Google's top antitrust defender: 'it's fun'

Life at Google is certainly different than government service for senior competition counsel Dana Wagner, but his past and present collide on a daily basis at the search giant.

Mozilla releases fifth Firefox 3.6 beta

The latest Firefox 3.6 beta likely will be the last. The new browser is due to bring Personas, file-handling, and new security features by the end of 2009.

Microsoft to fix Zune HD censoring issue

Redmond's new Twitter app for the Zune HD automatically abbreviates curse words in tweets. The company has come under fire and now, it plans to fix the issue.

FTC may enter latest Facebook privacy debacle

Scattered griping about the social network's new privacy policies could turn into a firestorm, as EPIC complains about the decision to push more member content public.

Google Labs updates transliteration tool

Google has updated its Transliteration app to feature the ability to write messages in English and transliterate those to non-Roman characters.

Forgot your anniversary? Facebook's got it covered

Absent-minded significant others get a reprieve from Facebook, which just introduced way to get reminded when it's your anniversary.

Russian firm DST on a roll, upping stake in Facebook?

As part of its role in Facebook's employee stock buyback program, the investment company's stake in Facebook is now over 5 percent, a Russian newspaper reported--and it also just powered Zynga's $180 million round.

Browser makers hope WebGL will remake 3D

Don't believe WebGL is real? Here's how to try the 3D browser technology yourself. It works, but plenty of development is needed for this graphics foundation to mature.

Google project shows when Web content is hiding

The Browser Size tool provides an overlay to reveal how likely it is people are reading the extremities of a Web page.

Dear newspapers: I will pay for your content, once

Asking subscribers to pay for the same content twice will not work.

Originally posted at Rafe's Radar