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With more TV audiences viewing shows online, it makes sense creators are bypassing the traditional distribution medium and developing content expressly for the Web. Yet some might be surprised to find that film icon and veteran A-lister Tom Hanks is jumping on the bandwagon.

Donald J. Sobol, author of the Encyclopedia Brown series that captured the imaginations of children across the world, died Monday, the Publishers Weekly Twitter account announced. He was 87.

Apple earlier announced that it would launch the OS X Mountain Lion 10.8 in July, and now latest reports have surfaced, suggesting that the company could choose July 25 for the release.

NBC News announced Sunday night that it had officially severed its online relationship with the Microsoft Corp. (Nasdaq: MSFT) with respect to their joint news site MSNBC.com. NBC has acquired the MSNBC domain, paying Microsoft about $300 million for its stake in the site.

This July 16, you will be treated to a new version of Microsoft's productivity suite, Microsoft Office 15. The suite which is being unveiled in San Francisco has been available to select group of users since January.

Facebook has begun monitoring chat room messages to alert cops against suspicious behavior.

The Anger Management actor bid adieu to his almost 8 million followers on the social-networking site Friday.

Last FM, LinkedIn and now Yahoo. Crafty hackers had the last laugh on Thursday after releasing 450,000 hacked passwords of Yahoo users online. Here's 15 ways to protect your account if your Yahoo was hacked.

A Russian programmer has released a hack that compromises iOS security and allows users to access paid in-app content for free.

Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT), the world's biggest software company, is in seeking to divest its remaining investment in MSNBC.com, the No. 4 U.S. news website.

It looks like Christmas does come in July for some video gamers. The Steam Summer Sale for 2012 has just kicked off, and the online gaming site has dramatically slashed the prices of some of its biggest franchises to date. From now through July 22, Steam will be offering different deals each day, including “Customer Choice” sales where fans vote for titles they want to be discounted.

Yahoo (Nasdaq: YHOO), the No. 3 search engine, acknowledged a security breach of a Singapore-based server from which a hacker group may have extracted log-ins for as many as 450,000 user accounts.

Facebook (Nasdaq: FB), the No. 1 social networking site, and NBC will announce deal to collaborate on Olympics coverage, starting July 27, the New York Times reported.

Ever since Twitter and LinkedIn parted ways June 29, the social mediascape has been witnessing several changes that seemed to have caught users unawares.

The 2012 Home Run Derby was a big hit on social media platforms on Monday night.

Even as Apple's Siri was touted as the most able competitor to Google Search, the search giant launched Google Now at the recently-held I/O Conference which seems to have taken over its competitor very quietly but firmly.

Facebook, which is expected to claim one-seventh of humanity in its grasp next month, is trying to give LinkedIn a run for its money with a proposed entry into the job-recruiting market.

LinkedIn (NYSE: LNKD), the leading professional social networking site, lost as much as 6 percent of its value Monday on a report that Facebook (Nasdaq: FB), the No. 1 social networking site will start direct competition.

As investors await second-quarter earnings from leading technology companies, several warning signs indicate that save for special cases, it won?t be a blow-out.

If you are reading this online, then the computer you're using is not infected with the DNS Changer Malware. However, those who haven't bothered to remove the malicious software lost internet access at 12:01 a.m. Monday.

Watch live coverage and read a full preview of the Formula Once British Grand Prix from Silverstone.