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Sometime this month, the 5 billionth device will plug into the Internet. And in 10 years, that number will grow by more than a factor of four, according to IMS Research. A big driver will be machine-to-machine communications in various kinds of smart grids for energy management, surveillance and public safety

The streaming content wars are heating up, and thus far it seems to come down to one of two worthy contenders: Venerable DVD-by-mail provider Netflix in one corner, slugging it out with ad-supported, studio-funded rival Hulu Plus, who earlier this month brought their popular service to iOS devices (and more) at long last.

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A central Florida mom who thought it would be funny to post a picture of her baby with a bong on her Facebook page has been arrested.

Four prominent net neutrality supporters in Congress rail against the Google/Verizon "neutrality" proposal, saying that "no private interest should be permitted to carve up the Internet to suit its own purposes." Still, Congress has no plans to do anything about it.

What retailers see as sophisticated marketing, privacy advocates see as intrusive. Shopkick knows where you are, what you buy, your spending habits, passions, excesses.

Facebook Inc.'s biggest advertisers have boosted spending by at least tenfold in the past year as the social network crossed the half-billion user mark, becoming more alluring to marketers that want to reach a broad online audience.

And you thought a dual-core 1.2GHz chip was quick. If all goes to plan (that's a big "if," by the way), Qualcomm will one-up its Computex standout before the end of this year

Hulu IPO Could Come This Fall

OAKLAND, CA—The headquarters of personalized online music provider Pandora remained in a state of chaos Thursday as frantic workers struggled to find a song that 32-year-old Boston subscriber Dave Lipton would enjoy.

Lycos was acquired by Terra Networks, the internet arm of Spanish telecom giant Telefónica, for $5.4 billion in May 2000.

This past week, formerly unknown actress Elyse Porterfield fooled millions playing Jenny, the fired Dry Erase girl, in a clever hoax. Right now, I guarantee other pranksters are dreaming up new schemes to fool you again.

Radio stations are willing to fork over $100 million a year to music labels, but in return they want Congress to make FM receivers mandatory in portable devices. The labels think having an FM radio in every Droid and iPhone is a great idea, and both sides hope to go to Congress soon.

Existing WiMAX often tops at just 3-6Mbps according to estimates from Clear and Sprint, but the new 802.16m version should provide average speeds over 100Mbps.

More ocean-spanning cable lines will be needed to string together the Internet. In five to seven years, for example, the transatlantic fiber optic cables linking the United States to Europe will run out of capacity.

With parent company eBay’s continued focus on mobile, PayPal has been adding a number of compelling innovations and features to its iPhone and Android apps. Most recently, the company added Bump technology to both of its free apps, which allows you to transfer money and initiate transactions by simply by tapping smartphones together.

This week in Johannesburg I had the pleasure of keynoting Tech4Africa, the first major social web conference in South Africa, alongside crowdsourcing guru Clay Shirky.Sub-Saharan Africa is the global economy's last frontier. The majority of people in Africa live on less than $2 a day, adjusted for purchasing power.

Google is now in the final stages of acquiring Like.com, we’ve heard from multiple sources, for something north of $100 million.

MySpace has launched a free iPad app, called Music Romeo, which serves up music videos depending upon a user’s mood.

The company behind the magicJack, the Internet phone gadget heavily advertised on television, has another trick up its sleeve: free phone calls from computers, smart phones and iPads.