More People Filing Taxes Online

With tax season approaching, an increasing number of people are planning to file their federal taxes online, according to The Conference Board.Forty percent plan to file online, up from 34 percent three years ago. More than two-thirds of taxpayers said they have filed online for three years or more, up from 55 percent in 2005.

AdWords Evangelist Available At SMX

Well, tomorrow's the first day of SMX, and if you're there, you've no doubt created a long list of people you want to meet and sessions you want to attend.  If you've got room for one more, Google's offering its own Fred Vallaeys, Product Evangelist for AdWords.

Network Solutions Sued For Registration Practices

Whether ICANN officially acknowledges the existence of domain front-running, the international organization is named in a class-action lawsuit against Network Solutions. The litigants architecting the suit claim ICANN's return policy allowed Network Solutions to register searched-for domains and then raise the price.

Phony Facebook Profile Lands Man In Jail

A Moroccan computer engineer has been sentenced to prison for three years for creating a phony Facebook profile that impersonated a member of the country's royal family.The sentence was handed down on Friday by a court in Casablanca, which found the 26 year old, Fouad Mourtada guilty of  "usurping the identity of of HRH Prince Moulay Rachid." The court also fined Mourtada $1,300.

Museum Of Modern Art Waves In Google Moon, Mars

Homes, offices, the nightly news, television sitcoms - we've gotten used to seeing Google in all these places, and expect it to expand into even more.  A new development caught us a bit off guard, however, as certain Google products are being shown in New York's Museum of Modern Art.