Clint Boulton

Microsoft has scored a coup versus rivals Apple and Symbian in the mobile space, getting Sony Ericsson to make smart phones that run the software giant’s Windows Mobile operating system. The two companies will unveil the first gadget in what will be a Windows-Mobile-based smart phone line Feb. 11 at the Mobile World Congress show […]

Google’s new Apps Team Edition is an interesting software package for Google, but I’d be lying if I said it’s what I expected so soon in this young 2008. When I asked Apps customers last year what was on their wish list, team collaboration wasn’t one of the things, but I guess I polled the […]

ARM, whose chips power more than 90 percent of all mobile devices worldwide, plans to demonstrate a prototype mobile phone running Android’s mobile operating system stack next week at the Mobile World Congress show in Barcelona. A Google spokesperson told eWEEK Feb. 7 that ARM will be demonstrating Android on an early prototype device to […]

If Microsoft succeeds in its $44.6 billion bid to buy Yahoo, the Internet world will turn its weary eyes to Google to see the No. 1 search vendor’s response. AOL might be Google’s best play at this stretch if it wants to pick up the gauntlet thrown by its Redmond, Wash., software rival. Google already […]

Since Microsoft made its $44.6 billion bid for Yahoo Feb. 1, reaction in the industry has been mixed. Analysts saw Microsoft’s move as necessary to become a challenger to Google in the Internet market. Google predictably opposed the deal, making the argument that the Redmond, Wash, software giant was trying to duplicate online its monopoly […]

Sharing documents and files with coworkers through Google Apps may be a fine alternative to collaboration software from Microsoft and IBM. But IT departments have still had to configure the apps so groups of users can share them more easily. Google is changing that to enable easier team collaboration in the cloud by releasing Google […]

Looking to leverage its base of millions of professionals, LinkedIn this year will launch a primary research service to help financial services employees tap experts for advice on the social site’s network of 18 million-plus users. Mike Gamson, general manager of the LinkedIn Research Network, said the service will help hedge fund managers and investment […]

At last, several months after announcing its intent to open up its developer platform to let developers write applications for MySpace, today the social network has done just that. Because it comes nearly a year after Facebook started the social network development craze, it’s important to look at how the MySpace Developer Platform Site, as […]

It used to be that you’d stand in a line to vote for your favorite presidential candidate, passing the time by chatting with complete strangers. Now you can text strangers about your experiences, thanks to a new hook up between Google and Twitter. Google and Twitter, two of the companies trying to blaze trails with […]

To challenge Google in the paid search and online advertising businesses, Microsoft will have to focus on a few key areas regardless of whether it succeeds in acquiring Yahoo this year for $44.6 billion, CEO Steve Ballmer told financial analysts Feb. 4. Microsoft will have to expand its research and development efforts, create operational efficiency […]

Software programmers can now start building applications on the MySpace Developer Platform Site, which the largest social network launched Feb. 5 to capitalize on the success bred by Facebook’s wildly popular developer platform. The MySpace platform is different from Facebook’s platform in a key way. Programmers will access MySpace’s platform through an open-source API (application […]

Google is coming up with new ways to bundle its Postini security software-as-a-service assets, as the company began offering on Feb. 5 e-mail filtering, encryption and archiving software in three levels of protection for enterprises. Google, which has applied the Postini assets to Gmail since it bought the company for $625 million to better compete […]