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Google tests web buying system, says unlike PayPal
NEW YORK - Internet search leader Google is testing a system that aims to speed purchases online but bears no resemblance to the popular PayPal payments service of web auctioneer eBay, Google's chief executive said on Thursday.
Blogs test political limits of internet in China
BEIJING - A New York Times columnist has created Chinese-language blogs on two of China's most popular Web portals to test the limits of the internet in China - but one of them could not be accessed on Wednesday
Most Microsoft workers search with Google
Do employees at Microsoft, Yahoo and Google use their own search engines? Apparently, some do and some don't.
Google first in US search, but lags in China
Google is king of search in the United States, but in the rapidly growing Chinese Internet market it's a distant third.
Yahoo Messenger allows users to share services
SAN FRANCISCO - Yahoo is set to allow users of its instant messaging service to run mini web programs that help them conduct shared activities ranging from calendar scheduling to watching videos or even trading commodities, the company said on Monday
Cognizant sees crunch as IBM hunts India staff
21 June 2006 09:24 AEST
BANGALORE - Plans by IBM to triple its investment in India will make it harder for the country's home-grown software industry to keep staff, the head of a mid-sized Indian software services firm said on Wednesday.
Oracle profit up, says taking share from rivals
SAN FRANCISCO - Oracle on Thursday posted a higher quarterly profit on stronger-than-expected new software license revenue and said it was taking share from rivals such as SAP and IBM.
Microsoft exec: Linux no threat to Windows on desktopLinux isn't a threat to Windows on the desktop and is losing steam on the server as customers separate the operating system from the development model, according to Bill Hilf, Microsoft's chief platform strategist.
NEW YORK - Internet search leader Google is testing a system that aims to speed purchases online but bears no resemblance to the popular PayPal payments service of web auctioneer eBay, Google's chief executive said on Thursday.
Blogs test political limits of internet in China
BEIJING - A New York Times columnist has created Chinese-language blogs on two of China's most popular Web portals to test the limits of the internet in China - but one of them could not be accessed on Wednesday
Most Microsoft workers search with Google
Do employees at Microsoft, Yahoo and Google use their own search engines? Apparently, some do and some don't.
Google first in US search, but lags in China
Google is king of search in the United States, but in the rapidly growing Chinese Internet market it's a distant third.
Yahoo Messenger allows users to share services
SAN FRANCISCO - Yahoo is set to allow users of its instant messaging service to run mini web programs that help them conduct shared activities ranging from calendar scheduling to watching videos or even trading commodities, the company said on Monday
Cognizant sees crunch as IBM hunts India staff
21 June 2006 09:24 AEST
BANGALORE - Plans by IBM to triple its investment in India will make it harder for the country's home-grown software industry to keep staff, the head of a mid-sized Indian software services firm said on Wednesday.
Oracle profit up, says taking share from rivals
SAN FRANCISCO - Oracle on Thursday posted a higher quarterly profit on stronger-than-expected new software license revenue and said it was taking share from rivals such as SAP and IBM.
Microsoft exec: Linux no threat to Windows on desktopLinux isn't a threat to Windows on the desktop and is losing steam on the server as customers separate the operating system from the development model, according to Bill Hilf, Microsoft's chief platform strategist.
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