Google Inc. has formally rejected the U.S. Justice Department’s subpoena of data from the Web search leader, arguing the demand violated the privacy of users’ Web searches and its own trade secrets. The Mountain View, Calif.-based company delivered its indignant critique in a 25-page brief that marked its initial legal response to the U.S. Justice […]

Ultra-Thin Motorola SLVR L7 Debuts Exclusively at Cingular Wireless Cingular Wireless, the No. 1 U.S. mobile provider, has started offering its customers the Slvr, an ultra-thin phone from Motorola loaded with the popular iTunes music-playing software from Apple Computer Inc., the companies said in a statement. Music is seen in the wireless industry as one […]

An Internet phone operator’s latest financial filing has set off speculation that Google has begun selling a commercial version of its Internet phone service. Google confirmed that it has contracted with a Florida-based company to provide Internet telephony services for its free click-to-call service, which lets people–speak with advertisers on its search results without having […]

Blinkx Partners with ITN, Launching Full-Service IPTV Platform blinkx.tv DirectPlay at www.blinkx.tv Blinkx, the smartest thing on the Web, has struck a partnership deal with news producer ITN, one of the world’s leading news producers, creating a new broadband TV platform for media brands in the process. Blinkx has been appointed to create and power […]

America Online plans to roll out major new services over the next few months to help it compete in key Internet battlegrounds — taking on teen-networking site MySpace, voice powerhouse Skype and others, CEO Jonathan Miller said in an interview. Some of the plans, such as building a MySpace-style network onto AOL’s market-leading instant messaging […]

Find Code, Find Answers! At the opening day of Demo 06 turned the spotlight on open source with three companies leveraging the collaborative and community nature of the model to bring developers and users closer together. “Here Comes a Google for Coders!” For most people, open source is a synonym for free software. But for […]

Google denies a report that the Internet search giant is in talks with Napster. The New York Post reported that Google is considering an extensive alliance with Napster Inc., leading shares of the digital music service to fall back from gains of as much as 60 percent or perhaps the acquisition of the company, but […]

The loyal butler is gone. After spending the last decade building its brand around a cartoon character named Jeeves, Ask.com wants everyone to forget the dainty butler and remember its long-overlooked Internet search engine as the next best thing to Google. The new Ask.com features a slick, do-it-yourself toolbox that helps users refine more types […]

The Justice Department has denied requesting anything from Google that could threaten the privacy of the search-engine’s users, as the company recently contended. Concerns by Google Inc. that a Bush administration demand to examine millions of its users’ Internet search requests would violate privacy rights are unwarranted, the Justice Department said in a court filing. […]

As telecoms mull charging Web sites, lawmakers warn against restrictions Internet giant Google has this week said that the wide variety of Web sites might shrink if broadband providers like AT&T start charging companies for premium access to high-speed networks. AT&T Inc. and BellSouth Corp. in particular have suggested charging Internet services such as Google […]