Google Inc. is developing a new search service for cell-phones that will help consumers find and buy ring-tones, games and other mobile content as the Internet Company pushes more deeply into wireless, sources familiar with the matter say. Google already offers cell-phone users a version of its popular engine for searching the Web. Now the […]

Google is offering small businesses the chance to provide a search capability on their websites… San Francisco — Google Inc., the world’s top provider of Web search and online advertising, said on Monday it is offering small business Web sites a service that lets visitors search for information within their sites. It is the same […]

Answers Corp found an entry for $100 million, and acquired Lexico Publishing Group… Answers Corporation, creator of Answers.com is to acquire Lexico Publishing Group LLC, owner of the web site Dictionary.com, for $US100 million in cash. The all-cash deal will bring Dictionary.com, Thesaurus.com, and Reference.com into the Answers fold. Answers announced the buy today and […]

San Francisco — Google Inc., owner of the world’s most popular search engines, announced Monday that it will address privacy concerns by reducing the lifetime of “cookies” installed on the computers of people who visit its Web site, will auto delete after two years. All search engines and most websites store cookies on a computer. […]

Beijing Guge Science and Technology says search engine’s name in China is too much like company’s, creating disruption, confusion… In Germany, Google’s already lost its hold on the term “Gmail”; now Beijing Guge Science and Technology has challenged the company’s right to use the Chinese version of “Google” itself.

Yahoo is now $650 million poorer, but that is all right – it is only a side effect of the Right Media acquisition having been completed! San Francisco — Yahoo Inc. took control of online advertising exchange Right Media Inc. on Thursday, giving the slumping Internet portal a head start on rivals Google Inc. and […]

The upgrade is expected to improve on the first version, which did not stack up to rivals in antivirus protection… In a bid to help consumers and small businesses stay better protected from viruses, malware and spyware, Microsoft has introduced beta 1 of Windows Live OneCare 2.0. With Windows Live OneCare 2.0 — the software […]

AdSense is moving to a new medium: Mobile Phones… Google has begun testing text ads on cell phones, offering publishers a way to make money off of their mobile sites, the company confirmed to The Utility Belt. The beta version of AdSense for Mobile is in a very limited mode of testing — The news […]

Another big Internet name is moving to a small town in Eastern Washington. Moses Lake — The butler may have left the building, but Ask.com has big plans for Moses Lake. Ask.com, the leading search engine, formerly known as AskJeeves.com and Moses Lake Mayor Ron C. Covey announced that Ask.com will house a new data […]

If you are a Yahoo user, you will never need to know how to spell “Cucamonga” again. A faster way to find what you are looking for at — Search Suggest on Yahoo.com. Yahoo has kicked off its Search Suggest feature, designed to save users time by offering suggestions they can click on Thursday, according […]