YouTube, which became the world's most popular video website by providing an outlet for amateur user-generated clips, is now officially expanding into streaming full-length movies online for rent.

A Google népszerű videómegosztója online filmkölcsönzővé lép elő. A YouTube vezetői azt remélik, hogy piacot rabolhatnak a Netflixtől, az Amazontól és az Apple-től.

Apple has topped Google as the most valuable brand in the world, according to a study released over the weekend by brand consultancy Millward Brown.

BlackBerry-maker Research In Motion (RIM) and software giant Microsoft on Tuesday announced a new pact under which the two companies will partner to offer a variety of Bing related services to BlackBerry smartphone and PlayBook tablet users. Bing is Microsoft's Web search offering, and it's one of the top three search engines along with Google and Yahoo Search, according to Hitwise.

Oracle has subpoenaed the Apache Software Foundation in connection with its ongoing intellectual property suit against Google, the open-source group said Wednesday.

Az Apache Software Foundation képviselőit az Oracle jogászai szeretnék kifaggatni a Google ellen indított Java szabadalmakkal kapcsolatos perben.

A dél-koreai rendőrség házkutatást tartott a Google szöuli irodájában. A keresőcég helyi leányvállalatát az okostelefon-felhasználók mozgásával kapcsolatos adatok illegális gyűjtésével vádolják.

Police in South Korea said they had raided Google's Korea head office in Seoul on Tuesday on suspicion that the subsidiary of the search engine company had illegally collected location data from application subscribers.

Representatives from both Apple and Google will testify at a Congressional hearing next month on consumer privacy and smartphones , two U.S. senators confirmed on Thursday.

Google will allow companies to sign up users for its paid Apps for Business hosted collaboration and communication suite on a month-to-month basis, without having to commit them to an annual contract.

Minnesota Senator Al Franken and the attorney general of Illinois have separately pressed Apple and Google to provide more information about the location data they collect about their end users.

Google has invested in a wind farm in Oklahoma to help offset the environmental impact of its data centers, even as Greenpeace stepped up its criticism of big Internet companies for using "dirty power" that contributes to global warming

A titkosszolgálat szerint a Gmail és a Skype veszélyt jelent Oroszország biztonságára.

Google reported solid growth in the first quarter, just as co-founder Larry Page prepares to usher in a new chapter in the company's history.

In a scathing blog post, one of Microsoft's top lawyers cited previously withheld U.S. Department of Justice court documents that allege Google has been falsely claiming that its Google Apps for Government service has an important security certification.

Az amerikai igazságügyi minisztérium által javasolt megállapodás-tervezet értelmében a Google csak akkor vásárolhatja fel az ITA Software-t, ha vállalja, hogy saját konkurensei számára is elérhetővé teszi a cég szoftvereit.

A Google autói nem fotóznak többet Németországban. A Microsoft pont most kezd el fényképezni.

The U.S. Department of Justice will require Google to develop and license travel software to competitors as a condition of its US$700 million acquisition of travel software maker ITA Software.

Lawyers for Oracle and Google gave the judge overseeing their Java patent dispute a tutorial on Wednesday that underscored the complexity of the case between the two companies.

Microsoft filed an antitrust complaint against Google with the European Commission on Thursday, accusing Google of taking technical measures to squeeze Microsoft and other competitors out of the advertising and search markets.