Now that the skies are clearing after the worst economic storm in modern history — far more violent than the experts had predicted — we face a surprising new roster of winners and losers, as Fortune’s 2011 ranking of the Worl…
Microsoft soundly beat its 2010 sales forecast for the Kinect, a motion-sensor device that enables players to use body movements — instead of controllers — to play games on the Xbox console.
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Google on Friday announced that it has adjusted its search-engine ranking system to demote so-called “low quality” sites and boost the rankings of sites with original content and substantial analysis.
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The recent news that Nokia will now use the Windows 7 operating system in its smart phones means that Microsoft stands to gain licensing revenues for its operating system as well as increased search advertising market share. Go…
Some influential tech voices deeply critical of today’s search technology hailed the victory of IBM’s Watson at Jeopardy! as a forerunner of a new type of more intelligent, useful and less spammy search. Here’s why that’s still…