Internet

After a series of board meetings on whether to cancel or not due to security issues, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) meeting kicked off in Nairobi.  read more »

Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer speaks at University of Washington about cloud computing, the company's strategy and why it's not just for techies.  read more »

Still not sure what the heck Twitter is or why you'd want to use it? I understand completely: Friends and family members are constantly asking me, "What the heck is Twitter, and why would I want to use it?"  read more »

Google, which rose to prominence on the basis of its highly popular search service, has been moving away from its core business at an increasingly swift rate.  read more »

MySpace CEO Owen Van Natta is leaving the company after just 10 months on the job, as MySpace continues to struggle in the social networking market now dominated by Facebook.  read more »

One day after its launch, privacy concerns have been raised about Google's new Gmail-based social-networking tool, Buzz.  read more »

I wake up each morning with the same mix of hope and dread. I hope Google will buy me for a princely sum and allow me to retire to some sandy beach where they serve mojitos 24/7. And I fear Google will simply invent a better version of me, forcing me to get a job as a greeter at Wal-Mart.  read more »

The remote lakeside town of Kendu Bay in the Karachuonyo district of Kenya is expected to get a lift after winners of an Internet Society (ISOC) award decided to set up an academy that will extend Internet technical skills in the country.  read more »

It has been a long three and a half weeks since Google made the dramatic announcement that it will no longer censor its search results in China, even if that means exiting that huge Internet market.  read more »

Facebook this week celebrated its sixth birthday, welcomed its 400 millionth user and redesigned its home page.  read more »