A virtual stripper named "Melissa" that promises to progressively remove items of clothing for viewers who solve online CAPTCHAs is actually part of a scheme by spammers to crack web Continue reading »

digg_url = 'http://www.digg.com/business_finance/Google_Stock_Mania_Continues_700_share'; digg_bgcolor = '#ffffff'; digg_skin = 'compact'; Google's stock price broke $700 for the first time today, reaching as high as $704.79 in morning trading. That means Continue reading »

Dot-com era tech business magazine "The Industry Standard" will be making a triumphant return in the form of a blog and community site in December, reports Reuters. Founded in San

Techcrunch has sniffed out details on Google's new social network project, named OpenSocial (set to go live Thur US). OpenSocial is not a social network itself, rather it is a Continue reading »

The Associated Press is reporting that ICANN may consider shutting down the Whois system, which lets Internet users search for domain name registration information, because of disagreements over how it Continue reading »

digg_url = 'http://digg.com/tech_news/Vint_Cerf_to_Step_Down_from_ICANN'; digg_bgcolor = '#ffffff'; digg_skin = 'compact'; Vint Cerf, who led a team in the 1970s that created the TCP/IP protocols and is commonly thought of as Continue reading »

Pet adoption matching web site Petfinder will reportedly be making the move to the small screen. The Animal Planet TV network, which acquired the site last year, has begun work

The US Senate last night passed a bill that would extend the 1998 Internet Tax Freedom Act, which prohibits local governments from taxing Internet connections, for seven years. About two Continue reading »

A Mozilla Labs blog post yesterday announced Prism, an application that takes web apps to the desktop. Prism isn't a proprietary platform, but rather gives any web application that runs Continue reading »

digg_url = 'http://digg.com/tech_news/Since_when_did_a_Fake_Blogger_Steve_become_a_Reliable_Source'; digg_bgcolor = '#ffffff'; digg_skin = 'compact'; There are not one, but two stories on Techmeme this morning broken by Fake Steve Jobs, a.k.a. Forbes' Daniel Lyons. Continue reading »