Google has entered yet another space with the launch of Lively, a tool for creating 3D social spaces on Web sites, which is now available in a public beta test.

EBay will open a tool used by 700,000 of its merchants to external developers, the next step in an ongoing effort to promote the creation of applications for its online marketplace.

Yahoo continues to make moves as Microsoft tries to acquire the company. Today it announced an agreement to purchase substantially all of the assets of Tensa Kft, more commonly known as IndexTools.

A Tensa Kft. leányvállalata, a Tensa R&D Kft. a Yahoo leányvállalataként a Budapesten folytatja a fejlesztést.

Google released on Wednesday an iPhone application that puts Google's numerous services into a single interface on a navigation toolbar. Over time, the application will be available for other mobile devices, said Gummi Hafsteinsson, a product manager with the Google mobile team.

IBM unveiled an I/O virtualization tool called Open Fabric Manager Monday, claiming it one-ups HP's Virtual Connect.

Dell Inc. has agreed to acquire ASAP Software Inc. in a move to meet demand from large customers for tools and services that help manage their software assets.

Mozilla Corp. is considering adding a tool to Firefox 3.0 that would automatically block Web sites thought to harbor malicious downloads, but the company's security chief refused to spell out details, saying Mozilla is "not ready to talk about the feature."

Microsoft Corp. this week will reveal new technology to deliver rich media applications on the Web, part of a broader strategy to go head to head with Web and design tools powerhouse Adobe Systems Inc.

Google Inc. has commented on a new software tool it released in China this week, although it did not address allegations that the software bears more than a passing resemblance to a rival's product.

Adobe Systems Inc. on Tuesday said it had completely revamped its tools suite for high-end graphics and Web designers by combining, for the first time, products from the former Macromedia and its own portfolio.

Google Inc. will provide more data and tools to help its advertisers assess and combat click fraud, a controversial practice that is the biggest enemy of the otherwise highly popular and profitable online advertising model known as pay per click.

Microsoft Tuesday released a set of six free tools for corporate users focused on assessment, planning, testing and deployment of Windows Vista.

Az új verzió jelentős bővítéseket tartalmaz a webszolgáltatásokhoz és a web 2.0-fejlesztéshez, támogatja a dinamikus nyelveket, a Windows Vistát és a NetBeans Tools fejlesztőeszközt.

Magyarul is elérhető a Google Toolbar Firefoxhoz készült változatának béta verziója testreszabható, bővített megosztási funkcióival.

IBM Corp. and Yahoo Inc. have developed a free, entry-level, enterprise search application that at least one analyst believes will seriously disrupt the low-end segment of this market where Google Inc. has been selling many of its Mini search devices.

Immár a Google Toolbar 4 Internet Explorerhez szánt magyar verziója is letölthető. A sokféleképpen testre szabható eszközzel átalakíthatjuk keresőnket és kedvenc tartalmainkra is hatékonyabban kereshetünk.

Az orosz székhelyű, másolásvédelmi eljárásairól elhíresült StarForce-ról sokat lehetett hallani az utóbbi időben. Ezúttal a StarFroce FrontLine 4.7 érkezik, ami - állítólag - helyreteszi a vállalat megtépázott renoméját.

Az Adobe Systems és a Google több évre szóló megállapodást írt alá, amelynek értelmében a Google Toolbar különböző Adobe termékekkel együtt is elérhető lesz.

Microsoft Corp. this week defended its Windows Genuine Advantage (WGA) tool against charges that it acts like spyware because it constantly checks in with Microsoft when a user boots a PC with the tool installed.