Redmond, Wash., — At its analyst meeting, the software behemoth Microsoft Corp. on Thursday said that it plans to make a small acquisition, scooping up Aliso Viejo, Calif.-based DATAllegro Inc., a provider of breakthrough data warehouse appliances. Microsoft’s plans to purchase DATAllegro could spur off similar purchases by rivals such as Oracle and Hewlett-Packard as […]

“Software giant seeks to leverage the social-media site to boost its share of the search market.” New York — Microsoft Corp., having unpleasantly abandoned all hopes of tying up a deal with Yahoo! to bolster its lagging Internet business, is earnestly wriggling up management of its online division and strengthening its tie with Facebook to […]

Redmond, Wash., — Microsoft Corp. on Wednesday said Kevin Johnson; the chief of its snowed-under Windows Vista and online products and an instrumental figure in the company’s botched $47.5 billion bid to buy Yahoo Inc., is leaving Redmond, to become chief executive officer at Juniper Networks, Microsoft confirmed Wednesday. No immediate successor has been named […]

“In a twist to encyclopedia Wikipedia, which allows anonymity, Knol will identify expert content providers who will own their pages.” San Francisco — Google Inc. on Wednesday, just seven months after it announced plans to launch its own Wikipedia-type project, is taking the wraps off its publishing-and-reference service called Knol, allowing people to write about […]

Reston, VA, — comScore, Inc., the leader in tracking the digital world, today released its study of Internet traffic in India for the month of May, revealing the current rankings of top web properties that attracted more than 28 million people in India age 15 and older accessed the Internet from home and work locations […]

Start Hoofing With New Google Maps Feature: Walking Directions “Searching for an innovative way to save fuel? Check out walking, brought to you by Google Maps.” Google Maps today expanded its walking directions feature to the public, which it tested earlier this month through a limited number of users and is now rolled out to […]

San Francisco — Struggling Web pioneer battered by a souring economy taking its toll on the online advertising business and Microsoft Corp.’s failed courtship; Yahoo Inc. on Tuesday reported that its net income of $131 million, or 9 cents a share, dropped by nearly 19 percent in the second quarter from a year ago as […]

This week is off to a pretty perfect start for Google. Aside from the odds of Microsoft and Yahoo ganging up on it now seeming miniscule, the search engine giant Google has recently been announced as Britain’s top “Superbrand” from a list of 500 brands, after it has overtaken Microsoft for the premier spot, according to […]