Analysis: Yahoo! to pass search reins over to the user

Yahoo! is going to yield to Google in search. It's going to let Google crack on with perfecting the algorithm to return the results it rates most relevant to a query: a set of results picked from its index of some 60bn entries, if you take Google's claim of it being three times larger than its rivals. In fact, it's going to step down from the helm of searching and pass on the reins of control. ...more

MSN gets a little bit political with Tony Blair

Tony Blair has a reputation for favouring the Richard & Judy end of the political interviewing spectrum, rather than tackling the likes of Paxman or Humphrys. But how hard could public questioning over MSN be? We will find out when the Prime Minister makes himself available on Microsoft's MSN Messenger service. Microsoft UK has launched a competition to give ten people the chance to put questions live to the PM at 10 Downing Street, with details available at www. ...more

Intel Developer Forum, Fall 2006 - the final round-up

For all the processor news from San Francisco, here's our final round-up from Intel's Developer Forum 28 September IDF Fall 2006: Intel chief - 'I hate AMD' He didn't say it out loud, but he typed it out loud. IDF Fall 2006: Intel unveils new mobile platforms Intel's Mobility Group Dadi Perimutter formally unveils Santa Rosa, the next-generation Centrino platform for notebook PCs. IDF Fall 2006: Intel offers $1m prize to evolve the beige box< A million-dollar prize to build a 'sexy, stylish and small' PC, based on its ViiV multimedia platform. ...more

Thunderbird 1.0 email client bids to repeat Firefox success

Hoping to emulate the success of the open source browser Firefox, the Mozilla group has now released version 1.0 of its Thunderbird email client. Aimed squarely at the Outlook Express user base with much of the look and feel of the Microsoft product, Mozilla is pushing many of the same buttons that made Firefox a success - speed and improved security. ...more

UPDATED: iPod shuffle expands market share

Apple's iPod shuffle has expanded its share of the US market to 58 per cent, just four months after its unveiling. In February the company quoted a share of 43 per cent. The success comes in spite of widely publicised shortages - delivery times in the US were up to three weeks at one stage. ...more