Google gets ‘Doodles’ patent Google was awarded a patent today on something known in intellectual-property lingo as “Systems and methods for enticing users to… Read More
Amazon.com opens its Android ‘Appstore,’ Apple be damned Amazon.com this morning launched its new Appstore for Android, despite a last-minute lawsuit from Apple over the “App Store” trademark. … Read More
Attention ‘Star Wars’ nerds: The Force is with us A traveling exhibit called “Star Wars: Where Science Meets Imagination” starts an extended stay in Seattle this weekend, at the… Read More
Microsoft backs Obama plan for ‘Privacy Bill of Rights’ Microsoft says it will support a push by the Obama administration for new online new privacy legislation that would give… Read More
Internet Explorer 9: Windows XP users, you’re out of luck Microsoft last night released Internet Explorer 9, the latest version of its widely used web browser. Download it here, but… Read More
Google Apps grows up with new ‘scheduled release’ option What, you didn’t want that amazing new Gmail feature rolled out to your 5,000 employees without warning? Google, doing its… Read More
T-Mobile’s Sidekick 4G offers texting across PCs, phones The pictures of T-Mobile’s new Google Android-based Sidekick 4G are nice, but what’s really interesting is the way the company… Read More
Inside IE9: How Microsoft rewrote its browser from scratch Jason Weber’s office boasts a fantastic view, a gigantic monitor — and some of the least-impressive machines you’ll find on… Read More
Bing, Yahoo chip away at Google Some encouraging news for Microsoft today in its uphill climb against Google. The combination of Microsoft Bing and the Bing-powered… Read More
Ballmer slips to No. 46 on Forbes list; Gates steady at No. 2 Bill Gates’ investments in the Mexican stock market helped to increase his estimated wealth by $3 billion, to $56 billion,… Read More
Microsoft: IE9 coming March 14 Look like that big Internet Explorer party at SXSW in Austin isn’t just a party, after all. It’s a launch.… Read More
How Microsoft is using Angry Birds to boost Bing Is this the ultimate product placement? Microsoft is expanding its relationship with Rovio, the developers of the hit mobile game… Read More
Report: Microsoft paying Nokia $1B New details are out this afternoon on the financial terms of Microsoft’s partnership with Nokia — confirming once again that… Read More
Amazon vs. Apple: Emergence of the next great tech rivalry? To understand the competitive mindset of Steve Jobs at any given moment, it’s important to listen to the sales updates… Read More
Attention startups: Google still prowling for M&A targets Google plans to remain an aggressive corporate acquirer in 2011, good news for startup companies (and their venture backers) who… Read More
Microsoft Bing preps for an HTML5 overhaul Just how fancy do you want your search engine to be? Microsoft Bing is preparing to roll out a new… Read More
