Microsoft recently took the wraps off Internet Explorer 7, releasing the new "preview" version of its Web browser to the general public for testing. Among other changes, the IE7 Beta 2 Preview will give thousands of Windows XP users their first look at IE7’s new tabbed-browsing features, which many observers believe helped propel Mozilla’s Firefox […]

European Research Hub to Foster Ask Jeeves’ Continued Innovation in Search Ask Jeeves, Inc., a leading provider of information retrieval technologies, brands and Internet advertising services, formally announced the opening of its research center in Pisa, Italy. The research center will serve as Ask Jeeves’ European hub for search technology research and development, working directly […]

Google is adding new features to its Desktop search program, including further customization of the Sidebar and the ability to send information directly to a friend’s desktop, search on multiple computers at once and lock the search function with a password. Google Desktop 3 poses new challenges to Microsoft Corp.’s dominance of the way people […]

Publishers demand revenue and recognition from search engines The Internet has undercut the businesses of newspapers, book publishers and magazines for years and now these media are looking for ways to fight back. A group representing global newspaper publishers has launched a lobbying campaign to legally challenge internet news aggregation services like those offered by […]

Microsoft released six versions of the Windows Vista operating system, in a move that could pave the way for price hikes. Microsoft said that it plans to release six versions of its Windows Vista operating system targeted at businesses, home users, and emerging markets, paving the way for the world’s No. 1 software maker to […]

Deal Also Includes CBS Television Network VOD Content Less than two months after CBS Corp. president Leslie Moonves told Wall Street he wanted the company to be paid for its signal, CBS snagged its first major deal with Verizon and its fledgling TV service. Verizon and CBS recently announced a comprehensive retransmission consent and video-on-demand […]

Internet portals’ newly evolving local search and mapping services, where the photographic images are typically rendered as search results, make it easier than ever to scout out everything from vacation destinations to restaurants. The images are so detailed you can tell whether a neighbor’s hedge was recently trimmed or whether the car parked in front […]

Google Inc. and CanWest Global Communications Corp. a subsidiary of Canada.com, recently announced they were teaming up on an Internet search and advertising partnership. Entering in to multiyear partnership will provide Canada.com users with content and search related advertising, while offering Google’s advertisers access to Canada.com’s extensive reach across the country, the companies said. With […]

Broadband and wireless buoy Verizon in fourth quarter as the carrier stands ready to buy out Vodafone. Verizon Communications, the United States’ second-largest carrier, is ready and waiting to buy Vodafone’s stake in Verizon Wireless and would even finance the deal that could give Vodafone $44.6 billion. Speaking to analysts after Verizon released its latest […]

Microsoft Corp. is creating a research lab devoted solely to developing Internet technology, as part of efforts to move products to market faster and better compete with rivals such as Google and Yahoo. Microsoft introduced the efforts — Live Labs and Search Labs — recently at its Search Champs meeting in Redmond, Washington, according to […]