New Yahoo tool sends business info to mobile phones

Yahoo began offering on Thursday a new tool that allows users of its local search service to send restaurant or business information in the form of a text message from a computer to a mobile phone.

Amazon search pictures your destination

Amazon.com is mapping the streets of the United States in an ambitious digital photography project to drive people into local businesses.

Sun poised to take open-source Solaris

Sun Microsystems is about to take the next step in its plan to refurbish the reputation of its Solaris operating system in the eyes of a small but crucial group: programmers.

CES 2005

Which gadgets will come out of CES 2005 to capture the hearts and dollars of consumers?

Bezos offers glimpse into space project

Blue Origin, the secretive space exploration company founded by Amazon.com CEO Jeff Bezos, on Thursday, Jan. 13th, quietly announced plans to build a testing facility on a remote ranch in western Texas.

Yahoo, Microsoft gaining ground on Google

Google remains the favorite of search consumers, but Yahoo and Microsoft are closing the gap, according to a new survey.

Google unveils budget search appliance

With the new product, the Mountain View, Calif.-based company hopes to broaden its search-appliance business to cater to smaller businesses with fewer documents and tighter budgets.

Interent Phones

Your next telephone may not actually be a telephone. It may look and work like a phone, but it will connect to the Internet, not a telephone line, and it will cost less than today's phones.

Apple unveils $499 PC!

SAN FRANCISCO--After decades of being criticized for producing luxury items, Apple Computer is aiming squarely at the mass market with a new budget PC unveiled Tuesday.

VoIP's voice gets stronger

Internet telephones broke through the mass market in 2004, after nearly a decade in gestation, and became the telecom story of the year.

Bundle up, it's cold outside

With evidence mounting that bundles do wonders for service providers, the next mad dash is to figure out ways to bundle mobile phone service with other offerings.

Sirius to lanuch video service in 2006

With help from Microsoft, Sirius Satellite Radio is refining plans to add a visual component to its stream of entertainment, mostly targeting people in cars. As it now stands, the service is audio-based.

What's Next for Google?

Running the Web’s best search engine isn’t enough: Google wants to organize all digital information. That means war with Microsoft.

TV to Go: TiVo Unveils Portable Service

TiVo Inc. pioneered digital video recording as a new way of watching television -- when you want it. Now it could be TV where you want it, too.

You, Too, Can Be a Podcaster

Although he’s famous for having been an MTV VJ, Adam Curry is better known these days as one of the fathers of podcasting, a rapidly growing technology that allows anyone to subscribe to and automatically download audio content feeds to an MP3 player.

The BlackBerry Brain Trust

First Mike Lazaridis reinvented the way we get email. Now he's rounded up a bunch of radical thinkers to reinvent physics itself.

VOIP Howto

Voice Over IP is a new communication means that let you telephone with Internet at almost null cost. How this is possible, what systems are used, what is the standard, all that is covered by this Howto.

Build Your Own Hot Spot

Free, ubiquitous Internet access may be just around the corner--literally. One of the most exciting aspects of wireless LAN technology lies in its potential for broadband sharing.

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Find it fast: six apps that search your hard drive

Need to find a specific e-mail message or file on your hard drive? You're not alone. Fortunately, six new localized search apps let you search your hard drive. Read on to find out more.

RSS: News you choose

Finding it hard to stay abreast of the latest news and conversations on the Web? You're not alone.

Dear IE, I'm leaving you for good

Robert Vamosi, Senior editor, CNET Reviews; gives his viewpoint on IE.