Red Hat, Novell sued for patent infringement
Linux vendors Red Hat and Novell are being sued for patent infringement by IP Innovation and Technology Licensing.
Stories by Linda Rosencrance
Google buys Jaiku
Google has acquired Jaiku, which offers a product called Jaiku Mobile, a software application for mobile phones that enables users to post and browse short messages called "jaikus."
YouTube lands on Google Earth
If you've ever wanted to travel to Paris, but just never got around to it, you can now use the Google Earth software tool and watch a sunset filmed from the top floor of the Eiffel Tower, or view video clips of other popular spots in the City of Lights.
Google tops charts in global search
Google topped global search charts in August, but search engines in China and South Korea are challenging the search company in their own countries, according to Internet research firm comScore.
Google to show YouTube videos on other websites
Google's AdSense is offering web publishers who participate in the programme the ability to start displaying ad-supported video clips from Google's YouTube on their sites.
Google buys assets of mobile social network
Google has acquired Zingku, a mobile social networking company geared toward teenagers and young adults, another in a series of moves to boost its mobile services.
Novell's Linux business spikes since Microsoft deal
Novell's Linux business has soared 243 percent since last November when the company signed its controversial deal with Microsoft.
University sets sights on Google's race-to-the-moon prize
Carnegie Mellon University is planning to enter and win the US$20 million first prize offered by Google and the X Prize Foundation for landing and operating a robot on the moon by 2012.
New York subpoenas Facebook over user safety
New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo has subpoenaed Facebook because of what he says is the social networking site's lack of controls to protect the safety of its users.
Google plans Pacific fibre-optic cable
Google is planning to build a fibre-optic cable under the Pacific Ocean to link its US operations with Asia, according to a report in Communications Day, a telecomms industry news and commentary site for Australia and Asia.
NASA, Google bring more of the moon to Earth
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration has made new higher-resolution images and maps of the moon as well as multimedia content available on Google's Moon Web site.
Google: To the moon, people, to the moon
Calling all space geeks. Google Inc. and the X Prize Foundation Thursday announced the US$30 million Google Lunar X Prize.
Cartoon characters to get Internet portal
Warner Bros. Entertainment, a unit of Time Warner, will launch a new, interactive Internet portal for Bugs Bunny and his friends.
Google Earth, Amazon tools aid in search for missing aviator
Tools from Google Earth and Amazon.com are being applied by users to help in the effort to find aviator and adventurer Steve Fossett, who has been missing since taking off in a private plane in Nevada last week.
Facebook to make listings public via search engines
Facebook is changing its social networking site to make the names and profiles of its members available to nonmembers and eventually accessible through search-engine listings.