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You'd think that an outage at Rackspace crippled the Internet and left us peering outside our cubicles left to actually talk to real people or something.

Google is in the advanced stages of a bid to acquire Yelp for more than half a billion dollars, according toA a report in TechCrunch .

Popular microblogging site Twitter was briefly shut down overnight, its home page replaced with an image claiming the site had been hacked by the "Iranian Cyber Army." The website's official blog acknowledged the disruption but gave no details as to how the site had been disrupted and who was responsible.

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. -- Google is in advanced negotiations to acquire Yelp for more than $500 million, TechCrunch reports, citing confirmation from multiple sources.

The JooJoo is the touchscreen tablet computer formerly known as the CrunchPad. It was conceived by TechCrunch editor Mike Arrington and built by startup Fusion Garage as a new category of device meant for what he called couch computing.

Back in November when Google spilled the beans on Google Chrome OS , their upcoming platform for netbooks, they confirmed that they'd produced a reference design list of suggested hardware for manufacturers to go by.

Google wants a bigger piece of the Russian search market. Beginning in January, the company will become the default search engine on top Russian portal Mail.ru, according to a statement Mail.Ru put out today .

As reported by TechCrunch , sometime during the week, Facebook will roll out a new feature, allowing users to publish their status updates directly to Twitter.

The second annual TechCrunch Europe ChristmasCrunch combines our annual TechCrunch Europe meetup and Festive Christmas party, in one handy gift-wrapped package.

Open-access internet rules take hits CBC MTS Allstream has lost its appeal for regulated access to parts of Bell's and Telus's internet networks.MTS Allstream has lost its appeal for regulated access to parts of Bell's and Telus's internet networks.

Content summary: Shel's on the road; experimenting with VodBurner; FIR Live next month; FIR's 5th anniversary on Jan 3, 2010; Michael Netzley reports from Singapore with a cultural backgrounder to the TechCrunch/Fusion Garage falling-out over the CrunchPad; the Media Monitoring Minute with CustomScoop; News That Fits: The Yes Men impersonate ...

About 18 months ago, a technology blogger got fed up with the industry and forged an alliance with a startup to make his dream computer.

Google Inc. is letting employees around the world test what is expected to be its first branded phone ahead of a planned release next year.

Using an application from GroupCard , members of the iTunes Fan Page on Facebook can create customized iTunes gift cards from six different templates, TechCrunch reported.

It's tough when you want to be the arbiter of technology. You get attacked hither, thither, and yon and everyone one of your mistakes will be paraded out for all to see.

As expected, Michael Arrington and TechCrunch have filed a federal lawsuit against Fusion Garage, over the hotly contested CrunchPad / JooJoo web-tablet project.

Earlier this week, Google launched browser extensions for Chrome for Windows and Linux users, but not for the newly released Mac version of Chrome .

TechCrunch's Mike Arrington this afternoon interviewed Marrissa Mayer , Google's VP of Search Product and User Experience, at the Le Web conference here in Paris, France.

Twitter on Wednesday confirmed its place as a development platform, said it has 50,000 apps and announced plans to open up its fire hose of real-time updates to everyone.

A whole bunch of Big Name companies on stage, all claiming to be platforms. Mr Techcrunch in the chair... Mike Arrington kicked off by pushing Mike Jones from MySpace hard on the relative failure of MySpace's identity standard, and asked if oAuth and Facebook Connect were the winners.