Lokális kereső- és online térképes szolgáltatásainak felpörgetését tűzte ki célul a Microsoft, amikor újabb céget kebelezett be - ezúttal a légi- és műholdas felvételekre alapuló térképeiről ismertté vált Vexcelt.

To boost its local search and online mapping services, Microsoft Corp. has acquired a company that makes products for creating maps from aerial and satellite photographs.

"Cheaper is not always better", "a product's value includes tangible and intangible benefits", "time is money." The above isn't a recitation from the Reader's Digest book 'Quotable Quotes.' They are three technology purchasing principles offered by Bob Park, director of marketing, IT division, Samsung Electronics Canada Inc.

Inventories of semiconductors used in all kinds of electronics gadgets soared faster than expected during the first three months of the year, but there's no reason to be alarmed about a chip glut, market researcher iSuppli Corp. said Tuesday.

Inventories of semiconductors used in all kinds of electronics gadgets soared faster than expected during the first three months of the year, but there's no reason to be alarmed about a chip glut, market researcher iSuppli Corp. said Tuesday.

Online retailer Amazon.com Inc. is now using Microsoft Corp.'s Windows Live search to power search results for its Alexa toolbar and A9 search engine. Previously, the company used Google Inc.'s search engine to power those results.

Az online kereskedelemben érdekelt Amazon.com a Microsoft új, Windows Live nevű keresőjét kezdte használni Alexa eszköztárában és A9-es keresőjében. A cég korábban a Google motorjával működtette ezeket a szolgáltatásokat.

A group of self-titled "political activists" in Massachusetts has started an aggressive campaign to get browser users to switch from Microsoft Corp.'s Internet Explorer to Mozilla Corp.'s Firefox.

Egy magát "politikai aktivistáknak" nevező, Massachusettsben található csoport agresszív kampányt indított annak érdekében, hogy az internetezőket rávegyék az Internet Explorerről a Firefox webes böngészőjére történő váltásra.

A Megafone az Externet Kft. új telefonszolgáltatása, amelyet egyéni és üzleti előfizetők egyaránt igénybevehetnek. A Megafone szolgáltatások egyikénél sincsen szerződéses kötelezettség, az előfizető mindig annyit fizet csak, amennyit telefonál: másodperc-alapon számlázva, alacsony percdíjakon.

A Microsoft úgy érezte, most érett meg az idő arra, hogy a szélesebb közönség is megismerje új böngészőjét: az aktuális béta már letölthető.

Microsoft Corp. Tuesday launched a beta version of its Internet Explorer 7 browser, emphasizing new security features designed to defeat security problems that plagued earlier editions.

Alpha márkanéven dobja majd piacra a Sony az új tükörreflexes (DSLR) kameráit. A technológiát a Konica Minoltától vásárolta januárban.

Google Inc. and Yahoo Inc. increased their market share in the online search arena as Microsoft Corp.'s MSN slipped, according to Web research firm Nielsen//NetRatings.

Intel Corp. opened on Monday a new research and development center at its lab in Braunschweig, Germany, to focus on the design of multicore processors.

Microsoft Corp., which has been carving a larger slice of the mobile device OS market, is developing a new product, code-named "Crossbow," which will incorporate features such as instant messaging, a Microsoft executive confirmed Monday.

Some Chinese Internet users aren't happy with Google Inc.'s recently announced Chinese name, and they've started an online petition to express their displeasure.

S-LCD Corp., the LCD (liquid crystal display) panel production joint venture of Sony Corp. and Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., plans to invest a further 222 billion won (US$237 million) to expand production at its factory in Tangjeong, South Korea, it said Wednesday.

DRAM (dynamic-RAM) chip makers are forecasting higher prices for DDR2 (double data rate, second generation) memory chips over the next three months, and current trends could mean they'll remain strong all year.

Yahoo Inc. exceeded Wall Street's revenue expectations and met the earnings per share forecast in its first quarter, ended March 31, 2006, the Sunnyvale, California, company announced Tuesday.