Sep 24th, 2008 · Google's entry into the mobile phone universe is an industry milestone that is likely to heat up competition between Apple, Google, Nokia and Microsoft.. The Android phone offers software developers an open door for innovation. And consumers will get a phone that analysts say is similar to Apple's iPhone.
Sep 9th, 2008 · Tech guru Mario Armstrong talks with Renee Montagne about Google's new "Chrome" Web browser. They also discuss how Google might benefit from entering the browser business and taking on Microsoft.
Sep 2nd, 2008 · Google has launched a beta version of a new Web browser, Google Chrome. It is promising to deliver software that is more suited to the video-intensive Web than the text-based web that was dominant when Microsoft's Internet Explorer was first released.
Sep 2nd, 2008 · Google begins distributing its own browser Tuesday in a move likely to heat up its rivalry with Microsoft. The Internet search leader confirmed the long-rumored browser in a posting on its Web site Monday. Google promises the free browser called "Chrome" will be more suited to interactive elements and videos.
Aug 28th, 2008 · In the newest test version of Microsoft's forthcoming Internet Explorer, consumers will have the option to surf without a "history." There are benefits to this feature beyond just prolonging marriages.
Jul 24th, 2008 · Microsoft founder Bill Gates has joined forces with New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg to fight tobacco use in developing countries. Gates donated $125 million to a tobacco-control initiative that Bloomberg launched in 2002.
Jul 9th, 2008 · A Senate panel is grilling executives from major Internet players — including Google, Microsoft and Facebook — about privacy Wednesday. A small Silicon Valley startup called NebuAd is actually the company likely to get the most scrutiny. The firm tracks the online behavior of Internet users then serves up targeted banner ads.
Jul 4th, 2008 · Before Bill Gates became a household name, he went to Harvard. His sophomore year, he was assigned a complicated mathematics problem, which — no surprise — he solved. His paper on the solution was published, and until recently it remained the best solution to that problem: stacking pancakes.