Yahoo BrowserPlus aims for better surfing

Google's Gears gives laptops location smarts
Browsers and Web applications now can get geographic smarts from an update to the Google Gears technology. Wi-Fi networks give a rough position fix.

Google gives glimpse of future Gears goodies
SAN FRANCISCO--Google showed off working prototypes Wednesday of new possibilities for its Gears project to goose Web browsers' abilities. When...

Microsoft to take Silverlight offline eventually, says exec
There are a number of software projects to let Web applications run offline, including Adobe's AIR, Google Gears, and the Mozilla Foundation's...

Why can't Yahoo control its image like Angelina Jolie?
Much of Yahoo's troubles stem from an inability to project the right image to the outside world.

Yahoo sells Kelkoo to U.K. private-equity firm
Christmas comes early for Yahoo, according to a TechCrunch report, as the ailing Internet search company sells its comparison-shopping to Jamplant...