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The month ahead: How the iPhone 3GS is faring

With earnings season looming, ZDNet correspondent Sumi Das and senior editor Sam Diaz look ahead at July and discuss what's on deck for the big four: Apple, Yahoo, Google, and Microsoft. We all know ad spending has tapered, but what does that mean for Google? And will Windows...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Google Inc., Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, Financial Accounting, Operating Systems, Software, Finance, Earnings, Apple, Yahoo, Google, Microsoft, Steve Jobs, iPhone, Carol Bartz, Search, Android, Windows 7

Videos 2009-07-02

Jackson death prompts malware alert at Google

The breaking news of Michael Jackson's death on Thursday triggered an alert at Google over a potential malware attack. The breaking news of Michael Jackson's death on Thursday triggered an alert at Google over a potential malware attack. As reports began to circulate, first of Jackson's...

Tags: Google Inc., Malware, Michael Jackson, Cyberthreats, Viruses And Worms, Security, Google, Spyware, Adware & Malware, David Meyer ZDNet.co.uk

News items 2009-06-26

Gallery: Top 10 alternatives to Google Search

Remember AltaVista, Ask Jeeves, Excite or Lycos? They were some of the top search engines in the 90s. Now, some of the top contenders sport names like Cuil, Hunch, and Mahalo. by Andy Smith

Tags: Google Inc., Google Search, Cloud Computing, Search, search engines, Google, Bing, Andy Smith

Image galleries 2009-06-18

Android gets voice search in Google Maps

The search-engine company adds voice search to Google Maps on its Linux-based Android software platform. Google has updated the version of Google Maps found on its Linux-based Android software platform to include voice search, along with a bug fix and a new feature. Android is designed...

Tags: Software, Google Inc., Dell Latitude, Android Market, Tools & Techniques, Notebooks, Telecommunications, Management, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Google, Android, Google maps, voice, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Matthew Broersma ZDNet.co.uk

News items 2009-06-16

Adobe launches competitor to Google Docs

Acrobat.com, an online collaboration tool designed to rival Google Docs, provides meetings and PDF creation at different levels of pricing. Adobe has launched Acrobat.com, an online document collaboration tool that the software company is pitching as a competitor to Google Docs. The cloud-based service, introduced...

Tags: Adobe Systems Inc., Google Inc., Google Docs, Adobe PDF, Service, Acrobat.com, E-mail, Collaboration, Smart Phones, Groupware, Productivity, Online Communications, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Enterprise Software, Software, Adobe, Google, Tom Espiner ZDNet UK

News items 2009-06-15

Image Gallery: Documents To Go for Google Android devices

There is no native Office viewer in the Android OS, but DataViz stepped up to the plate with a fully functional Word and Excel suite in Documents To Go. There are some features in this powerful suite that rival that found in desktop clients and not seen before in mobile...

Tags: Google Inc., Google Android, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Word, Word Processors, Office Suites, Software, screenshots, android, google, office, dataviz, Matthew Miller

Image galleries 2009-05-28

Google CEO touts always-on computing

At the Google I/O developer's conference in San Francisco, Calif., company CEO Eric Schmidt shares his vision for a new computing paradigm. In his keynote, Schmidt says "this is the beginning of the real win of cloud computing, of applications."

Tags: Google Inc., Eric Schmidt, Computing, CEO, Cloud Computing, Virtualization, Hardware, Google

Videos 2009-05-27

Google vs. Wolfram Alpha

Find out which search/computational engine is the best, or if they even compare at all.

Tags: Google Inc., Engine, News, Google, Wolfram, Alpha, search

Videos 2009-05-26

Wolfram Alpha: First hands-on

CNET's Rafe Needleman gets a look at the eagerly-anticipated new computational search engine, Wolfram Alpha. Is it a Google killer? No, but it has the potential to change the way we view at data on the Web.

Tags: Search, Channel Management, Marketing, News, rafe needleman, wolfram alpha, google, search engine

Videos 2009-05-15

Search space becomes more crowded

All the Web content in the world is useless, if you can't find what you're looking for, right? ZDNet correspondent Sumi Das talks to senior editor Sam Diaz about new search services and features that aren't necessarily going toe to toe with Google, but may prove to be disrupters...

Tags: Sam Diaz, Search, Channel Management, Marketing, Google, Web, Wolfram Alpha, Twitter, Splunk, Sumi Das

Videos 2009-05-12

RIM shines on Wall Street--for now

ZDNet Senior Editor Sam Diaz talks about Research In Motion's recent praise from UBS analyst Jeffrey Fan and whether his notes are merited. Diaz believes the company's successful first-quarter was due to some special promotions and that the second quarter will be a better gauge of RIM's long-term health as...

