Popular photo sharing social network Flickr has been launched back in February 2004 by a Vancouver-based company Ludicorp . It took one year for Yahoo to acquire Flickr, and among the company’s many acquisitions, Flickr definitely stands as one of the most successful. Being 6 years old (nearly the same age as Facebook ) makes Flickr almost an old guy on the Internet, as many other social networks ( Bebo, hi5 ) have risen and fallen within that timespan

There’s no doubt about it, Apple’s newly unveiled iPad is the ebook reader that will change the game, especially since it is directly attacking Amazon’s Kindle. And Steve Jobs wasn’t being coy about it, saying this morning: “Amazon’s done a great job of pioneering this functionality with the Kindle

We’re big fans of Boxee , the media center with a social twist. At CES 2010, Mashable editor Barb Dybwad got a hands-on look at the upcoming Boxee Box which will be just one of many IPTV devices to hit stores this year.

Rather than studying the cold, hard spec lists, we think the best way to chose a new camera is to consider how you’ll use it.

The world of professional photography has come a long way since the days of the darkroom and Ektachrome film. Although there are traditionalists who still swear by film photography, advances in technology have brought photography to a whole new level, both in process and product. In addition to innovation in photography equipment, there are many valuable resources online that are becoming essential tools for professional photographers.

While Facebook is the go-to place for many individuals’ photo-sharing and photo-hosting needs, its competitors are hardly giving up without a fight. In a move designed to take a chunk out of the burgeoning mobile photo industry, Photobucket is merging its operations with Ontela, a leading provider of photo software for mobile phones. This combined company will be known as Photobucket Corporation

Antivirus company Sophos warns that a new trojan is on the loose, packed in an email that promises photos of sexy girls (don’t they all). The malicious campaign is widely spread out, mainly through emails with the subject line “Do you like to find a girlfriend like me?” with an attachment called “my photos.rar”. Of course, the attachment actually contains a trojan horse called Troj/Agent-LVF which tries to steal login info for popular MMORPG World of Warcraft

As social media becomes more pervasive, it’s becoming a frequently common practice for movie studios to use sites like Facebook and Twitter to connect with plans. Tim Burton’s 3D epic “Alice in Wonderland” doesn’t hit theaters until March 2010, but Walt Disney Pictures is already utilizing social media to spread the word about it. Disney started a Facebook campaign for the film in July and this week has used the service to show off two new posters from the film (a third is on the way).