The Wizpy Multimedia Media Player lets you carry a complete Linux desktop in your pocket says Koichi Yano, President and CEO of Turbolinux. Turbolinux, a major Linux operating system supplier in Japan, said it will offer a Linux booting device in an iPod-sized media player. This helps to promote Linux among its consumers. The idea […]

A European privacy group has convinced Google to clear its user data of information that could be used to identify the user once the data has existed for 18 months. San Francisco — Google Inc. is scaling back how long it keeps personally identifiable data accumulated from its Web users, seeking to mollify a European […]

Mountain View, Calif. — A coalition of technology companies and environmental groups led by Google Inc. and Intel Corp. launched an initiative Tuesday to conserve electricity and curb global warming emissions by making the world’s computers and servers more energy-efficient. Google, Yahoo, Microsoft, Intel and IBM are among more than two dozen firms and organizations […]

Apple has launched a version of its web browser Safari for Windows, competing head to head with Microsoft’s Explorer and Mozilla’s Firefox. Apple Inc has set the stage for yet another rivalry with Microsoft Corp by launching a Windows version of its Safari Internet Browser and inviting developers to create Web-based programs for its upcoming […]

New York — Search engine company Yahoo! is expected to announce their new collaboration with TV gossip show “Access Hollywood.” The site, to be known as omg! — Internet shorthand for “oh my God” — is expected to be announced Monday. It is being eyed as a competitor to Time Warner’s fast-growing TMZ.com, which dishes […]

Search engine giant Google has revealed their latest acquisition deal. San Francisco — Search engine Google continues its latest shopping spree with the acquisition of Spanish photo-sharing website Panoramio, which lets people upload photos and identify where they were taken by placing them on Google Earth or Google Maps, where they can be viewed by […]

Google engineers have enabled what Internet surfers for years have yearned for–Web applications that work offline. San Francisco — Google Inc. on Wednesday introduced a way to move its online software applications off the Internet, hoping the flexibility will encourage more people to use the free services and extend the company’s clout beyond its ubiquitous […]

With rumors of a possible forthcoming antivirus acquisition, it comes as no surprise that the Mountain View search giant has jumped into the Internet security business feet first. San Francisco — Google Inc. late Tuesday announced the acquisition of US Internet security startup GreenBorder Technologies Inc., which specializes in using "virtualization" to create safe zones […]

New York, NY: Pennsylvania based Pearl Software was seeking help to increase leads coming through its internet site. The idea was to boost web traffic and, in turn, boost the quantity and quality of sales leads coming from the website. It’s been 10 months since they started this exercise and currently they have successfully managed […]

San Francisco — The Federal Trade Commission has opened a preliminary antitrust investigation into Google Inc.’s planned $3.1 billion purchase of the online advertising company DoubleClick. Citing an industry executive who had been briefed on the FTC’s preliminary antitrust investigation, said the inquiry was opened last week after it was determined that the commission, rather […]