Search giant lures away Amazon exec and he is replaced by Intel research director. The head of Amazon.com Inc.’s online search effort is leaving to join Google Inc., the latest in a series of high-profile hires for the search engine leader. Udi Manber, who has been chief executive of Amazon.com’s A9 subsidiary, will be a […]

Vodafone recently made an announcement that it is collaborating with Google to develop innovative mobile search services for its customers. Vodafone will soon integrate Google’s search capability into its consumer service, Vodafone live! — providing customers with the most relevant information, wherever they are and whatever time of day it is. Vodafone hopes that the […]

Steve Ballmer Unveils New Microsoft Office Communicator Mobile and Windows Live for Mobile Search, Showcases New TV Service for Smartphones at 3GSM. Telecommunications and computer heavyweights did their best to push 3GSM mobile technology at a forum in Barcelona, highlighting mobile Internet search engines and "unlimited" TV. Unveiling a new TV service for mobile phones […]

The mobile industry of late has unveiled plans to bring IM (Instant Messaging) to cell phones later this year to tap a new source of revenues and build on the success of text messaging. Fifteen of the world’s top mobile operators, including Vodafone, Orange, T-Mobile, Telefonica and China Mobile announced plans to roll out PC-type […]

Human rights groups are asking the search giant to appear before Congress about its venture into China but Google says no Politicians have recently attacked Google, Microsoft, Cisco Systems and Yahoo for declining to appear at a briefing about China’s Internet censorship and called for a new law to outlaw compliance with such requirements.

Google’s share price slumped during after hours trading after the company missed Wall Street expectations in its latest financial results, except the company’s founders. Google Inc.’s market value dropped by more than $9 billion as investors bailed out of the Internet’s leading search engine after earnings letdown reminded them about the perils of owning stock […]

Search engine quietly unveils payment service Google is adding e-commerce transaction capabilities to its Google Base service, providing a platform for buyers to purchase items from sellers using credit cards. The feature effectively turns Google into an online e-commerce platform for store operators. It could put the organization into direct competition with eBay and the […]

A new type of Internet search tool presents a much smaller, but more relevant result, classified into categories. A two-year-old start up company, co-founded by two Indians, created waves at the: "Demo 06" conference in Phoenix, Arizona, United States, with an innovative Net search engine. At the Demo conference, various startup companies launched products ranging […]

IBM of late detailed new circuit design techniques that it says will double the clock speed of its forthcoming Power6 processors over the speed of its Power5 processors without dramatically increasing power requirements. IBM’s upcoming Power6, which is multi-core and designed for higher-end servers running the Unix operating system, was crafted from the ground up […]

A limited trial has started for small firms, schools and other organizations Google has launched a beta for hosted email accounts that feature the user’s domain instead of gmail.com or googlemail.com. The search giant is testing the service at San José City College, supplying the school’s students with email addresses hosted by Google but ending […]