Microsoft has admitted that it will discontinue its Silverlight Streaming beta service, which will be replaced by a Windows Azure service
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Google Claims Chrome OS Faster Than Other Linux Distros
Google reports third-quarter profit of $1.64 billion ($1bn), a 27 percent boost from its profit of $1.29 billion in the third quarter of 2008
Joost Shuts Down UK Operation
The UK operation of the online video service Joost, founded by the creators of Skype, has gone into administration, despite the company reportedly attracting more than $45 million in funding
Tandberg Targets Smaller Meetings With T1 Telepresence
Tandberg has not been distracted by its looming acquisition, after it expanded its video collaboration or conferencing suite with the launch of T1 Telepresence, aimed at smaller meeting groups.
YouTube Serves Billion Views A Day
CFO Patrick Pichette, during the recent Q3 2009 Google earnings call, reported that "YouTube will be very profitable in the not-too-distant future."
Online Ads Will Boost Google’s Q3
Google is expected to beat consensus estimates when it announces third-quarter financial results on 15 Oct.
Google Beefs Up Search In Response To Bing
Google boosts its Search Options to let users search results by past hour, specific date range, more shopping sites, fewer shopping sites, visited pages, not yet visited, books, blogs and news
Cisco To Acquire Video Conference Specialist Tandberg
The networking giant has made an offer of $3bn (£1.9bn) for its Norwegian rival in the market for video calls
Google Wave Store Could Host SAP, Salesforce Apps
Salesforce.com, SAP and several other companies have lined up to show off applications they created using the APIs from the open-source Google Wave platform.
Google Contacts Overload Caused Gmail Outage
The downtime for Gmail and Google Contacts last week was caused by high load to Google Contacts
Google Answers Microsoft Chrome Frame Security Criticisms
Google has responded to Microsoft criticism that its Chrome Frame plug-in increases IE's attack surface
The Cloud Has Better Patching And Scaling
Video:Â Cloud-based applications do not play Russian roulette with security, says Eran Feigenbaum, stage magician and head of security at Google Apps
Google Book Search Rejected By US DoJ
The Department of Justice said the Google Book Search settlement would violate class action, copyright, and antitrust law and said it should not be approved without changes
Bing Is Fastest Growing Search Provider
Microsoft's search engine, Bing, was used in 10.7 percent of U.S. online searches in August, according to a new report by research firm Nielsen
Google Releases Latest Chrome 3.0 Beta
Google's Chrome team releases a stable build of the Web browser that incorporates the speed bumps and features introduced in August's Chrome 3.0.195.4 beta release
Google Flips Out Over News Reading Technology
Google Fast Flip aims to accelerate the pace at which readers devour online news
Google and Bing Search Get Thumbs Up
Google leads Microsoft Bing and Yahoo in search results accuracy, page load speed, real-time relevance and usability, according to a crowdsourced software quality test from uTest
EU Backs IBM’s Multimedia Search Engine
The SAPIR research project can find related pictures even if they haven't been indexed by humans - unlike traditional search engines such as Google and Bing
Google To Open Book Search To Amazon And Bookshops
Google has promised to give Amazon and other books sellers a slice of the revenue from its controversial Book Search proposal to put books online
Dell Rolls Out Intel ‘Nehalem`-Powered Desktops
Dell is taking advantage of the performance, energy-efficiency and multimedia capabilities in Intel's “Nehalem” microarchitecture with the launch of two new desktops
EC To Turn New “E-Leaf” On Google Books Deal
The European Commission has called for a fresh approach to the digitisation of Europe's books following a meeting today to discuss Google's book deal
Handset Makers Increase OLED Screen Demand
A new report has found demand from the likes of Samsung and Nokia may mean LCD screens are poised to the same way of CRT televisions
Semantic Search Engine, Yebol Set For November Launch
Startup Yebol promises unlimited semantic search as Google and Bing alternative, but will its 'human knowledge' engine be a differentiator?
Google’s Gmail Outage Caused by Upgrade Error
Ironically the problem started during an upgrade designed to stop Gmail overloading, says Google
iPhone Gets Bing Search Development Kit
Microsoft delivers a Bing iPhone and Mac software development kit and makes the SDK available for download on the Microsoft CodePlex community development site
Google UK Evacuated After Rooftop Fire
Staff were evacuated from Google's offices in Buckingham Palace Road after a barbecue set fire to the company's roof terrace
Google Needn’t Fear – The Microhoo Pact Is Crumbling
The alliance between Microsoft and Yahoo was supposed to give Google cause for concern. Instead, says Don Reisinger, the two companies are still behaving like rivals, making them no danger at all to the search giant
Google Developing Caffeine Storage System
This new storage system will include more diagnostic and historic data and autonomic software
Bing Must Move On From Casual Relationships
Microsoft and Yahoo need to convert casual searchers to full-timer users if they wish to take search engine market share from giant Google, according to comScore
Ten Things You Need To Know About Google Caffeine
Google's sudden invitation to Web users to try out a new sandbox search engine it is calling Caffeine is a reminder to Website managers everywhere that it is time to pay closer attention to page rankings