Microsoft, Google Expand

Telcos Slash Prices In Response to VoIP

The popularity of voice-over-Internet-protocol (VoIP) telephony services is pushing the telecommunications industry to cut prices as customers jump ship for cheaper voice services.

DeskBrowse Available For Free

It's "lightweight and has a very responsive interface." It's "innovative," and offers "blazing speed." Maybe I watched too much racing yesterday, but this sounds like a sports car. But no - it's DeskBrowse! And now it's free. Mac users everywhere can rejoice.

Gawker Moves Hint At Ad Downturn

An assortment of personnel moves and the dumping of a pair of poorly performing blogs under the Gawker Media umbrella will take place for a series of reasons, the first being a fear of an advertising downturn.

Blinkx.tv Makes ‘Historical’ Deal

Have you ever wanted to hear first hand the venerated Albert Einstein disclaim his own mathematics by saying "God does not play dice with the universe"? Video and audio search engine blinkx announced today an agreement with the UK-arm of cable's The History Channel that may let you do just that.

Google Desktop Breaks The Internet?

No one wants to have to say, "My Internet broke." When this phrase is uttered, the source of the problem (assuming it's not the user) becomes the object of much ill will and quite a few uncouth words. Now Google, the former "do no evil" company, is hinting that uninstalling one of its products may "break" your Internet.