Google's attempt to grab moral high ground in the social networking development is a step in the right direction, according to industry analysts.
- By Barbara Darrow
- 11/02/2007
In its quest to be "hip" and "cutting edge," Redmond may be forgetting the essentials.
- By Mary Jo Foley
- 11/01/2007
A coalition of privacy groups Wednesday called for creation of a "Do Not Track List," that would prohibit advertisers from tracking online movements of consumers.
- By The Associated Press
- 11/01/2007
A panel on Internet names voted Wednesday to defer long-simmering questions on whether names, phone numbers and other private information on domain name owners should remain public in open, searchable databases called Whois.
- By The Associated Press
- 11/01/2007
Google Inc.'s stock price barreled through $700 for the first time Wednesday, propelled by a belief that the Internet search leader will become even more profitable as it plants its products and services in new markets.
- By The Associated Press
- 11/01/2007
Google Inc. is setting up a distribution network for social networking applications, adding a new twist in the Internet search leader's brewing rivalry with rapidly maturing startup Facebook Inc.
- By The Associated Press
- 10/31/2007
The United States is starting to look like a slowpoke on the Internet. Examples abound of countries that have faster and cheaper broadband connections, and more of their population connected to them.
- By The Associated Press
- 10/31/2007
A bill to extend a moratorium on Internet access taxes for seven years was approved 402-0 by the House Tuesday, less than two days before it was set to expire.
- By The Associated Press
- 10/30/2007
Tech industry lawyer Mark Bohannon frequently taps a group of searchable databases called Whois to figure out who may be behind a Web site that distributes pirated software or tricks visitors into revealing passwords.
- By The Associated Press
- 10/29/2007
It's hard to determine what's more surprising about Microsoft Corp.'s investment in Facebook Inc. -- the appraisal that valued a 3 1/2-year-old Internet hangout at $15 billion or the rare snub of online search leader Google Inc.
- By The Associated Press
- 10/25/2007
Cisco Systems Inc. is snapping up privately held Navini Networks Inc. for $330 million, extending the networking equipment maker's acquisition streak and providing the latest validation for the new wireless network technology called WiMax.
- By The Associated Press
- 10/23/2007
Microsoft has signed its first patent protection deal with a Linux vendor based in Asia.
Microsoft added a new server to its lineup today, this one aimed at the growing mobile technology market.
The European Commission said Monday it would take until Nov. 13 to examine Google Inc.'s $3.1 billion bid for online ad tracker DoubleClick to review its proposals meant to eliminate antitrust concerns.
- By The Associated Press
- 10/22/2007
Microsoft Corp. CEO Steve Ballmer compared the company's search technology to a precocious toddler -- one who would eventually grow up to rival nemesis Google Inc.
- By The Associated Press
- 10/19/2007
Google Inc.'s YouTube said Thursday it has launched a version of the video-sharing site in Taiwan in its latest push to expand in foreign markets.
- By The Associated Press
- 10/18/2007
EBay Inc.'s Skype division has let down eBay executives, but they're confident they can reorganize the troubled Internet phone unit and make it more useful to people outside of the online marketplace.
- By The Associated Press
- 10/18/2007
The points of change cited by the research firm include Web 2.0-style apps, SaaS, global-class computing, "consumerization" of IT and open source.
Google and IBM are providing resources to universities focusing on Internet-scale application studies.
Microsoft Corp. has added a digital party-invitation service to its suite of Windows Live Web services.
- By The Associated Press
- 10/12/2007