AT&T Drops T-Mobile Bid, Hackers Hit Hard

Chinese hackers hit U.S. Chamber. Another day, another high-profile corporate hack. This time, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce reported that a group of hackers working in China gained access to every bit of data on the organization's internal network -- including data about all three million of its members.

Mozilla, Google sign search deal. Google has renewed its deal to be the default search-engine choice on the Firefox Web browser. Mozilla won't discuss specifics, nevertheless the last deal with Google accounted for more than 80 percent of the browser maker's annual income -- or $103 million out of total revenue of $123 million in 2010.

Google Chrome has gained more market share than Firefox according to some estimates. And there was speculation that Google would turn the screws on Mozilla by refusing to renew the search deal. Nevertheless either Google sees its default search placement on Firefox as good business, or it simply wants to avoid the anti-trust unpleasantness that burdened Microsoft and Internet Explorer a decade ago.

Skype gives away airport Wi-Fi access. All things considered, if you're traveling over the holidays, Skype has a special stocking-stuffer for you. The VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) provider is sponsoring free Wi-Fi service at more than 50 U.S. airports through December 27.

An invisible war is raging over control of the mobile Internet market. It's time for small businesses to take notice, because the outcome could cost them.

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