Google plans January 5 Android press event

Next week's event could finally clear up questions over Google's strategy for Android, with expectations that it will use the occasion to launch the Nexus One phone.

Report: T-Mobile ready for Google phone launch

T-Mobile is telling employees to prepare for the launch of a Google Android phone in early January that will be sold directly by Google, a report says.

Quark Promote lets novices make promo materials

The new, easily approachable tools allow non-designers to create their own promotional materials.

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Consumer groups urge block of Google-AdMob deal

Google's proposed acquisition of mobile ad network AdMob would make it too easy to bring its dominant search ad business to the mobile world, according to two consumer groups.

Chinese author plans lawsuit over Google Books

Google scanned a book of a prominent Chinese author into the Google Books library without explicit permission, according to a report, and will face a lawsuit in China.

Mozilla pushes back Firefox 3.6, 4.0 deadlines

The newest version of the open-source browser won't arrive this year, and a major update might not arrive until 2011.

The 10 best new Firefox add-ons of 2009

2009 felt like a rebuilding year for Firefox add-ons, with two new frameworks created to help guide the future of extensions.

DDoS attack hobbles major sites, including Amazon

More than a mouse was stirring Wednesday night on the Internet, as an attack on a major DNS provider to sites such as Amazon.

Web staggers under pre-Christmas DDoS attack

Several high-profile e-commerce sites were inaccessible for around half an hour Wednesday evening, due to what customer support at a major DNS provider called an attack.

Twitter buys developers of GeoAPI

With location-aware services hot right now in the social-media segment, Twitter is buying the developers of a popular API used by developers on the platform.