MICROSOFT has unveiled a new search engine, Bing, designed to intuitively understand what people are seeking on the internet and challenge online king Google. The US software colossus described Bing as a “decision engine” and said it will be available worldwide by Wednesday. Bing’s launch...

Google may be ready to remove the “beta” tag from some of its online applications in a move to widen their appeal among paying business customers, company officials suggested Wednesday. Google is known for keeping the “beta” designation on products even long after they launch. The...

Taiwanese Linux distributor Linpus Technologies plans to make a version of Moblin 2.0 available for download next week, a move timed to coincide with the annual Computex hardware exhibition in Taipei. Linpus will show off a new version of its Linpus Linux Lite distribution based on Moblin 2.0 for the first...

Despite the growing list of toppling multinational corporations, Timothy Draper, the founder and a managing director of VC firm Draper Fisher Jurvetson, told an audience full of Seattle entrepreneurs and investors that right now is the “best time ever” to start a new business. To illustrate the...

Hosted by Walt Mossberg and Kara Swisher, the D: All Things Digital conference, now in its seventh year, brings out some of the biggest names in the online business.   Cuban: Internet video progress ‘disappointing’ Little has happened in 10 years, Cuban said, in part because YouTube focused on...