Does Google giving a true search a chance? According to Wall Street Journal: Over the next few months, Google’s search engine will begin spitting out more than a list of blue Web links. It will also present more facts and direct answers to queries at the top of the search-results page. You can read the [...]

With Internet Explorer 9, Microsoft fights back in browser wars
March 21st, 2010Read MoreCNN With Internet Explorer 9, Microsoft showed Wednesday it’s trying to retake the browser initiative. IE remains the Net’s dominant browser. But perversely, it became something of a technology underdog after Microsoft vanquished Netscape in the browser wars of the 1990s and scaled back its browser effort. That left an opportunity for rivals to blossom [...]
Is voice becoming the new text (again)?
March 21st, 2010Read More(CNN) — On a recent episode of the TV show “Modern Family,” a character named Mitchell gets in his car and does something that’s frustratingly familiar for early adopters of technology: He tries to operate the machine by talking to it. “CD player: next track,” he says. “Say a command,” a robotic voice responds. “CD [...]

