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Two nonprofit groups with a history of criticizing Facebook’s privacy policies put out splashy messages on Friday to voice their opposition to the social network’s latest changes: The Electronic Frontier Foundation published a timeline of Facebook’s privacy policy modifications over the years, and liberal activist group MoveOn.org launched a Facebook group called “Facebook, respect my [...]

Despite concerns that it is far from being finished, HTML5 is ready for use, at least for most platforms and for most duties, asserted a Google developer. “Depending on who you ask, HTML5 is already ready, or it won’t be ready until 2022,” said Google developer advocate Mark Pilgrim at the WWW2010 conference, being held [...]

If authentic, a new e-mail from Steve Jobs indicates that Apple and Microsoft–of all bedfellows–could be preparing to challenge the validity of open-source video codecs. Jobs’ e-mail to Hugo Roy of the Free Software Foundation, coupled with a similarly worded announcement from Microsoft on Friday, is a shot across the bow of backers of the [...]

Google has explained how it might use its status as an energy-trading company to increase the use of renewable energy sources in its data centers. In February, the company’s Google Energy subsidiary received approval from the U.S. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to buy and sell power on the wholesale market. The move triggered speculation [...]

Apple later today will start selling iPads that are able to connect to the Internet over AT&T’s data network. Customers who pre-ordered the more expensive models of the tablet will also receive them today. Priced from $629 to $829, the 3G-enabled iPad goes on sale at Apple’s retail stores and most Best Buy stores at [...]

Apple Inc. CEO Steve Jobs demonstrates the movie function of the new iPad in January 2010 in San Francisco, California. Apple on Friday expanded its iTunes online film service to France and Ireland. Apple on Friday expanded its iTunes online film service to France and Ireland. (c) 2010 AFP

(AP) — Apple is shutting down Lala.com, the online music retailer it bought last year. The move comes amid speculation that Apple will soon offer a way for people to access songs from distant computers. ©2010 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

Adobe on Friday will announce the availability of the Creative Suite (CS) 5 family, which enables the development of content and applications for the upcoming Flash Player 10.1 and AIR (Adobe Integrated Runtime) 2. CS5 will be available in five versions: Master Collection, for design and development;  the Design Premium toolkit for designers; Web Premium, [...]

Today may end up being a bloody day for prospective iPad alternatives. Earlier today, we learned that Microsoft’s Courier tablet was a real product under consideration by Microsoft, but that the company has since ended the project. Now comes a report from TechCrunch claiming that HP no longer plans to offer its upcoming Windows 7-based [...]

The global market for mobile phones surged in the first quarter, growing by nearly 22 percent over a year earlier when the market had declined markedly in the midst of a recession. IDC analysts credited the growth to increasing numbers of smartphones shipped by manufacturers to retailers along with an improving global economy. Research in [...]