Google Inc. plans to give away a set of analytic tools allowing Web developers, administrators and advertisers to fine-tune their sites including advertising, the Web search leader said in a statement. The free hosted service, which will be available in English and 16 other languages, is based on technology from San Diego-based Urchin, which Google […]

South Korea said it regrets a statement by Microsoft Corp. that it may withdraw from the country over an antitrust dispute regarding the bundling of its software products. Microsoft has been under investigation by the commission, which is looking into the company’s inclusion into Windows of streaming media and instant messenger technology. It held its […]

An ambitious new Google Inc. service lets anyone upload most anything to a publicly searchable database, potentially laying the groundwork for a foray by the Internet juggernaut into classified advertising. To help feed its insatiable information hunger, Google Inc. has begun publicly testing Google Base, a service designed to host and make searchable "all types […]

In a major overhaul, Yahoo has significantly upgraded its Maps offering with cleaner maps and integrated local search results. The Sunnyvale-based company in a latest move unveiled its latest mapping improvements, less than a month after Google upgraded its maps service. Yahoo’s service will be available on a test basis at http://maps.yahoo.com/beta. Rather than starting […]

Sidebar and desktop search available as free download Google Desktop 2 has gone live! The software package contains the Google Sidebar, as well as the desktop technology that lets users search their systems for text documents, email messages and recently visited web pages. Google unveiled the beta of Desktop 2 in August. This final version […]

Gates’ group buys Swiss VOIP software supplier Strategy shift to services is gathering momentum Microsoft Corp. recently announced the acquisition of Media-Streams.com AG, a 23-person company based in Zurich that develops business applications based on VOIP technology. The acquisition of Zurich-based Media-streams.com AG will give Microsoft engineering talent, technology, and intellectual property it can apply […]

Google Inc. was sued by a major publishing association for digitizing library books without the permissions of copyright holders, the second such suit filed against the search engine giant. The Association of American Publishers, based in Washington, D.C., sued the Mountain View, Calif., company on behalf of members The McGraw-Hill Companies, Pearson Education, Penguin Group […]

Indian government following Indian President APJ Abdul Kalam’s concerns over possible misuse of the company’s free mapping programme by terrorists, it was reported. Responding to Kalam’s concern last week, Google spokeswoman, Debbie Frost had said the company took governmental concerns about Google Earth and Google Maps very seriously. Kalam is worried about the satellite imagery […]

Barely a pebble off Yahoo!’s cash mountain? Yahoo recently announced it has acquired a small UK company called Whereonearth to help improve its local search and mobile phone services and compete more effectively with search leader Google. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Privately-held Whereonearth, which has about 25 employees, has had a limited […]

Google Inc. was sued by a major publishing association for digitizing library books without the permissions of copyright holders, the second such suit filed against the search engine giant. The Association of American Publishers, based in Washington, D.C., sued the Mountain View, Calif., company on behalf of members The McGraw-Hill Companies, Pearson Education, Penguin Group […]