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Google (GOOG) is developing an online subscription and micropayment system that will enable online content providers to more easily charge for their content.

We're skeptical that consumers will want to pay on a per-page basis for online content, but we're big believers in the subscription model. ...

Today, Apple will likely unveil new iPods at an event in San Francisco.

The latest rumored features: Digital cameras, which could make the iPod touch one of the most interesting point-and-shoot cameras in the world.

Yes, the iPod has come a long way since its launch in October, 2001. That's when...

Google and Apple are on a collision course.

While the companies are not each others' biggest rivals, they are increasingly competing with each other.

This follows years of enjoying one of the coziest relationships in Silicon Valley -- one that will now get more complicated as the companies compete...

We’re hearing of numerous reports that older versions of WordPress are exposed to security threats. WordPress is one of the largest blogging engines with over 5,317,360 – and counting – downloads for their latest version, 2.8. Many large blogs, including TechCrunch, rely on WordPress to get the news...

Apple will likely unveil new iPods at an event in San Francisco tomorrow. But they may not be ready to ship right away.

AppleInsider reports that Apple has hit a snag with its new, camera-enabled iPods. The site doesn't know if the iPods will be scrapped from the show entirely, or if they'll simply...

When I was researching my new book, Twitterville, I discovered six ways companies were using Twitter. Perhaps some of them can be adapted to your company and its needs.

* An always-on newsletter. IBM is the world’s largest technology company. It is also the world’s tweetingest, with over 1,000...

After closing the social network platform SpotM, Yahoo has launched Meme, in English, to take on microblogging site Twitter. The company had launched this service in Spanish and Portuguese languages earlier this month.

Meme is currently in an invite-only mode, similar to few microblogging services...

Digg announced a seemingly small, but rather interesting change on its blog today: It has added a “rel=nofollow” tag to every link on the site that it doesn’t trust. What this means is that all the spammers who submit their stories to Digg, are now basically out of luck.

Sure, all spammer who submit...

Google (GOOG) is very close to bringing movie rentals to YouTube, reports the WSJ.

The new service would compete with products from Apple (AAPL), Amazon (AMZN), and Netflix (NFLX).

Google is so close to launching the new service that it scheduled a 10,000 employee, three month test of the product...