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Quick, To The Google Phone

Google seems far behind chief rival Microsoft Corp. when it comes to getting its features off the PC and onto other personal electronic devices.Microsoft...

MSN Search Revs Up New Engine

Microsoft said it will soon offer a better, faster, more curious search engine.A beta version of the search engine debuts at Live.com in a...

Developers Enlist To Fight The Google Wars

Google's software developers tools are ranked as "popular" at Downloads.com, which began offering them on Feb. 23. Then again, at the same site Google's...

Ray Ozzie’s Big Idea? A Clip Board

Microsoft Chief Technology Officer Ray Ozzie's big idea is a clip board.His idea is rooted in really simple syndication (RSS) as a means of...

European Publishers Throw Punches

It's a tough time to be an online book publisher in Europe.On March 6, major European book publishers took a swipe at Amazon Inc....

Google’s In The GDrive Seat

New evidence emerges of Google building a virtual hard drive where consumers and enterprises can store an unlimited amount of Google mail, instant messages,...

Microsft, Google Feeding RSS Showdown

Google watchers may want to tune into an address on March 7 by Microsoft's Chief Technical Officer Ray Ozzie at the O'Reilly Emerging Technology...

Will The New ATT Be Neutral?

From Google's perspective, the newly-proposed telecom duo of AT&T and Bellsouth can't be good combination."Uh oh." That means there's an even louder, more influential...

eBay Finds The Google Way

A couple of new apps-in-the-making combine the features of Google and auctioneer eBay, making for an interesting mix of two Internet honchos.With this software...

Minor Gmail Flaw Fixed

Google said it recently addressed a "minor security flaw" in its Gmail e-mail features, but wouldn't comment further. Google was responding to an inquiry...