“The Redmond, Wash., based software giant has been clandestinely working on a new service, code-named “Albany,” which the company publicly acknowledged Friday.” Since competition becomes stronger, as consumer-focused word processing and spreadsheet programs are obtainable more easily and less expensive from non-Microsoft sources like Google and Apple, Microsoft is working to ensure that it too […]

San Francisco — Investors appear ready to embrace tech giant Google Inc. again after weeks of hand wringing amid concerns over the company’s ability whether the company’s ascent would be slowed by a weakened U.S. economy. “Google’s earnings climbed up 31 percent to $1.31 billion and revenue swelled up 42 percent to $5.19 billion compared […]

“Microsoft announced a renewed version of live news search service this week that brings together stories, photos and video from around the world.” Microsoft clearly has not given up in its effort to improve its Internet search service and catch the runaway leader, Google, and its latest assault on everyone’s favorite data warehouse, Microsoft is […]

“Yahoo is close to outsourcing its web search advertising to Google in a deal aimed at fending off Microsoft’s $44.6 billion bid to acquire Yahoo.” San Francisco — Internet search engine Yahoo!, which remains the target of an unsolicited $44.6 billion hostile takeover bid by Microsoft, is reportedly moving closer to outsourcing its search advertising […]

Seattle — Microsoft Corp. said Thursday it has secretly acquired Seattle-based travel website Farecast, for a rumored $115 million. The Seattle startup’s technology is a pretty tempting target for acquisition, which tries to predict whether air fares for a given domestic and international routes will rise or fall, helping travelers decide when to buy plane […]

“Bigreds.com accuses the search engine of participating in one of the multi-billion dollar search marketing industry’s dark secrets.” Online retailer Bigreds.com that used a pay-per-click advertising service operated by Yahoo is suing the Internet giant for more than $1 million, alleging that it was overcharged by thousands of dollars as a result of click fraud […]

Shortly a week after Microsoft released updates to Live Maps and Virtual Earth 3D, Google on Wednesday unveiled an update to its 3D geospatial viewing application Google Earth, that aims to offer a more persuasive viewing experience including a number of features that fans and observers have been waiting for. “The much awaited update is […]

San Francisco — Search engine heavyweight Google on Wednesday announced a major upgrade to version 6 of its “Urchin” Web Analytics Software has eventually comes out of beta after a delay of about three-and-a-half years. Google purchased Urchin Software in March 2005 through an acquisition deal, and in the following years dedicated most of its […]

San Francisco — Latest industry statistics released Tuesday showed something unusual happened in search ads in the first quarter: Yahoo Inc. may well have began gaining share in the Web search ad market against Google Inc. even as Google’s share of search audience inched up. The Internet behemoth, which is in the sufferings of a […]

Seoul — U.S. online social network MySpace.com has established the most current of its international editions Tuesday, MySpace Korea, in an attempt to enter the market commanded by local players such as SK Communications Co, officials said. The service, owned by New York-based media conglomerate Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp., offers exclusive features customized to local […]