Google tops search rankings

Google has topped the latest ranking of search engine usage, considerably outstripping rival Internet search sites including Yahoo and Microsoft's MSN Search. The latest figures based on the findings of two different Internet market research companies reveal that in March 2002 US Web users spent almost 13 million hours searching in Google, but just 5.4 million in Yahoo and 4. ...more

Firefox clipped with critical vulnerabilities

Two extremely critical security vulnerabilities have been discovered in the Firefox Web browser. The flaws could be exploited to conduct cross-site scripting attacks and compromise a user's system. The first vulnerability involves 'IFRAME' JavaScript URLs, which are not properly protected from being executed in context of another URL in the history list. ...more

HP retains PDA pole position over palmOne, RIM in rear view mirror

HP is just ahead of palmOne in PDA shipments to the EMEA (Europe, Middle East and Africa) region according to research published by Canalys. Meanwhile Nokia retains its formidable lead in mobile phone shipments, taking almost three quarters of the market. Overall mobile devices are showing a 62 per cent growth over a year ago. ...more

Meal ticket for life for failed grocer?

Here's one to get you going "grrrr". It's another in our series "Where did all the dot-com money go?" and this time concerns WebVan, a failed American online grocer. Having filed for bankruptcy in a court in Delaware back in July, the company is now soliciting for bids for its various assets. ...more

Intel Centrino mobile technology

You can say what you like about Intel, but you can't deny its marketing expertise. Brands like Intel Inside and Pentium have infiltrated the public mind at every level with their simple logos and huge advertising campaigns, but where do you go from there? Intel's next point of call is branding the whole mobile 'user experience', which it snappily calls Centrino. Indeed, you don't just need the new Pentium-M processor to be in the Centrino gang. ...more