The 900-pound gorilla in the search space is apparently developing a service that will let users to store every scrap of data from their computers’ hard drives on Google’s servers. Google Inc. is preparing to offer massive online storage to Web users, creating a mirror image of data stored on consumer hard drives, according to […]

Wide Selection of Popular Mobile Content Creates Personalized Video Experiences Cingular Wireless of late announced the immediate availability of Cingular Video on-demand streaming video service with a large selection of popular mobile content. Consumers can now watch video clips of their favorite television shows, sports, news and weather, entertainment and premium content on their high-speed […]

Cisco Systems is getting into the security surveillance market with the acquisition of a small company called SyPixx Networks In a move to promote a convergence between IT security and surveillance cameras that act as the eyes of security professionals who defend physical perimeters and corridors, Cisco Systems said it was planning a $51 million […]

Microsoft is taking phishers to court in Europe, after launching a similar legal campaign in the United States Microsoft has kicked off an initiative to file more than 100 legal cases against organizations running phishing scams from Europe, the Middle East and Asia. The company’s Global Phishing Enforcement Initiative is a worldwide effort to coordinate […]

Verizon Communications, one of the largest telecommunications companies in the U.S., reiterated lately that it was working to buy out partner Vodafone Group Plc from their Verizon Wireless joint venture for about US$40bil, British newspaper the Business reported. We are focused on….working to acquire from Vodafone the remaining 45 percent of Verizon Wireless, Verizon said […]

It wants to prevent Beijing government from gaining access to user queries In an effort to protect users of its Google.cn Web site, Google Inc. is moving search its records out of China and into the U.S., a company executive said this recently. The Mountain View, California, company has decided to store search records from […]

Google confirmed its $1 billion investment in AOL, ending months of speculation over whether the deal would go through Google Inc. has finalized the details of its expanded partnership with Time Warner’s America Online (AOL) subsidiary, including the acquisition of a 5 percent stake in AOL for US$1 billion, Google said in a filing with […]

AT&T recently announced that it will acquire fellow phone company BellSouth Corp. in a stock deal worth $67 billion, expanding its reach to 22 states and cementing its position as the largest U.S. telephone company, creating a telecommunications giant that dwarfs its nearest competitor, Verizon Communications. The new AT&T, which was formed in November when […]

RIM makes Google Talk available on its wireless email device. On the heels of a long-awaited settlement of its patent dispute with NTP, Research In Motion has made available Google’s instant messaging application, Google Talk, for customers who use its BlackBerry wireless email device. It works in real time, and users can stay signed in […]

There are times when $8 billion is not enough. For Google CEO Eric Schimdt, that time is now The Internet search giant intends to raise more than $2 billion in cash through the sale of 5.3 million shares, hoping to finance its expansion plans and pay for possible acquisitions, according to a document filed lately […]