News tagged with internet surfing

Yahoo's $7.1B deal with Alibaba offers ray of hope

After years of mortifying missteps, Yahoo Inc. finally has something to boast about: a multibillion-dollar windfall from a savvy investment in China.

Technology / Business

created May 21, 2012 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Hundreds of thousands may lose Internet in July

(AP) -- For computer users, a few mouse clicks could mean the difference between staying online and losing Internet connections this summer.

Technology / Internet

created Apr 21, 2012 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (11) | comments 14

NetZero to launch free wireless broadband service

It's like the '90s never left: Billy Crystal hosted the Oscars. Internet IPOs are back. And NetZero is returning with free Internet service -only this time it's wireless.

Technology / Telecom

created Mar 19, 2012 | popularity 2.2 / 5 (5) | comments 1

Browser bypasses put Google in privacy cross hairs

Privacy advocates, lawyers and powerful rival Microsoft were piling on Google on Tuesday for sidestepping Web browsing software to tailor ads for people signed into its online services. ...

Technology / Internet

created Feb 22, 2012 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Barriers fall between TV, Internet

You say TV, I say Internet. Toe-mate-o, toe-mah-to.

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Feb 09, 2012 | popularity 2 / 5 (1) | comments 0

China's number of Web users rises to 513 million

(AP) -- The number of Internet users in China has surged past 500 million as millions of new Web surfers go online using mobile phones and tablet computers, an industry group reported Monday.

Technology / Internet

created Jan 16, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

McAfee adds protection for mobile gadgets

Computer security firm McAfee on Tuesday will launch a service that unifies defenses for computers, smartphones and tablets.

Technology / Software

created Sep 27, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Perplexing puzzle: Can Yahoo's luster be restored?

(AP) -- Yahoo Inc. has gone through three different CEOs in five years. Whoever takes the helm now will face the same challenge: Solve one of the Internet's most perplexing puzzles.

Technology / Business

created Sep 08, 2011 | popularity 2 / 5 (1) | comments 4

Chinese site bans Web tools used to evade filters

(AP) -- A major Chinese online commerce site has banned sales of software used to bypass Internet censorship amid Beijing's efforts to block the development of a Middle East-style protest movement.

Technology / Internet

created Aug 23, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

The apps that eat your wireless data

(AP) -- If you have a cellphone with a monthly limit on how much data you can use, here are some tips on what types of phone use will gobble up your precious megabytes:

Technology / Telecom

created Jul 05, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Microsoft unveils new privacy feature for IE

An upcoming version of Microsoft Corp.'s Internet Explorer browser will let users add lists of sites that they don't want tracking them, a peace offering amid uproar over the sneaky ways that websites watch ...

Technology / Software

created Dec 07, 2010 | popularity 2.3 / 5 (3) | comments 7

FBI access to e-mail, Web data raises privacy fear

(AP) -- Invasion of privacy in the Internet age. Expanding the reach of law enforcement to snoop on e-mail traffic or on Web surfing. Those are among the criticisms being aimed at the FBI as it tries to update ...

Technology / Internet

created Jul 30, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (9) | comments 4

Study finds prime time on the Internet is 11 p.m.

(AP) -- It's 11 p.m. Do you know where your neighbors are?

Technology / Internet

created Sep 02, 2009 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Yahoo! vows to fight Microsoft on new front

Yahoo! on Monday vowed to fight Microsoft on a new frontier, saying that having the software giant power its online searches won't stop it from battling for the devotion of Web surfers.

Technology / Internet

created Aug 25, 2009 | popularity 2 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Google digging deeper to improve search results (Update)

(AP) -- Google Inc. is about to add more features to its already dominant Internet search engine - and some of the changes could give Web surfers less reason to click through to other sites. That scenario ...

Technology / Internet

created May 13, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 2