Google Launches Chrome Beta 10

On Thursday, Google released the beta version of Chrome 10. It brings synchronization improvements as well as speed advancements.

Chrome 10.0.648.82 is created for Linux, Windows as well as Mac OS X. According to Google, the browser is capable to

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Facebook adds civil unions option to profiles

NEW YORK – Facebook on Thursday added civil unions and domestic partnerships to the list of relationships that its users can pick from to best describe their romantic status.

The world's largest online social network also gives its users the option to list themselves as single, married, in an open relationship or "it's complicated," among others.

The option for civil unions or domestic partnerships is only available to Facebook users in the U.S., Canada,

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Why iPad costs less than new rivals

Presidents Day is famous for sales. Lay down your dead Presidents for linens or shirts. But app fans, don’t expect any deals on tabs, not now or in the future.

You might expect the invasion of the tablets to drive down prices, pressuring Apple (AAPL) to lower the price on its market-leading iPad. But Apple

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Apple to host event, iPad 2 in the wings

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Apple Inc is hosting a media event next week to show off the next-generation of the iPad, as it prepares to take on new rivals in the fast-growing tablet market.

Apple, which sent an invitation to reporters on Wednesday via email, will host the March 2 gathering at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in San Francisco, the same venue where Apple unveiled the original iPad in January



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British group sets up suicide alert on Facebook

LONDON (AFP) – Support group Samaritans launched a service on Facebook on Monday to help people who express suicidal thoughts online.

Facebook users who see a friend has posted status updates or wall posts that suggest they may be considering taking their own life will be able to report them confidentially to Samaritans via the website's help centre.

The charity, which



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Apple succession call nixed, board rule OK'd

CUPERTINO (Reuters) – Apple Inc shareholders rejected demands that the company disclose a succession plan for ailing chief Steve Jobs but approved a proposal giving them a bigger say in appointing directors.

At Apple's annual meeting on Wednesday, about 74 percent of votes cast favored a proposal by Calpers that unopposed candidates for the company's board receive a majority of votes to win election, according



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