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Reuters - Google Inc acquired online photo-editing site Picnik, as the Web search leader continues with a deal binge includes three acquisitions in about three weeks.

Pablo Calamera is joining the cloud-based music service as its chief technology officer, a newly created position.

Last October the Amsterdam Court ruled that three former Pirate Bay operators had to remove a list of ‘infringing’ torrents from the website and block access to Dutch users. The Pirate Bay trio had to comply with the Court’s demands before today, but nothing has changed and it’s unlikely that the Dutch will be shut out of the site in the near futur

This article looks into some of the less obvious objects we can expect our smartphones to help improve and ultimately replace

AP - Mobile phone operators must now limit how much they charge customers for using the Internet within the European Union, after new rules went into effect Monday.

PC World - Despite a report quoting a Microsoft executive saying that no current-generation phones will be upgradeable to the forthcoming Windows Mobile 7, the company refused to confirm those comments.

PC World - A US District Court judge has put an end to a year-old lawsuit accusing Microsoft of antitrust violations for its program allowing new systems loaded with Windows Vista to be downloaded to Windows XP. Citing a lack of any benefit to Microsoft, Judge Marsha Pechman dismissed the suit.

PC World - A US District Court judge has put an end to a year-old lawsuit accusing Microsoft of antitrust violations for its program allowing new systems loaded with Windows Vista to be downloaded to Windows XP. Citing a lack of any benefit to Microsoft, Judge Marsha Pechman dismissed the suit.

AP - Sony Corp. said a glitch has knocked PlayStation 3 users off the game console's online network, and the company warned that data loss could occur if gamers continued using the machines.

PC World - It's probably just a 24 hour bug, but you'll want to leave your glitchy PS3s off in the meantime, just in case, says Sony.

At this week's RSA security conference, Brad Arkin, director of product security and privacy at Adobe Systems, will spend a lot of time with Adobe customers, explaining what the company is doing to improve security. He sat down with CSOonline.com a couple days before the start of RSA to offer a preview of what he'll discuss.

On Friday, the U.S. Department of Defense announced a new policy which allows all users of unclassified computers in the .mil domain access to popular social networking sites.

When Google Buzz launched three weeks ago, the product wasn't ready. There were basic privacy issues that still needed to be hammered out.

InfoWorld - Microsoft is offering on Monday a second beta release of its Windows Server AppFabric technology, which features services intended to improve speed, scale and management of Web, composite and enterprise applications.

InfoWorld - Microsoft is offering on Monday a second beta release of its Windows Server AppFabric technology, which features services intended to improve speed, scale and management of Web, composite and enterprise applications.

Symantec Health offers online storage and archiving for hospitals and health care providers to better help them retain and share medical records.

After losing his voice following surgery, the film critic is using a new kind of text-to-speech software to communicate in a voice that sounds just like his.

AFP - Japanese electronics giant Sony on Monday advised owners of older versions of the PlayStation 3 not to use the videogame console until it can fix a problem with the clock in the system.

AP - International Business Machines Corp. said Monday it has closed its acquisition of privately held Initiate Systems.

AP - International Business Machines Corp. said Monday it has closed its acquisition of privately held Initiate Systems.