The practice of taking money to bump up certain Web sites is giving search engines a bad name. Will they now have to come clean?
After much hype, confusion and scepticism, a handful of Internet companies are trying to do something that has stubbornly eluded the high-tech industry: turn the vague concept of "Web services" into a reality for the greater Internet.
Some gambling ads on Google, Yahoo and other major Web sites are illegal in California, according to a lawsuit filed Tuesday in the US.
Linguistics professor Geoffrey Nunberg talks about how machines struggle to make sense of the way people write and speak, and how the Internet has people writing more now than ever before.
Google executives downplayed their legendary battle with Microsoft but said they were keeping an eye on their larger rival's plans for embedding Web search functionality into Vista, its delayed next-generation operating system.
Victorian Web start-up My Perfect has a strong story and rationale for why it will succeed. But it has to overcome some challenges and design flaws first.
Will aggregation replace search when it comes to finding useful content on the Web? I reckon so.
Watching the latest, hilarious stage in the Jimmy Kimmel-Matt Damon "feud" -- which racked up 2.5 million YouTube views in one day -- I was struck by a thought: who in the world is paying for all this bandwidth?
As the company reaches beyond its Internet search roots, critics ask whether success may breed an identity crisis.
While Wall Street clamours for a piece of the search king, start-ups are trying to fill in the technology niches.
Google faces a difficult task if it tries to transplant its successful Web search business to the desktop.
The explosion in drive-by download attacks continues to grow. How has the situation got so dangerous? Are there any "trusted" Web sites left?
Google's acquisition of a tiny Web word processing maker turns the spotlight on a growing number of so-called Web 2.0 companies struggling to survive -- or angling to be Google's next purchase.
Fed up with pop-up ads? We review six ad-free browser apps, each with its own method of removing annoying solicitations.
Commentary: Google is one of the best things on the Web--but there are signs that it may be tempted into rank commercialism.
Microsoft has changed the look and feel of its venerable browser while adding some much-needed security features.
A versatile Internet browser, Opera 9 beta 1 bundles desktop widgets and other unique features. But can it win over those fleeing from Internet Explorer?
Mozilla's Firefox 1.5 browser is packed with new features.
Can you hold a Macworld without Apple?
Apple CEO Steve Jobs will not speak at January's Macworld show. What's more, Apple has announced that this wil… Watch it now
Symantec Endpoint Protection Small Business Edition
Footy Club Switches to Single Business Communications Solution
Proven data storage and protection solutions
Driving Business Growth Through Enterprise IT Management
64-bit Windows: It's time to get serious
IE patch: Microsoft's eight days of hell
Fowl play foiled, Telstra's fairy tale is over
Footy Club switches to Single Business Communications Solution
Connect growing business demands using Next Dimension Working™
Click here to find out more about Telstra's single solution vendor capabilities
Find out how to combine network connectivity with mobile broadband and IP telephony
Top 10 Desktops
The votes are in: check out the Top 10 desktops for this month.
Click here for more.
Bootstrappr
From boom to bust, from unconference to BarCamp and beyond, Renai LeMay tracks the fortunes of Australia's startup community.
Click here for more.
Broadband speedtest
How fast is your Internet connection?
Calculate the speed here.
