Microsoft launched a business version of its Windows Desktop Search application. Microsoft Corp. recently released a business version of software that aims to help people more quickly find documents, e-mail and other data stored on Windows-based computers. Similar to the present version designed for consumers, Microsoft’s new tool will allow businesses to decide just what […]

Microsoft Corporation India and Hewlett Packard India have announced a new partnership to address the needs of the emerging SMB segment of the Indian subcontinent. Through this joint venture the two companies intend to roll out a ‘Smart Office‘ initiative to offer SMBs/ SMEs integrated IT solutions, tailor-made to suit their needs. More specifically, under […]

Web search leader Google Inc. has approached a book publisher to gauge interest in a program to allow consumers to rent online copies of new books for a week, The Wall Street Journal reported. The discussion with the publisher indicates Google may move toward adding a digital book-renting service. Under the Google plan, the proposed […]

Ask Jeeves Inc. has relocated its South Bay operations into a new, larger space in Campbell, California. Ask Jeeves said it has moved an office from Los Gatos to a new 16,000-square-foot Campbell office space at 655 Technology Parkway. It said the new space will accommodate new hires as well as current employees being relocated […]

Royal Philips Electronics and Toppoly Optoelectronics Corporation of Taiwan have announced they have signed a binding letter of intent to join forces in mobile displays by merging Philips’ Mobile Display Systems (MDS) business unit with Toppoly to create a leader in mobile display technology. Toppoly will swap shares for Philips’ mobile display unit, which will […]

Internet search giant Google has offered to bring free wireless Internet, or WiFi, connections to Mountain View, the city of its corporate headquarters. The offer comes about two months after the company offered to do the same for the city of San Francisco. This proposal is in the same spirit of making the world’s information […]

The Microsoft Network lately announced that it will be teaming up with the Associated Press to develop the AP Online Video Network, slated to launch in the first quarter of next year. Based on an advertising-supported model, the network will provide AP members with news videos for their Web sites. The service will be available […]

Google hopes to use the $2,995 giveaway to capitalize on uncertainly in the enterprise search market created by Autonomy Corporation’s recent acquisition of Verity. Internet search giant Google Inc. began aggressively pursuing patrons of Verity Inc., making a play upon possible customer fears about Verity’s coming acquisition. Google said it will offer a $2,995 Google […]

Contrary to popular opinion, Windows is not the only operating system in which Microsoft is investing. Microsoft Research has developed a 300,000-line microkernel-based prototype called Singularity, the product of the largest cross-group project inside of Microsoft Research, involving about 35 researchers from the systems, networking, compiler, and testing teams, and the company has posted a […]

Word of yet another Google patent related to classified ads surfaced recently, as the search giant stayed mum and Google watchers speculated about the mysterious company’s plans to conquer the Web by becoming a one-stop info shop. Google has filed a patent application for something called "Google Automat," a service that could tie into the […]