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ICANN freed from US gov't oversight

The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) has reached a new agreement with the U.S. Department of Commerce allowing the nonprofit greater independence, while giving more countries oversight of the organization.  read more »

Google Wave invite-only preview begins

Google on Wednesday will send out more than 100,000 invitations to developers to preview Google Wave, a new communications and collaboration tool that Google plans to release next year.  read more »

Mozilla slams Google's Chrome Frame as 'browser soup'

Mozilla executives today took shots at Google for pitching its Chrome Frame plug-in as a solution to IE's poor performance, with one arguing that the move will result in "browser soup."  read more »

To fight online scammers, Bing shows warning ads

Look for a way to fix your credit or transfer money on Microsoft's Bing these days and you'll get some friendly advice from the U.S. Federal Trade Commission.  read more »

Microsoft blasts Google over Chrome Frame plug-in

Microsoft today warned Internet Explorer users that they could double their security woes if they installed and used Chrome Frame, the plug-in that provides better JavaScript performance and adds support for HTML 5 to IE.  read more »

Google Outages Defy Customer Confidence

Google keeps telling us its applications are business ready, but again this morning we have learned otherwise, thanks to another Gmail outage. OK, it has been a bad week, but a Google News outage on Tuesday, followed by a Gmail failure today is just too much to bear.  read more »

Microsoft Offers a Sneak Peek at Office Web Apps

Microsoft has opened up a sneak peek at the Technical Preview of the upcoming Office Web Apps, and you can take it for a spin. Using the cloud-based SkyDrive storage as a backbone, Microsoft Office Web Apps enables to access and work with Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and OneNote files using any (compatible) Web browser from any Internet-connected device in the world.  read more »

Africa's liaison to ICANN: Outreach is under way

The Highway Africa conference, held last week in Grahamstown, South Africa, is the largest gathering of African ICT journalists. Computerworld Kenya interviewed Anne-Rachel Inne, Africa's regional liaison at the International Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN).  read more »

Google Answers Critics with Books Privacy Policy

Google's privacy policies are a consistent thorn in the company's side. Whether it's about Google's upcoming OS, its Webmail Gmail, or location-revealing Latitude, critics of the Internet giant are always nipping at the heels of some perceived slight or potential error that could release private information into the world. In an effort to ward off future detractors, Google has published a [detailed privacy policy surrounding its Google  read more »

How Facebook could rule the world

If the IPO fairy suddenly appeared at the foot of my bed and promised to grant me control of any company in technology, I think I would pick Facebook.  read more »

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