Stories submitted to Digg.com are getting their own short URLs and a toolbar that comes along with the story, without the user having to have software installed. Josh Lowensohn joined CNET in 2006 and ...

Software-free toolbars are popping up all over the place, but are they useful? We take a look at seven different services that make use of them. Josh Lowensohn joined CNET in 2006 and now covers Apple ...

Microsoft has reclassified the Ask Toolbar as unwanted software, which means its security tools will automatically detect and remove all versions, except for the most recent, from Windows computers.

The Ask Toolbar is like a barnacle. It doesn’t necessarily hurt anything, but it’s also not the most pleasant thing to look at or deal with either. The toolbar, which is frequently bundled with ...