also the least affordable–at least for now. Those... 

SAN FRANCISCO–”We don’t control the platform. It’s magical when it belongs to all of us.” Those were the words of Vic Gundotra, who spent 15 years at Microsoft and is now leading Google’s application development efforts.... 

Programmers who might not make the cut for Yahoo’s official SearchMonkey gallery now have a new experimental option for propagating their ideas for augmenting Yahoo search results. “Starting today, even if an app doesn’t meet all of...