What do you do when you first fire up your browser? Most probably, you log into various sites that require a username and password – Facebook, Gmail, Twitter and the like.

A few weeks ago, tensions between Adobe and Apple rose to all-time highs after Apple prominently left Flash off of the iPad . A lashing by Steve Jobs, calling Adobe lazy and Flash buggy didn’t help matters at all. The problem: Apple believes that Flash shouldn’t be part of the web’s future

A new policy released today by the Pentagon has reversed multiple bans on social media websites and tools, effective immediately. This policy includes YouTube, Facebook, MySpace, Twitter, Google Apps, and other social tools.

It’s been yet another exciting matchup here in our Web Faceoff series , with the newcomer Google Buzz going head to head with Facebook and Twitter for the heady title of Mashable readers’ favorite social network.

The Facebook -platform game FarmVille has 80 million players .

Want the power and add-ons of the Firefox browser in the palm of your hands? That dream is quickly becoming a reality, starting with the Maemo OS and owners of the Nokia N900

Interior designer and FOO (that’s “friend of Oprah”) Nate Berkus has recently jumped on the social media bandwagon. Best known as Oprah’s go-to interior designer (and a host on Oprah’s radio network), Berkus also has a line of products with HSN

Apple has just released its first-quarter results ahead of its 5 p.m.