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Time names YouTube 'Invention of the Year'
Time magazine have named YouTube 'Invention of the Year' for 2006 - a prize which the video sharing site claimed over a vaccine which fights sexually transmitted diseases and a shirt which simulates hugs.
UK online spending reaches record high
UK shoppers will spend £7 billion in the run up to Christmas on online goods this year.
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Doctors benefit by using Google
A recent study has shown that our favourite search engine, Google, has been helping doctors to diagnose illnesses. Will Google ever stop adding new strings to their bow?
Lost in New York? Find your way with GPS-enabled Google Maps
If you're one of those people that have trouble with directions, never fear! The Los Angeles based mobile network operator, Helio Drift, recently announced the launch of a new mobile device with a GPS-enabled version of Google Maps.
Lycos fights back with Lycos Cinema - adding exciting twists to movie-viewing
Although Lycos survived the dot com burst at the turn of the century, the UK based web portal lost important ground to Google, Yahoo! and MSN. However, Lycos Cinema looks set to turn fortunes around.
Dawn of the Zune Age? MSN, Google and the new digital gadget era
As the major powers in the search engine market grow in stature, power and profitability, the battle to create innovative new products and beat the competition is never-ending - but can the Zune rip through the market, as Microsoft have planned?
Google launches time travel - well, sort of
The Google Earth team has recently digitised 16 historical cartography maps to appear on the Featured Content layer of Google Earth, so users can now see what the world looked like 1790.
Yahoo! and Vodafone strike mobile ad deal
In the wake of Vodafone's £3.3bn loss in Europe, the British mobile provider has just announced an advertising deal with Yahoo! - just as two of Yahoo!'s most prominent advertising executives pronounce their resignation.
Microsoft’s Zune attempts to dethrone Apple’s iPod
Microsoft's portable video and MP3 player Zune is preparing to take on a market completely dominated by Apple and their wildly popular iPod and iTunes service - but could the future prospect of an iPhone change the game entirely?
