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Things haven't exactly gone swimmingly for Yahoo, with the recent unceremonious departure of CEO Scott Thompson just the latest string of nasty news. But the beleaguered Internet company hopes consumers will focus on new product offerings rather than the machinations in and around the executive suite. On Wednesday night Yahoo unveiled Yahoo! Axis, a slick new mobile browser and desktop browser plug-in that lets you view visual search thumbnails of webpages, without leaving the page you're on.

Five cable companies have announced a joint effort to provide wireless Internet hotspots across the US. Bright House Networks, Cablevision, Comcast, Cox Communications and Time Warner Cable have agreed to let their high-speed Internet subscribers access each other's Wi-Fi networks. The effort, dubbed "CableWiFi," is similar to a deal signed between Cablevision, Comcast and Time Warner in early 2010, which allowed cross-provider hotspot access throughout various northeastern US markets.

Pakistan has restored access to Twitter after blocking the popular social networking site over the posting of content it deemed an affront to Muslims, Pakistan's telecom authority said Monday.

Don’t let the hoodie and sneakers fool you. Mark Zuckerberg is no wet-behind-the-ears CEO. Facebook’s chief executive turns 28 today, setting in motion the social network’s biggest week ever. The company is expected to start selling stock to the public for the first time and begin trading on the Nasdaq Stock Market on Friday. The IPO could value Facebook at nearly $100 billion, making it worth more than such iconic companies as Disney, Ford and Kraft Foods.