Clint Boulton

Googles share of the online search pie is bigger than previously thought, after metric research firm, comScore decided to add results from non-search engines to its monthly search measurements. The comScore qSearch 2.0 service will now let clients gather whether the search originates from a text box on a search engine portal, an auto-search typed […]

Jive Software, a startup with designs on competing against IBM and Microsoft in the burgeoning market for business collaboration software, is priming for a new growth spurt. The company, based in Portland, Ore., has 2,000 customers, including Apple, Nokia, Deloitte & Touche and Delta Airlines. Jive plans to announce on August 29 that it has […]

American Airlines last week sued Google, accusing the search giant of selling keywords using the airline’s name. The company sells keywords, such as “American Airlines” or “AA.com,” to advertisers. This practice is, of course, Google’s bread and butter. AA’s issue is with the sponsored links that pop up in association with AA’s trademarked terms. These […]

The blackout that left millions of Skype users without the ability to make Internet phone calls from their PCs for two days was, ironically, triggered by the services users. Skype offers a P2P (peer-to-peer) VOIP (voice over IP) software service, which allows users to make phone calls, instant messages and videos over their computers with […]

This much we know: Skypes two-day outage was triggered after its peer-to-peer network became disrupted following a massive restart of its users computers as they rebooted after receiving a routine set of patches through Windows Update. The blitzkrieg of restarts caused a flood of log-in requests, which led to a global bog down in service. […]

Google yesterday hosted an event on its campus to announce that a handful of universities will launch Google Apps Education Edition on their campuses. University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Clemson University, University of Texas at San Antonio, Kennesaw State University and Arkansas State University will now be using Google’s Web-based applications, including Gmail accounts […]

Skype,whose software lets users make long-distance phone calls using their computer and an Internet connection, said Aug. 17 that a software problem continues to stymie its free service for millions of users worldwide. Skype, a division of online auction site eBay, is one of a host of software providers of an increasingly popular technology known […]

HP shattered expectations for the third quarter, reporting today a profit hike of 29 percent to $1.78 billion, or 66 cents a share, thanks to strong sales of laptop computers. The No. 1 computer and PC maker easily bested its third quarter results from 2006, which were $1.38 billion on 48 cents a share. Q3 […]

Having absorbed feedback from the beta tests of more than 30,000 businesses over the last two years, IBM Aug. 16 formally launched Lotus Notes and Domino 8, the latest versions of the companys business e-mail and collaboration software. The software, which offers e-mail, calendaring, instant messaging and other tools for knowledge workers, is based on […]

Hoping to inspire some good faith after some poor financial earnings, Yahoo Aug. 15 revamped its Local search site supporting a host of new features with a new relevancy algorithm. With 30 million users, researcher ComScore said Yahoos Local search site is the No. 1 resource of its kind on the Web, competing strongly with […]

I love it when old stories resurface like so many TV spin-offs and movie sequels. Rumors that Google is creating a Web browser are again afoot thanks to some healthy speculation from Netconcepts Search Strategist Chris Silver Smith. Smith theorized that the search engine may be cooking up the ole Gbrowser after reading Ryan Naraine’s […]

AT&T doesnt usually come to mind with regard to storage innovation, but the company said it has come up with a way to let businesses tap into a storage-area network using optical technology. The telecommunications service provider has created storage software interfaces that let businesses efficiently tap into SONET (Synchronous Optical Network) rings, a type […]