Google has released a beta version of its new Patent Search tool that lets users search the full text of the U.S. patent corpus to locate patents of interest. An "Advanced Patent Search" page allows...
Microsoft has released its first toolkit for building robotics software, an area of customized development that remains a tedious process.The Robotics Studio is a Windows-based development environment...
Symantec's push to double its services revenue to $1 billion a year by 2010 includes a restructuring of its services offerings. The company said Wednesday the plan includes Symantec Operational Services...
The tactics used by a sophisticated threat of 2006 will become staples in exploits during the year to come, a security researcher said Wednesday.That threat, dubbed "Rustock" by Symantec, is a family...
If the thought of having BitTorrent, the world's most famous file-swapping software, available on your set-top box to download high-definition movies from major Hollywood studios seems far-fetched, you're...
"Contactless requires a minimal change to infrastructure. Merchants update their POS terminals with contactless readers. They don't need to change their entire POS, and nothing really changes on the...
"Online holiday gift shoppers overwhelmingly consider free shipping an important enticement in making purchases, with discounts and free-return policies also key considerations. Ninety percent said that...
The first thing to know about online shopping is that it is safe, as long as you're not -- what's the word? -- "reckless" about it. Surveys suggest credit card fear is the big thing holding folks back...
Satyam Computer Services will set up a 2,000-seat software enginerering center in Malaysia. The new center follows the creation of a 100-seat center by Satyam in Cyberjaya, Malaysia, three years ago. An...
Google believes the Web could be good for your health.In a speech on Thursday at a healthcare and technology conference in Washington, D.C., Google engineering VP Adam Bosworth called for giving patients...