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Microsoft on Tuesday confirmed it is testing a new Internet search engine it hopes will power the US software giant out of distant third place in a market dominated by Google. http://www.physorg.com/news155324905.html Technology Tue, 03 Mar 2009 17:49:01 EST news155324905 Bonus may be a dirty word on Wall Street right now, but end-of-year cash is still being handed out in Silicon Valley. http://www.physorg.com/news155306071.html Technology Tue, 03 Mar 2009 12:35:39 EST news155306071 A Belgian court on Monday fined Internet search engine Yahoo! 55,000 euros (69,300 dollars) for failing to hand over personal details of users suspected of committing fraud. http://www.physorg.com/news155230765.html Technology Mon, 02 Mar 2009 15:40:03 EST news155230765 Google has introduced ads to the results of search queries on Google News in a move aimed at turning the news aggregation site into a money-making venture that may raise the hackles of newspapers and other media outlets. http://www.physorg.com/news154892425.html Technology Thu, 26 Feb 2009 17:40:54 EST news154892425 The rate of ad clicks from sponsored and non-sponsored links was reported in a recent study conducted by researchers from Penn State and the Queensland University of Technology. http://www.physorg.com/news154786609.html Technology Wed, 25 Feb 2009 12:17:23 EST news154786609 Yahoo's new chief executive, Carol Bartz, is set to announce a major reorganization of the company, sources say, raising expectations that the stumbling Internet giant may get back on track after a punishing year. http://www.physorg.com/news154768552.html Technology Wed, 25 Feb 2009 07:16:35 EST news154768552 Sunday's Academy Awards clearly left many of us wanting more. Here are five hot Oscar-related search terms from Monday, as tracked by Google Trends: http://www.physorg.com/news154697705.html Technology Tue, 24 Feb 2009 11:37:20 EST news154697705 (PhysOrg.com) -- Interactive maps that detail carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuel combustion are now available on the popular Google Earth platform. The maps, funded by NASA and the U.S. Department of Energy through the joint North American Carbon Program, can display fossil fuel emissions by the hour, geographic region, and fuel type. http://www.physorg.com/news154287061.html Space & Earth Thu, 19 Feb 2009 17:31:26 EST news154287061 Microsoft's mobile efforts are facing a critical stretch. After a lull in activity, the company this week formally announced a marketplace for mobile applications, a new backup-and-restore service and the latest version of its mobile operating system. The plans were aired at Mobile World Congress, the biggest trade show for the wireless industry, taking place in Barcelona, Spain. http://www.physorg.com/news154199862.html Technology Wed, 18 Feb 2009 17:19:23 EST news154199862 (PhysOrg.com) -- Motorists in California equipped with the Apple iPhone can now get personalized traffic information via the "California Traffic Report," the first iPhone application from the University of California, San Diego division of the California Institute for Telecommunications and Information Technology (Calit2). In the first ten days since the app became available through Apple`s App Store on Feb. 7, roughly 2,650 people have downloaded the application, and downloads continue to run at a clip of roughly 250 per day. http://www.physorg.com/news154117861.html Technology Tue, 17 Feb 2009 18:32:09 EST news154117861 (Physorg.com) -- Google.org has announced "PowerMeter", a platform that will help users track their home electricity usage in real-time on their home computer. This platform will receive data from "smart meters" and other electricity management devices that will collect detailed data on energy consumption. http://www.physorg.com/news153495049.html Electronics Tue, 10 Feb 2009 13:31:25 EST news153495049 Most of us drive our cars to get from one place to another. Still there are those who enjoy getting underneath the hood and tinkering. It's basically the same with computers these days. There are many who enjoy messing around with the operating system and the hardware to do all kinds of interesting things. Yet most of us today simply want to use the computer to do something functional be it write a document, send e-mail or going online to find something. The computer today is pretty much like an appliance in that we use it to get a job done. http://www.physorg.com/news152987616.html Technology Wed, 04 Feb 2009 16:34:28 EST news152987616 (PhysOrg.com) -- NASA and Google announced Monday the release of a new Mars mode in Google Earth that brings to everyone's desktop a high-resolution, three-dimensional view of the Red Planet. http://www.physorg.com/news152809684.html Space & Earth Mon, 02 Feb 2009 15:08:29 EST news152809684 Web visitors can now share the excitement of Census of Marine Life explorations as scientists uncover the mysteries of what lives below the surface of the global ocean. http://www.physorg.com/news152803130.html Space & Earth Mon, 02 Feb 2009 13:19:29 EST news152803130 Soon after he was named chief executive of Yahoo, Jerry Yang turned to Steve Jobs for advice. http://www.physorg.com/news152773916.html Technology Mon, 02 Feb 2009 05:12:28 EST news152773916 (PhysOrg.com) -- With the launch of President Obama's White House website, three days ago, there has been extensive use of YouTube videos on the site. As we all know Google now owns YouTube and tracks every visitor that lands on the YouTube website or plays a YouTube video. The same did hold true for anyone visiting the White House website, until now. http://www.physorg.com/news151936423.html Technology Fri, 23 Jan 2009 12:34:10 EST news151936423 "It's OK," the message on the LeapFish home page assures visitors, "you're not cheating on Google." http://www.physorg.com/news151764696.html Technology Wed, 21 Jan 2009 12:52:15 EST news151764696 (PhysOrg.com) -- With the full release of Chrome 1.0 in December, Google has just released Chrome 2.0 alpha that brings many noticeable improvements over Chrome 1.0. With this new alpha release of Chrome 2.0, the browser has been overhauled in which it handles HTTP. http://www.physorg.com/news151150870.html Technology Wed, 14 Jan 2009 10:21:10 EST news151150870 Like most everyone these days, when you need to search the Internet for just about anything, you use Google. Let's face it. Google is the undisputed champion when it comes to Internet searching. It's become so mainstream that the name itself has become synonymous with searching the Internet. It's actually listed as a verb in some dictionaries. "I Googled it" or "I Googled him" means you went online and searched for information relevant to that item or person. http://www.physorg.com/news150573286.html Technology Wed, 07 Jan 2009 17:54:46 EST news150573286 (PhysOrg.com) -- Google card shark watchers have been placing side bets on the possibility that Google may be holding back some news on a new OS. The search giant has been the subject of rumors in Forbes, BoyGenius Blog, Google Watch and more. Forbes' intriguing article title is, " Google's Invisibility Cloak" stokes the fire with a not so "Elementary my dear Watson" approach. The genesis of the speculation is a "Eureka" moment from Net Applications a company in Aliso Viejo that produces an analytic software for tracking Internet trends around the world. http://www.physorg.com/news148909185.html Technology Fri, 19 Dec 2008 11:39:45 EST news148909185