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Quark Promote lets novices make promo materials

Harrison Hoffman — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 13:39:00 PST

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

Originally posted at The Web Services Report

Consumer groups urge block of Google-AdMob deal

Tom Krazit — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 12:45:00 PST

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

Originally posted at Relevant Results

Chinese author plans lawsuit over Google Books

Tom Krazit — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 09:48:00 PST

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.

Originally posted at Relevant Results

Mozilla pushes back Firefox 3.6, 4.0 deadlines

Stephen Shankland — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 06:27:00 PST

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

Originally posted at Deep Tech

The 10 best new Firefox add-ons of 2009

Seth Rosenblatt — Sat, 26 Dec 2009 00:00:00 PST

2009 felt like a rebuilding year for Firefox add-ons, with two new frameworks created to help guide the future of extensions. But that doesn't mean there weren't any cool debuts. Check out list of the best new add-ons from the past 12 months.

Originally posted at The Download Blog

DDoS attack hobbles major sites, including Amazon

Tom Krazit — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 20:04:00 PST

More than a mouse was stirring Wednesday night on the Internet, as an attack on a major DNS provider to sites such as Amazon.com and others hobbled service for about an hour.

Originally posted at Relevant Results

Web staggers under pre-Christmas DDoS attack

Tom Krazit — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 17:23:00 PST

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.

Originally posted at Relevant Results

Twitter buys developers of GeoAPI

Tom Krazit — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 14:48:00 PST

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.

Originally posted at Relevant Results

FTC asks for more info on Google-AdMob deal

Tom Krazit — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 12:18:00 PST

Google's proposed acquisition of mobile advertising company AdMob will likely be delayed following a request from the government for additional details.

Originally posted at Relevant Results

Twitter: Home for your holiday hangover cure?

Chris Matyszczyk — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 10:58:48 PST

Because you will need a hangover cure over the holidays, a site called Blinkbox has dedicated a Twitter page to the latest and greatest methods of surviving your excesses.

Originally posted at Technically Incorrect