Google has launched a long-awaited financial news site, which will compete directly with significant Web traffic generators for Yahoo! and Microsoft’s MSN unit. Google’s site, finance.google.com, will compile news, stock-price data, stock charts, company fact pages and other financial data, much like the offerings at other finance Web sites. At the moment the site is… Continue reading Google Finance Launched

Bus driver, Steve Allcock has been fired for playing computer game Grand Theft Auto on his PSP ? while at the WHEEL. He was reported by terrified passengers who heard the screams of characters being butchered as he drove between stops. Bosses fired him after on-board CCTV footage showed he had the handheld device on… Continue reading Bus Driver fired for playing PSP whilst driving!

In the battle of Goliath vs. Goliath, aka The US Government vs. Google the search engine has been told that they should reveal 50,000 URLs on Google?s database. This was only a half win for the US Government however, who wanted search terms rather than URLs. Judge James Ware of the U.S. District for the… Continue reading Google forced to reveal websites, but not search terms

The prize for creating a method to boot Windows XP on an Intel-based Mac has been won. Contest organizer Colin Nederkoorn announced on his website this morning that the total prize money of $13,854 will be awarded to two California men he referred to as ?narf? and ?blanka? and added that he has tested the… Continue reading Windows XP on an Intel Mac

Google continues to buy up tiny start-ups, building its software arsenal and adding to its engineering ranks. They have just snapped-up Sketch Up, a tiny six-year old start-up that makes some sort of 3D software. SketchUp is a deceptively simple, amazingly powerful tool for creating, viewing, and modifying 3D ideas quickly and easily. SketchUp was… Continue reading Google Buys SketchUp