Innovation

Bing: Google gets some real competition

It’s hard to compete when your opponent’s name is so popular that it’s become a verb. Such is the plight of every search engine that dares to challenge Google. Last year, four search engines made up more than 95 percent of all search traffic: Google, Yahoo, MSN, and Ask. Only Google ...

Google Chrome OS: Why should people switch?

Will you be using Chrome OS a year from now? At the Web-based operating system's coming-out party at Google headquarters on Thursday, Google presented its vision of Chrome, and a huge amount of information on what the browser and operating system are based on, how they run, and the safeguards in ...

Scoot Coupe zips back into spotlight with the holiday season approaching

The peppy, three-wheel Scoot Coupe darted back into consumers' consciousness today, just in time for holiday shopping. "The Price is Right" included the green-chic micromobile – part scooter, part golf cart, yet still street legal – in today's Showcase Showdown. Scoot Coupe is an odd pairing. Its toy-like frame houses an ...

Windows 7 sees ‘fantastic’ sales numbers

Microsoft's new operating system, Windows 7, has sold very well in its opening weeks. How well? In its first month, Windows 7 has outsold any previous Microsoft OS launch by at least two fold, CEO Steve Ballmer said during the company’s annual shareholder meeting. He declined to offer concrete numbers. This sales ...

Forget the fangs. It’s spam that should really scare ‘Twilight’ fans.

Fans of "Twilight" and "New Moon" already have plenty to be scared about – vampires, werewolves, a swirling debate over the feminist values of Stephenie Meyer's hit series. But what about malware? According to reports from the around the Internet this morning, the Twihard set was recently targeted by a group ...

Modern Warfare helps buoy Q3 profits at GameStop

The success of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, the new first-person shooter published by Activision, has reportedly helped boost profits for the most popular video game retailer in the US. According to the Associated Press, sales rose to $1.83 billion in the most recent quarter at GameStop. That's a ...

Top five examples of Augmented Reality

Augmented reality – the idea of enhancing our view of the world around us with digitized text or objects – has moved out of research labs. Below are five of our favorite videos demonstrating a few of the myriad ways AR has jumped onto smart phones and computer screens to ...

Google phone rumors put damper on Droid buzz

As if we weren't already buried in Android buzz. A week after Verizon Wireless rolled out the Droid, a smartphone manufactured by Motorola and powered by Google’s Android operating system, one blogger is reporting that Google is prepping its very own Android handset. According to the estimable Michael Arrington at TechCrunch, ...

Modern Warfare 2 grosses $550 million in first five days

Last week, Activision announced that Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 had broken the record for most successful entertainment launch of all time. The numbers were monumental: 4.7 million copies sold in the first 24 hours alone, and an earning report that topped $310 million. And that was only counting the ...

Google, Bing continue to gobble up market share

Well, it's not exactly as exciting as a horse race. But watching the search engine scuffle can be entertaining. To wit: Over the past few months, Microsoft's Bing engine has edged it's way up from longshot to genuine contender, attracting at least nine percent of the search audience in the ...