For the past decade, Microsoft has largely ignored the Web as an emerging platform for application development with fears that it could render Windows obsolete. But that will all change next week, as Microsoft unveils a new strategy for transforming its Web properties into an open platform for developers. As part of its new Web […]

Will Web applications become a platform to surpass Microsoft OS? … Google is taking a page from Microsoft’s well-worn playbook for tech industry domination: Rather than just rolling out new products and features, the search giant is trying to win the hearts and minds of Web developers. Recently, Google introduced Google Talk instant messenger and […]

As part of its continuing campaign to sign up the biggest guns in Internet development, Google says it has hired Vinton ‘Vint’ Cerf who is widely credited as the Father of the Internet. It was Cerf’s work in designing the TCP/IP protocols that laid the foundations of the Internet. His vision for technology helped create […]

After fighting a rearguard battle for much of the past two years, America Online is going on the offensive with a new plan to retain customers and expand its business on the Web–a strategy it has tried before with little success. AOL’s CEO Jonathan Miller will present a turnaround plan for the online giant to […]

Kai-Fu Lee, the center of an ongoing legal battle between Google Inc. and Microsoft Corp., has taken up his post as head of Google’s China operations, about two weeks after a judge ruled that the former Microsoft vice president could work for the search engine. A Washington state court ruled that Lee could begin work […]

President says free mapping program could help terrorists Indian President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam has joined the list of government officials charging that the geographic details provided by Google Earth’s satellite imaging program pose a security risk. At a meeting of top police officials in the southern Indian city of Hyderabad, Kalam said he worried that […]

Carat Interactive’s Vice President of Search Marketing has jumped ship to join direct navigation firm BuyDomains.com as VP of Marketing. A Carat spokesperson confirmed his departure and said the agency would name a replacement in the next two weeks. Belanger has been with Carat since late 2003 prior to which he was VP of Account […]

Internet Web portal NetEase Inc., one of China’s three largest U.S.-listed Internet companies, has stopped its music search service because of concerns about copyright piracy, the company said. This move is out of concern and respect for copyrights, the Beijing-based company said in an emailed statement, quoting co-founder William Ding. The company did not offer […]

Google’s latest software gives it more presence on the PC, taking the company farther beyond the traditional search business and into an area Microsoft has long dominated… A new version of Google’s free hard-drive search tool, released as a test version, comes with an on-screen "sidebar" that allows users to see and access content from […]

Yahoo! Inc., the leading global Internet communications, commerce and Media Company, recently announced the phased rollout of new search functions for the company’s free Web-based e-mail service. New features include the ability to search e-mail header, body, and attachment content; display snippets or short excerpts with highlighted matches on search terms; view thumbnails of all […]