Fast growing startup EchoSign will unveil a new version of its software by the end of the month, said Eran Aloni, head of product management. The Silicon Valley startup, which exhibited this week at the Office 2.0 conference, now has...

Innovation in back in vogue again in Silicon Valley, entrepreneur Marc Andreessen is quick to say. “I’m so bullish on the valley. I’m so bullish on the innovation happening right now,” he said Thursday during an appearance at the...

Google’s introduction of its browser Chrome could prove a milestone in the migration of applications from the desktop to the Web, Silicon Valley entrepreneur Marc Andreessen (pictured) said Thursday in an interview with Condé Nast Portfolio contributing editor, Kevin...

Cisco Systems has long talked about using social networking to expand communications among its employees and partners. Now it is poised to make good on its promise. The company’s first internal social networking site is expected to be live by...

Google has 10 million active users of its online Docs and 500,000 businesses, Product Management Director Matt Glotzbach said Thursday. Hundreds of thousands of them are paid users, Glotzbach said at the Office 2.0 conference in San Francisco. “Adoption...

Cloud computing is among the most popular buzz word in computing today. Put a software application online, tap into it over the Internet and you’ve joined the latest paradigm shift in the business. Doing so can save money and time...

Online applications offering word processing, spreadsheets and personal productivity will make big desktop programs like Microsoft’s Office obsolete within ten years. So claims Sridhar Vembu, whose online applications company, Zoho, reach 1 million registered users in late August. Zoho...

Microsoft reached for its virtual wallet in June, becoming the largest buyer of display advertising on the Net, according to comScore. The company was followed by the University of Phoenix, Experian and United Online. Microsoft posted 5.5 billion display...

The global economic slowdown still hasn’t put a noticeable dent in semiconductor growth – much to the relief of high-tech companies. Worldwide sales of semiconductors grew by 7.6 percent to $22.2 billion in July, according to the Semiconductor Industry...

You might imagine Google’s introduction of its shiny new Chrome browser would tarnish its relationship with the upstart browser Firefox. Not true, Google executives said Tuesday even as they trumpeted the speed and capabilities of Chrome, now available in a...

Think of Google’s market place as the World Wide Web. If its Chrome browser makes the Web run faster, then the search giant benefits by having more of its applications run and more users come to its search page....

Of course, search giant Google hopes to put a dent into Microsoft’s dominance of browsing software with its introduction of the Chrome browser Tuesday. And it wants more control over the access to search from desktop computers. But to hear...