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Yahoo in another shakeup as chairman and directors depart

The shakeup at Yahoo continues as the company's chairman and three directors stepped down Tuesday. The new board could be gearing up to sell the Internet company, or the new CEO may be looking for a board that will support him.
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Online shoppers push 2011 holiday spending up 14%

A lot of Americans took their holiday shopping online last year, which helped push e-commerce spending up 14% in the last quarter.

Facebook site, mobile app hit by slowdown

Facebook users today are complaining that the social network and its mobile app are running very slowly.

Groups: Congress should scrap SOPA, PIPA and start over

The U.S. Congress should scrap two controversial copyright enforcement bills and start over with attempts to target foreign websites accused of infringement and counterfeiting, more than 70 groups have said.

SAP community portal launch date still unclear due to bugs

Serious technical problems that have delayed the rollout of an upgrade to SAP's community portal are persisting, to the point where the company is no longer specifying a launch date.

Hundreds of DreamHost websites abused by spammers

Rogue PHP pages that redirect users to work-at-home scams have been added to hundreds of websites hosted at DreamHost following a security breach suffered by the company in January, researchers from cloud security vendor Zscaler said.

Google agrees to court order in India to remove content

Google has agreed before a court in Delhi to remove religious and other content considered objectionable, though some other Internet firms are likely to appeal the court's decision, plaintiff Mufti Ajiaz Arshad Qasmi said on Monday.

Who really was behind the SOPA protests?

Some critics have blamed Silicon Valley tech firms for the massive online protests last month against two controversial copyright bills. Other groups have trumpeted the grassroots nature of the protests.

Facebook IPO details strategy and its vision of itself

Facebook's IPO filing spells out where CEO Mark Zuckerberg wants to take the company: He sees it as having significant historical value to the economy, governments and -- he hopes -- to every person on the Web.

Could Facebook IPO help it dominate Google?

With the Facebook IPO now official, industry and financial analysts say that a huge influx of cash could allow it to topple Google from its dominant position in the online world.

The timeline's time has come

Facebook's Timeline feature will soon be imposed on all the social network's users. Columnist Mike Elgan expects to see an increased use of timeline-like interfaces in all kinds of applications because they work the way people think -- and people like them.

Social makes the Super Bowl more super

The Super Bowl has always been a social event. What's different now is that social media and the Internet have turned geography and proximity into nonfactors.

'Tis the season for 'ambient hangouts'

This holiday season, you can use Google's free and easy Hangout feature to hold virtual celebrations with family and friends.

How to bulletproof your website

'Tis the season for websites to crash and burn. Here are some strategies used successfully by retailers to make sure they don't go down. Ever.

Nook Tablet: Hands-on with Barnes & Noble's alternative to the Kindle Fire

The $250 Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet will provide solid competition for Amazon's Kindle Fire. This is Barnes & Noble's second-generation device, a follow-on to last year's Nook Color, which now drops to $200, the same price as the Kindle Fire.

Linglong He

Linglong He, CIO at Quicken Loans, leverages the company's stellar reputation in the industry to recruit the most talented IT professionals.

Elgan: Easy automation for Google+

Columnist Mike Elgan reveals new ways to automate Google+ and names the contest winners who came up with the most useful and fun Google+ automations using IFTTT (If This Then That).

Elgan: Fighting Facebook feature fatigue

Facebook launched a flood of new features this week and many users are unhappy with the changes, finding them complex, confusing and even a form of censorship. Columnist Mike Elgan suggests what to do.

Google reportedly working on Flipboard app rival

Google will soon launch a social news magazine for iPads and Android tablets called Propeller, according to reports. The app would compete with the popular Flipboard app on the iPad, which Google tried to buy but its offer was refused.

Google will use Zagat's (so you don't have to)

Google will likely incorproate the Zagat rating service to its 'autonomous search' capabilities to eventually match what you like with what's available to you in your location, says columnist Mike Elgan.