On the heels of protests last week from a group of activists led by the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), AOL has announced it will offer free e-mail deliverability services to qualifying not-for-profit organizations and not-for-profit advocacy groups. Dulles, Va.-based AOL said that it will offer nonprofit organizations two new free e-mail options that possess many […]

Just days after announcing a delay in when Windows Vista will ship, Microsoft has significantly restructured its Platforms & Services Division and appointed Steve Sinofsky, who has headed the Office team until now, to lead the Windows and Windows Live groups, giving him broad responsibility for planning future versions of Windows. The software maker said […]

Ask.com lately introduced the beta versions of Ask.com France, Ask.com Italia and Ask.com Nederland, representing the company’s most recent expansions in Western Europe. The beta search sites are available in each respective country at www.ask.com and can also be accessed directly from any country at: www.fr.ask.com, www.it.ask.com, and www.nl.ask.com. Following the launch of Ask U.K. […]

Ask.com lately introduced the beta versions of Ask.com France, Ask.com Italia and Ask.com Nederland, representing the company’s most recent expansions in Western Europe. The beta search sites are available in each respective country at www.ask.com and can also be accessed directly from any country at: www.fr.ask.com, www.it.ask.com, and www.nl.ask.com. Following the launch of Ask U.K. […]

Unica Corp. recently announced that it will acquire Sane Solutions LLC, a Web analytics software maker. Unica Corporation, a global provider of Enterprise Marketing Management (EMM) solutions, recently announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Sane Solutions, LLC.; a privately-held provider of web analytics solutions. The purchase price is estimated to […]

Even with help from local Internet companies, Skype and other outfits face challenges in getting through to the mainland. In a setback for the likes of VoIP pioneers such as Skype Technologies, the Chinese government is reportedly close to banning paid-for calls between computers and conventional telephones for at least two years.

PayPal, the online payment company owned by eBay Inc., appears to be gearing up to let customers send money or order and pay for products by text message from a mobile phone. The move by PayPal, a unit of online auctioneer eBay Inc., marks a big step in bridging the worlds of e-commerce and the […]

Google, the most-used internet search engine, is adding a finance site to its stable of offerings, a move that sparks fresh competition for Microsoft and Yahoo! Online search engine leader Google Inc is devoting a section of its Web site to information about the stock market and corporate America, filling a gaping product hole as […]

The vexed topic of an online word processing system is back on the agenda after Google bought start-up Writely in a potential challenge to Microsoft’s desktop suite Google Inc. has bought the maker of Writely, an online word processing program that gives the online search engine leader another potential weapon in its escalating battle with […]

Microsoft said that it plans to acquire Apptimum Inc., the Sunrise, Fla.-based maker of Alohobob PC relocation software and the Migrate DT user state management engine. Microsoft said that the Alohabob tool would be made available as an optional download for Windows Vista customers, most likely to facilitate the transfer of data between an older […]