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Google Feb. 17 released a new beta for its Chrome Web browser, including a new version of its V8 JavaScript engine, better security and other perks just two weeks after its last version went stable. Chrome 10 runs Crankshaft, a speedier version of the V8 engine that provides a 66 percent improvement on the company’s [...]

Any doubts about Microsoft’s sincerity in its online efforts should have been dispelled this week, after the company lashed back at Google’s accusations that Bing, Microsoft’s search engine, copies its Web-search results. The tussle began Feb. 1, when the blog Search Engine Land published details of what it called Google’s “sting operation” against Bing. Google [...]

Searching for file-sharing information via Google is going to take a little bit more effort now. In December, Google said it was taking steps towards “making copyright work better online.” Among other things, it promised that “terms that are closely associated with piracy” would no longer appear in autocompletes. Although it may be seen as [...]

As the struggling Internet media company strives to increase revenue and boost margins, Inc. (YHOO) said Tuesday it was cutting about 600 jobs, or about 4% of its work force. Kim Rubey, Yahoo spokeswoman, said the cuts were largely aimed at the Sunnyvale, Calif.-based company’s products group, which builds advertising products, Web properties like the [...]

WikiLeaks is using Amazon.com Inc. servers in the U.S. to help deliver leaked U.S. diplomatic cables, as the controversial website combats powerful Internet-based attacks. WikiLeaks said Tuesday it was the target of a computer attack that overwhelmed its website and made it inaccessible for a few hours to some users. The site also claimed to [...]

As Google is rumored to be closing a deal to acquire wildly popular Groupon, it’s also delaying the launch of its social networking feature. Dubbed “Google Me” by the media, talk about the Facebook rival first grabbed attention in July, when a Wall Street Journal report broke the news that the search engine giant was [...]

More than 70 sites alleged to be selling counterfeit goods or offering pirated content have been shut down by the US government. The action was taken by the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency, part of the US Department of Homeland Security. Domains seized included a BitTorrent search engine, music download sites and shops selling fake [...]

Seeking to become the first stop for online shoppers of apparel and accessories, Google Inc. launched a fashion e-commerce site Boutiques.com. Boutiques.com doesn’t sell the items, which come from hundreds of online merchants such as Ralph Lauren, Steve Madden and Juicy Couture, but directs shoppers to sites where they can be purchased. Other sites such [...]