Software giant Microsoft bids US$ 44 billion for Yahoo! in cash and stocks, a 60% premium over current market price. The search engine market is dominated by Google with an impressive 56% dominance (in the US). Yahoo and Microsoft account for about 31% of the pie, and the rest scattered across the...

While many of us now use mobile phones in place of land-line phones in our homes, the primary benefit of mobile phones remains their portability. A mobile phone is only as portable as its power source, however, so to get the most out of your phone you need to get the most out of your battery. When it...

Rumours of a GPhone (similar to an iPhone) have been floating around, after Google acquired a mobile phone software start-up. Well, in November 2007, those rumours were quashed when Google officially launched the Android, not a phone, but even more powerful – an Open Mobile Platform. “Android...

Baidu, the Chinese search engine behemoth now plans to enter the Japanese market where it plans to capture about 10% of the search engine market share. Baidu, is the undisputed leader in the China search engine market, and commands over 50% of the market, trailing behind Google, Yahoo and others. As...