David Needle

Fresh off posting strong growth in the company’s fourth quarter, Google faced a slew of questions stemming from questions about the future of its business in China, and rumors about the future of its role on the iPhone. Specifically, reports have claimed that the company may be at risk of being dropped as Apple’s default […]

Smartphones continue to gain more features and computing-like capabilities. After Google announced it would offer free maps and navigation on phones using its Android operating system, Nokia decided to one-up the search engine provider-turned-mobile phone maker. Datamation guides you through the details. SAN FRANCISCO — Nokia is leveraging its considerable portfolio of navigation services to […]

Google’s YouTube is pushing the boundaries of what can be done on the popular video site with the launch of an experimental HTML5-based player. The HyperText Markup Language, or HTML , is the rendering language to create, format and lay out documents on the Web. Among the many changes in HTML5, the latest version of […]

Even without Apple’s support, the venerable Macworld Expo is back again. Datamation has the story. The show took a major hit last year when the biggest news coming out of the event was that its largest supporter, Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL), was dropping out. Amid health problems, CEO Steve Jobs did not give his usual keynote […]

PALO ALTO, Calif. — News junkies may be swimming in content but that does not necessarily bode well for the future of journalism in the Web 2.0 era. A panel of media experts offered divergent views on the topic of “Journalism After Print” at a panel discussion event here on Friday co-sponsored by the Churchill […]

Google kept quiet about the origin of the cyber attacks that compelled the search giant to rethink its operations in China. But VeriSign did some sleuthing, and thinks it knows who’s responsible. eSecurity Planet has the details. When Google issued its stunning charge earlier this week that it had been subjected to cyber attacks by […]

Wireless devices have proven remarkably resilient to the malware that pervades PCs. But as become an increasingly central computing devices, the threats will grow apace. eSecurity Planet explains what this will mean for the security sector. Users often don’t give a second thought to adding virus protection and other security software on their PCs because […]

When you hear the term ‘smart grid,’ most people think of electricity. But Oracle is thinking that intelligent metering and provisioning systems could apply just as well to other utilities, like water. Datamation has the story on the database giant’s latest research. In light of periodic energy shortages and costs spikes, HP, Google, IBM and […]

The fallout from Google’s threat to cease its search operations in China is likely to continue to reverberate throughout the tech industry and government circles for weeks and months to come. Yesterday, Google’s (NASDAQ: GOOG) chief legal officer, David Drummond, made a bombshell announcement on the company’s blog, saying that the search giant may leave […]

Google is expanding the storage capabilities of its Google Docs and online Apps Suite with a larger file size and more flexible storage options. In a blog post today, Google said its Google Docs will soon be able to upload all file types to the cloud up to 250MB per file in size, a limit […]

Citing security concerns and a lack of free speech, Google’s chief counsel today made a stunning announcement that the company may cease operations entirely in China if it can’t work out an agreement with the government there to operate an unfiltered site. Google’s (NASDAQ: GOOG) Google.cn search engine is currently subject to censorship by the […]

At $174.15, Google’s new smartphone costs almost as much as an iPhone 3GS. Analysts say Google’s motivation to sell its own phone mirrors Apple’s, even if the reasons are different. About $174.15. That’s the early estimate of what it costs to build Google’s new Nexus One, according to a preliminary estimate by iSuppli, […]