According to a new proposal being considered by a suburb of New York City, any business or home office with an open wireless connection but no separate server to fend off Internet attacks would be violating the law. Politicians in Westchester County are urging adoption of the law–which appears to be the first such legislation […]

Google and Yahoo! are taking the battle for search engine supremacy to mobile phones with two separate US initiatives aimed at transferring their existing web services to mobile users. Driving the mobile charge is the swift rate at which the devices are penetrating many regions of the world combined with the increasing technological sophistication of […]

Enterprise search company Autonomy announced it will acquire Verity for approximately US$500 million. The deal brings together the two biggest enterprise search technology companies in a market seething with activity due to the success of consumer search engines. David Mitchell, practice leader for analysts Software@Ovum, called the deal a "necessary move" as it gives the […]

Microsoft Corp, the world’s largest software maker, said it is embarking on a major new way of doing business in which it offers its software as free online services, funded by advertising, while seeking to fend off rivals like Google and Yahoo. The two new ad-supported Web products, Windows Live and Office Live — will […]

Internet search giant Google has introduced its first downloadable cellphone application, bringing its acclaimed map technology to phones, continuing the search engine leader’s effort to extend its reach beyond personal computers. Fewer steps are required to call up, display a map of any destination with its latest software version. With Google Local for mobile devices, […]

Deal to take full control of Web sites valued at $500 million Yahoo Inc. said it will buy the shares of its local portals in three European countries and South Korea that it does not already own for about $500 million, taking complete ownership of the Web sites. The company said it reached a deal […]

The Feature War between Internet giants, Google, Microsoft and Yahoo, has commenced. All three companies have similar products and services that are competing for users’ attention. Google offers their Personalized Homepage, Google Talk, GMail, Google Local, Google Print, Google Groups, Google Earth, Blogger and Google Desktop. Microsoft has a lineup of their own consisting of […]

Amazon.com has announced a book-scanning project — and it’s figured out a way to please authors and publishers, spread around the money for everyone, and do the right thing for readers. Google should sit up and take notice. The Amazon plan includes: scanning copyrighted books and let readers search through them. It will offer paid […]

Apple Computer customers in Mexico and the United Kingdom have joined the legal crusade to make the Silicon Valley company pay for allegedly defective screens on new iPod nano music players. A class-action lawsuit on behalf of all iPod nano buyers in Mexico and the United Kingdom was filed in the US District Court for […]

The world’s biggest Internet search engine is steaming into Manchester. Google, the world’s most popular search engine, has announced plans to open a central office in Manchester, England as its main UK hub outside of London. Initially, Google has set up its operation with a handful of people working from the Institute of Directors’ hub […]