Seattle — In a bid to boost its Web search traffic, having lately announced a cash rebate scheme to encourage Internet searchers to choose Windows Live Search over the competition, Microsoft on Monday signed a deal that will make its Live Search the default on Hewlett-Packard personal computers shipped in the U.S. and Canada, starting […]

Brazil And India Appeal Microsoft’s OOXML Standard Microsoft’s Open Office XML (OOXML) standard has been challenged by India, Brazil and South Africa, the International Electrotechnical Commission says. Members of a Brazilian technical committee said the process that led to OOXML’s ratification was flawed, in part because not all participants were given enough time to make […]

Ottawa — A group of law students at the University of Ottawa have lodged an official protest against the widely popular social networking site Facebook Inc., accusing it of violating Canada’s privacy laws, Radio-Canada reported Saturday. Canada’s privacy commissioner has launched an investigation into social networking site Facebook Inc., charging it with breaking the law […]

“You are at liberty to look at almost anything on Google. But do not try to steal a look of the homes in the private community of North Oaks. North Oaks wants privacy.” North Oaks, Minn., — Google Maps Street View, Google’s popular panoramic street-viewing feature, received several complaints from a small town in Minnesota, […]

Google Paid Clicks Performance “Accelerate” In April New York – After an alarming first quarter U.S. search advertising slowdown, a bunch of analysts this morning are cheerful about a 20% increase in paid clicks for Google in April, according to data released by Web measurement firm comScore after market close yesterday. Web tracking firm comScore […]

Yahoo BrowserPlus Aims For Adobe Air, Google Gears As Web and desktop applications becomes more resourceful and compatible, Yahoo does not want to be left out of the Webtop party. A year ago Google launched its Gears project — And now Yahoo wants to make your browser better, too. In the midst of speculation about […]

AOL Hops On To OpenSocial Bandwagon “Balance shifts as one more internet titan signs on to the Google-waged set of social networking developer tools.” London – It seems that Time Warner-owned AOL has finally decided to become the latest online group to throw its support behind OpenSocial, the Google-led initiative that plans to make it […]

With just a little fine-tuning to the JavaScript code that embeds a Google Maps control in a Web page; your site can now have a fully operational Google Earth control. Google Inc. seeking to expand the reach of Google Earth just released a new browser plugin tools that can infuse maps and other Web apps […]

San Francisco — MySpace, the world’s widely admired social networking web site, today announced that it is adding a new feature that will enhance functionality of MySpace mail using Google Gears, giving users the ability to search and sort their mail in real-time. “The new feature, which uses Gears technology, was announced during a Google conference […]

New York — Prominent Internet data analysis firm comScore Inc., Wednesday announced the acquisition of M:Metrics, Inc., the renowned leader in mobile measurement business, for $44.3 million in cash plus common stock options. The purchase is partly in response to last year’s acquisition of M:Metrics competitor Telephia by Nielsen. The deal consists about 50,000 options […]