The company that made its billions selling ads for Web searches is now officially in the telecommunications business, as Google (Nasdaq: GOOG) demonstrated Tuesday with the launch of its branded Nexus One smartphone. However, can the same success that saw “Google” become a verb be translated to the burgeoning mobile market? Is there anything in ...

Not surprisingly, most folks see CES as a watershed event for tracking the latest in current, emerging and future consumer electronics trends. So why did I travel to CES 2010 in search of products related to business IT? Pure contrariness is one reply, but let’s also toss in the common, if sometimes subtle, linkages between ...

Google’s (Nasdaq: GOOG) bid to secure the digital rights to millions of books remains under attack from rivals and other critics trying to block a revised legal settlement that would unlock a vast electronic library. The opposition fired its latest salvo Thursday, the deadline for filing objections with U.S. District Judge Denny Chin in New ...