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• Lawmakers call on DOJ to reopen investigation into Google Wi-Fi spying

  By Grant Gross | 24 May, 2012 23:37

  Two U.S. lawmakers have called on the U.S. Department of Justice to reopen its investigation into Google's snooping on Wi-Fi networks in 2010 after recent questions about the company's level of cooperation with federal inquiries.

• Lawmakers call on DOJ to reopen investigation into Google Wi-Fi spying

  By Grant Gross | 24 May, 2012 20:53

  Two U.S. lawmakers have called on the U.S. Department of Justice to reopen its investigation into Google's snooping on Wi-Fi networks in 2010 after recent questions about the company's level of cooperation with federal inquiries.

• Yahoo Axis may be game changer for search and the troubled company

  By Sharon Gaudin | 24 May, 2012 20:08

  With Axis, Yahoo is trying to change the search game, while also trying to change its image as a troubled company.

• About 4.5 million Catholic school students to get Office 365

  By Juan Carlos Perez | 24 May, 2012 18:55

  About 4.5 million Catholic school students will get access to Microsoft's Office 365 cloud e-mail and collaboration suite as part of a 3-year deal the software vendor struck with the Catholic International Education Office (OIEC).

• European privacy regulators want more detail on Google's policy changes

  By Peter Sayer | 24 May, 2012 17:42

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• Motorola Mobility has infringed Microsoft patent, says Munich court

  By Mikael Ricknäs | 24 May, 2012 15:24

  Google-owned Motorola Mobility has infringed a Microsoft patent related to SMS messaging, according to a ruling in the Munich regional court, which also dismissed a second case related to a localization patent.

• Bug bounty hunters reveal eight vulnerabilities in Google services

  By Loek Essers | 24 May, 2012 12:56

  Security researchers unveiled eight vulnerabilities in Google services during the Hack in the Box conference in Amsterdam on Thursday -- but they claim to have discovered more than 100 such bugs over the past few months.

• Google to offer mapping and other software in Syria

  By John Ribeiro | 24 May, 2012 07:46

  Google is now allowed under U.S. export control rules to offer downloads in Syria of its mapping software Google Earth, photo sharing software Picasa, and its Chrome browser, it said Wednesday.

• Most jurors sided with Google on APIs and 'fair use'

  By James Niccolai | 23 May, 2012 23:34

  Most of the jurors in the Oracle v Google trial thought Google's use of 37 Java APIs in Android should be allowed under the doctrine of fair use, one of the jurors revealed Wednesday after the trial had ended.

• Google's Android did not infringe Oracle patents, jury finds

  By James Niccolai | 23 May, 2012 20:08

  Google's Android operating system does not infringe Oracle's Java patents, a jury in San Francisco found Wednesday in a setback for Oracle.

• McAfee reports big spike in malware

  By Cameron Scott | 23 May, 2012 20:08

  PC malware had its "busiest quarter in recent history," according to McAfee's quarterly security report released Wednesday.

• Google's Android did not infringe Oracle patents, jury finds

  By James Niccolai | 23 May, 2012 18:29

  Google's Android operating system does not infringe Oracle's Java patents, a jury in San Francisco found Wednesday in a setback for Oracle.

• Microsoft takes Bing Streetside offline in Germany after privacy complaints

  By Loek Essers | 23 May, 2012 10:31

  Microsoft has taken its Google Street View-like service Bing Streetside offline in Germany after German citizens expressed their worries about how Microsoft handles requests for blurring of images, the company said on Tuesday.

• Google has finally closed Motorola Mobility acquisition

  By Mikael Ricknäs | 23 May, 2012 00:36

  Google has finally closed its acquisition of Motorola Mobility, and will now start working on new devices while keeping Android open, it said on Tuesday.

• Facebook vs Google: By the numbers

  By Ershad K. | 22 May, 2012 23:32

  With the world's largest social networking website, Facebook, going public it is quite obvious that comparisons with Google will crop up. We have collated some figures and here is a list of numbers comparing the two giants.