Search engine ‘thrilled’ to acquire Reqwireless technology, engineers. Google Inc. has quietly established a growing foothold in Waterloo, Ont. — the home of Research In Motion Ltd. — following the stealth acquisition of a wireless startup last summer, as well as plans to staff up a recently established research and development facility. Google’s acquisition of […]

Video technology company DivX is partnering with Google to make Google Video accessible on a variety of consumer electronics devices, the companies jointly announced at the Consumer Electronics Show. DivX, the video compression and content company with the sometimes renegade reputation, is actually more pervasive and established than some people might think. According to company […]

New Phone System plugs directly Into a Customer’s Broadband Connection, Eliminating the Need for a Stand-Alone Adapter and Telephone Panasonic Consumer Electronics Company, a leading marketer of telecommunications and other consumer electronics products, and Vonage Marketing, a subsidiary of Vonage Holdings Corp., a leading broadband phone company, have teamed up to develop a broadband cordless […]

Web search leader Google Inc. said it is now offering U.S. mobile phone users a personalized version of the Google home page tailored to work on most recently introduced mobile phones. Google is racing with Internet rivals such as Yahoo, Microsoft, America Online and InfoSpace to extend the information services they already offer on computers […]

Service enables customers to tailor music to their tastes through its unique personalization ability. Vodafone, the world’s biggest cell-phone company by sales said it had joined hands with Sony NetServices for the global roll-out of the world’s first fully convergent music service — Vodafone Radio DJ — offering interactive, personalized radio channels streamed to both […]

Combining the optimum in mobility, voice quality and ease of use, Philips Electronics is teaming up with global Internet communications company Skype(TM) to introduce a new Internet phone, the VoIP321. The VoIP321 is easy to use. Just a press on the Skype key allows you to access your Skype contacts list and see who from […]

Microsoft Corp will invest about $100 million annually over the next three to five years in China, the world’s second largest Internet market with 111 million users, state press reported. The U.S. software giant established a new research group in Beijing to integrate its online MSN division, technical support and research centers, the paper said. […]

Yahoo Inc is expanding its presence beyond the PC, moving onto Web-enabled cellphones and other mobile devices so users can access their customized content while un-tethered. Yahoo Go Mobile, a new service that is set to be launched at the International Consumer Electronics Show, is the latest examples of the growing trend of "get your […]

Free Software Package Offers Users One Stop to Discover, Install and Maintain a Wide Range of Essential PC Programs Although Google’s upcoming video store got most of the press, Google co-founder Larry Page made another important announcement during his CES keynote address. He also introduced the Google Pack, a suite of software applications that can […]

USB Adapter from D-Link Makes Free Skype Calls Even More Convenient D-Link, the end-to-end networking solutions provider for consumers and business, and Skype(R), the global Internet communications company, recently introduced the D-Link Skype USB phone adapter that allows consumers to use their existing corded or cordless telephone to take advantage of Skype’s free calling features. […]