Google overtakes Yahoo as most-visited U.S. Web site
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Yahoo tells Icahn that its own board knows best

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Can Icahn take on the Yahoo board and win?

Netflix tops customer satisfaction survey

Oregon man admits selling pirated software on eBay

Update: Icahn takes on Yahoo board

Craigslist countersues eBay, escalating legal fight

Survey: 20% in U.S. have never sent an e-mail

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6 factors that will decide the fate of Silverlight
Industry analysts and a professional developer examine the state of Microsoft's 'Flash killer' multimedia development technology as it enters its second year and discuss what it will take for it to succeed.

Opinion: What's a blogger, anyway?
The media should stop stereotyping bloggers. Every kind of person blogs. Some of them reflect insightfully on media reports, and some don't. And some die of heart attacks.

Opinion: A new kind of Web — don't miss these 11 sites
Check out these examples of how the Web is evolving to present information in new ways to help you get organized, boost productivity or just have some fun.

Q&A: A Google 'stalker' deconstructs the secrets to its success
Babson College's Bala Iyer deconstructs Google, examines key attributes that have led to its success and draws lessons for other companies.

Pwn 2 Pawn: Why the Vista hacker turned to eBay
It wasn't the money that led "Pwn 2 Own" Vista hacker Shane Macaulay to post his new laptop to eBay, and it wasn't bad spelling that got the listing canceled.

A newbie's guide to Facebook
We examine the fast-growing social networking site and detail its offerings from a business and personal perspective.

The Web's best free stuff
Check out these great finds for productivity, security, photo and video, maps and directions, and much more.

Buried deep in Google
Google is known for its jokes, tricks, "Easter eggs" and other fun oddities that are embedded into its site and software -- like hidden teddy bears, a Google Romance beta service and appearances of the Loch Ness monster.

Opinion: Super useful Web services
Find home values, reverse phone numbers, animated population growth maps, specialized research sites and more.

Six steps to a faster broadband connection
How to test your speed, troubleshoot any problems and tweak your system for optimum performance.

Specialists have retrieved about 99% of the data on a disk drive on board the crashed space shuttle Columbia. Don't miss the photographs of the recovered drive. These big ideas were supposed to revolutionize technology, but they never actually appeared. In a few cases, you'll be glad they didn't. Nearly 20 years after the first Internet worm, Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols takes stock of the malware/anti-malware landscape and spotlights how the two sides are approaching the battle. Though some thought it was released too soon, Mac OS X 10.5 has matured into a solid operating system, says reviewer Michael DeAgonia.

Reviews, analyses, how-tos, visual tours, hot issues and predictions about Microsoft's new OS.

More Continuing Coverage After 9/11: Homeland SecurityAsk a Premier 100 IT LeaderBlackBerry Legal BattleData Security BreachesElectronic VotingFirefoxH-1B VisasHP's Boardroom ScandalHandheld DevicesHurricane Katrina AftermathMicrosoft Legal IssuesMicrosoft's VistaOpen SourceRFID TechnologySCO's Linux FightSarbanes-Oxley ActSpamVoice Over IPWi-FiWindows Meta File VulnerabilityWindows XP Service Pack 2

Four years from now, the IT field will be a vastly different place. Will you be ready?

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