Business software maker Oracle Corp. recently announced new software designed to sift through corporate networks, a major push into the red-hot search market dominated by Google Inc. Oracle Secure Enterprise Search 10g, which the company announced on March 1, scours and indexes enterprise data cubbies, including internal and external Web sites, databases, file servers, document […]

First there was Google Earth, then Google Moon; and now Google Inc. expanded its galactic reach by launching Google Mars, a Web browser-based mapping tool that gives users an up-close, interactive view of the Red Planet with the click of a mouse. Google Mars does not provide driving directions, but users can see the planet […]

Search giant says it will pay $90 million to resolve all outstanding claims back to 2002 Google Inc. lately said it had agreed to pay up to $90 million to settle its part of an industry wide lawsuit alleging Web search companies overcharge some advertisers by billing them for false customer leads. Google’s proposed class […]

The deal gives RIM an "unfettered right" to keep using NTP’s technology to keep the BlackBerry network running BlackBerry maker Research In Motion and patent-holding company NTP on March 3 announced that both parties have entered into a settlement agreement for $612.5 million and a license that will end the patent litigation that had been […]

Silicon Valley giant continues its improvement and growth in services So far, in its short-yet-powerful history, Google has had two glaring gaps in its arsenal of services: social networks and a financial site. Both of these issues have been dealt with in the past week with the unveiling of two new services that Google will […]

Typically tight-lipped Google saw its stock price dip after the online search giant revealed that it had told investors too much about ad revenue projections the week before Google has advised investors to disregard an internal financial forecast mistakenly posted on its Web site — a mix up that included a reference to management’s concerns […]

In its latest bid to catch up with rivals Google Inc. and Yahoo Inc., Microsoft Corp. is launching a revamped Internet search engine it says will help computer users find information faster, view it more easily and organize it better. Microsoft is set to launch the beta version of its new Windows Live Search page, […]

America Online is vowing to carry out its plans to institute fees for mass senders of e-mail, despite protests from groups representing 15 million people that claim the move will stifle communications instead of merely halting spam. A plan by AOL and Yahoo to charge mass e-mailers a fee for guaranteed delivery of messages to […]

IM client gains a previously announced Internet phone capability. Yahoo Inc. recently said it is launching a service in the United States that lets people make phone calls through the company’s instant messaging software. Previously, the company had only introduced the feature to select users in seven countries back in December. Since then, Yahoo has […]

America Online is vowing to carry out its plans to institute fees for mass senders of e-mail, despite protests from groups representing 15 million people that claim the move will stifle communications instead of merely halting spam. A plan by AOL and Yahoo to charge mass e-mailers a fee for guaranteed delivery of messages to […]