Facebook to sow network beyond ‘walled garden'

Facebook Connect will transform social network from private site to Web-wide site where software makers (with user permission) can tap member data for use on their sites

Google opens reference tool ‘Knol' to public

After 7-month test, ‘Knol' online encyclopedia is unveiled, which Google says is supposed to supplement, not replace, Wikipedia

Online banking dicier than assumed

U.S. researchers found design flaws in 76 per cent of the 214 American financial institution websites they studied

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XM-Sirius deal clears FCC hurdle

Companies say they will pay millions of dollars to settle allegations of past rule violations

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Phishing scam suspect pleads guilty

Romanian one of 38 people charged in a global crime ring

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Software for the times

SAS Institute Inc. is making money among the madness by helping customers bring order to chaos

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British ISPs agree on anti-piracy plan

For three-month trial, providers will send letters to downloaders telling them to stop downloading; if users do not comply, ISPs will send more letters

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The developers

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Future Shop offers HD DVD deal

Consumers who bought HD-DVD players from any retailer can return them to Future Shop for $100 against a combo player

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Good sports

There's plenty of fun to be had on your frumpy, bespectacled home computer

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Automatic Hotmail sign-in problems

User constantly asked to re-enter Hotmail password

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European Tech Titans

Only 15 of the continent's 298 billionaires owe their fortunes to software, but their collective reach is much bigger

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Microsoft to expand Facebook ad pact

Leaked plans show direction software maker will take after its decision not pursue a takeover of Yahoo

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UN pushes global emergency ID

UN International Telecommunication Union is trying to adapt a standard system for the entire world

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Giants to create wireless HD standard

‘If you have a TV in the home, that TV will be able to access any source in the home, whether it's a set-top box in the living room, or the PlayStation in the bedroom, or a DVD player in another bedroom,” says Amimon co-founder