Tags: Research In Motion Ltd., Sam Diaz, Smart Phones, Vertical Industries, Benefits, Cellular Phones, Healthcare, Handhelds, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Human Resources, Hardware, RIM, Apple, Google, Android, iPhone

Videos 2009-05-07

Gallery: Time for the Easter egg hunt

It's Easter time when Geeks hunt through their favorite programs and sites for Easter Eggs or goodies hidden within software. by Andy Smith

Tags: Easter Egg, Easter eggs, software, Google, Andy Smith

Image galleries 2009-04-09

Obama's Google Moderator stats

The White House asked to use Google's moderator program for President Obama's town hall meeting, which garnered huge participation numbers. Vic Gundotra, vice president of engineering at Google, explains to Tim O'Reilly at the Web 2.0 Expo how people were able to not only ask questions, but to vote for...

Tags: Google Inc., Obama, Web 2.0, Channel Management, Internet, Marketing, President, Barack Obama, White House, Google, Web 2.0 Expo, Moderator, questions, voters

Videos 2009-04-03

Google demos prototype of mobile Gmail app

At the Web 2.0 Expo in San Francisco, Google VP of Engineering Vic Gundrota showed off the prototype of a new Web-based Gmail app that could one day be used on any smartphone. By using HTML 5 standards, he predicts, developers will no longer have to choose just one platform...

Tags: Google Inc., Google Gmail, Mobile, E-mail Providers, Web 2.0, Smart Phones, Cloud Computing, Channel Management, Internet, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Marketing, Web 2.0 Expo, smartphone, iPhone, HTML, developers, applications, app, Google, platform

Videos 2009-04-03

Palm announces WebOS platform, Mojo messaging service

At the Web 2.0 Expo in San Francisco, Palm Senior Vice President of Applications and Services Michael Abbott announced an early access program of the company's new developing platform, WebOS. The new platform will run apps natively on the device and enables greater integration with cloud applications like Google and...

Tags: Palm Inc., Messaging, Messaging Service, Web 2.0, Instant Messaging, Groupware, Internet, Online Communications, Enterprise Software, Software, Palm, WebOS, Mojo, applications, platform, mobile computing, developers, Facebook, Google, Web 2.0 Expo

Videos 2009-04-02

Gallery: Google Earth finds Atlantis or Atlant-isn't

Last week, a grid was discovered on Google Earth on the ocean floor off the coast of Africa sparking rumors to spread over the Internet that the lost city of Atlantis was found. by Andy Smith

Tags: Google Inc., Google Earth, Internet, Google, rumors, Atlantis, Andy Smith

Image galleries 2009-02-26

Image Gallery: TeleNav GPS Navigator for the T-Mobile G1 Google Android device

TeleNav has GPS navigation software for Windows Mobile, Palm, BlackBerry, and their own Shotgun device. Their software is feature packed and streams live maps and traffic over the air. They announced that their software has now come to the Google Android OS on the T-Mobile G1. The TeleNav GPS Navigator...

Tags: Software, T-Mobile G1, Netscape Navigator, Tools & Techniques, Handhelds, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Management, Hardware, screenshots, android, google, t-mobile, g1, gps, navigation, telenav, Matthew Miller

Image galleries 2009-02-12

First look: Google Analytics for iPhone

Michael D Jensen of Inblosam LLC released Analytics App, a $5.99 app that provides Google Analytics' exhaustive feature set for your iPhone. Here's a look. by Andrew Nusca

Tags: Apple iPhone, Google Inc., Analytics, Google Analytics, Financial Planning, Finance, product photos, Google, screenshots, Andrew Nusca

Image galleries 2009-02-05

Gallery: Google Earth 5 explores on sea, land, and air

Google maps the ocean floor in its latest edition of Google Earth. The free program also shows historical satellite images, lets you create you own tours, and shows off Mars in 3D. by Andy Smith

Tags: Google Inc., Google Earth, Network Technology, Networking, Google, Andy Smith

Image galleries 2009-02-02

Gallery: Obama inauguration - a satellite's view

Google showed off its GeoEye-1 satellite by releasing hi-res images from President Obama's inauguration Tuesday. The satellite will soon produce images for Google Maps and Google Earth. by Andy Smith

Tags: Google Inc., Satellite, Network Technology, Networking, inauguration, Obama, GeoEye-1, Google, Andy Smith

Image galleries 2009-01-21