At least one consumer advocacy group has decided to refute the search engine giant's claims in a particularly high-profile way
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Google’s Brin Discusses Cloud’s Silver Lining
Despite the global economic recession, Brin is optimistic about Google's ability to innovate and exploit upcoming IT revolutions such as cloud computing
BA: Too Much Vendor “Bollocks” In Green IT
The chief information officer of BA defended the airline's green efforts - while sniping at "greenwash" from IT vendors
Deutsche Bank: Blades Key To Green Data Centres
The banking group believes that providing they are deployed in the right way, blade servers are most efficient way to turn energy into computing power
Enterprises Get Access To FBI Search Technology
Search technology developed for the FBI is now available for businesses to use
UK Government Backs Research ‘Hubs’ For Digital Life
Research centre investments can change the way we live, says science minister
Google Tools Tracking Swine Flu Outbreak
Google Flu Trends, a Web service provided by Google.org, has been updating itself with data and news stories about swine flu
Google To Show Off Developer Tools
The search giant will show off developer tools and ongoing work with Red Hat, JBoss and others at its upcoming developer conference
Struggling Yahoo To Cut 5 Percent Of Staff
Microsoft and Yahoo have been in discussions over a possible partnership in display and search advertising.
Google Revenues Hit by Downturn
Google continues to compete vigorously against Yahoo and Microsoft in the search arena while producing new products and investing in initiatives such as Google Ventures
Twitter Downplays Google Buyout Rumours
Twitter, Facebook and other social networking sites have been in a hot cycle of acquisitions and buyouts
Google Twitter Buyout Rumours Persist
Google may be in late-stage negotiations to acquire Twitter, according to published online reports. But if Google were to acquire Twitter, how would that benefit Google?
Downturn Forces Wales To Shut Down Wikia Search Project
Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales announced that Wikia Search, a community-based search engine, is officially shutting down.
iPhone Could Manage Electric Car Efficiency
Google co-founders are two of the investors pumping money into Tesla Motors which could be monitored via an iPhone or a laptop
GNU Founder Stallman Issues JavaScript Warning
Free software proponent Richard Stallman claims some browsers and browsing software can force "non-free software" on users without their knowledge
Apple Co-Founder Takes Dive Into Deep Web
DeepDyve, which describes itself as "a research engine for the Deep Web," was established in 2005 as Infovell
Cisco Says Flip Acquisition Won’t Be A Flop
The purchase of the video camera maker leaves some analysts wondering how it will play into Cisco's attempts to expand from its "pipefitter for the Internet" roots.
Microsoft Releases IE8
Security, ease of use, and improvements in RSS, Cascading Style Sheets and AJAX support are key priorities for Internet Explorer 8, according to Microsoft
FT Announces Business Search Engine
Newssift.com, could make it easier for enterprise and business users to hunt down specific business news
Google’s new interest-based advertising, a step too far?
Privacy advocates have a list of new concerns for Google, now that it has joined Yahoo and others with its newly launched interest-based advertising
Mobile World Congress: Summary of the Final Day
Video: The Mobile World Congress closed yesterday in Barcelona with the announcement of a new Flash card from Flash de SanDisk and Kaspersky's vote of confidence in mobile security.
MWC 2009: Preview of Windows Mobile 6.5
Video: The other day, Microsoft invited me over for an early look at Window Mobile 6.5, the next iteration of the company's operating system for phones. I didn't get to actually use the OS, although we have subsequently had more inform ...
Mobile World Congress: Summary of Day 2
Video: The agreement between Nokia and Qualcomm, the approach made by Nvidia to Android and the presentation of the new Vodafone device HTC Magic marked the second day of this event.
Mobile World Congress: Summary of Day 1
Video: The ecological mobile of Samsung, the presentation of Windows Mobile 6.5 and the new products presented by Nokia mark the inauguration of the MWC.
Google Search Engine Sends False Security Warnings
A human error caused Google users to received bogus security warning messages for many of the searches the performed for nearly an hour the morning of the 31st January. During that period users received erroneous warnings that their se ...
Who Is the Best Skype Suitor? Google, Microsoft or Yahoo?
It's impossible for eBay to report quarterly earnings without the usual deliberations about what the company could, would or should do with Skype. So it comes as no surprise that media hounded eBay CEO John Donahoe about the VOIP unit, ...
IE 8 and Windows 7 RC-Beta Mashups
Microsoft gives and gives more. On the 23rd January, the company extended the download availability of Windows 7 Beta 1. Yesterday, 26th January, Microsoft released Internet Explorer 8 Release Candidate 1. But the two shall never meet.
Microsoft Goes After Clickjacking in IE8
Microsoft has introduced a release client version of its latest browser, Internet Explorer 8 (IE8), and the new iteration of the application includes several security improvements, including a noteworthy attempt to address the emerging ...
Exalead Takes OEM Approach to Enterprise Search to Compete with Google, Microsoft
Exalead, a challenger to Microsoft Fast, Google, Vivisimo and other providers of enterprise search engines, creates a version of its CloudView platform as an OEM product. Customers will be able to take CloudView and meld it into their ...
Autonomy to Acquire Web Content Management Provider Interwoven for £571m
The two companies' areas of expertise appear to dovetail well. Autonomy's "meaning-based" legal search capabilities should work well with Interwoven's Web content management platform.