Microsoft researchers are developing technology to help small advertisers more successfully identify obscure Internet keywords, technology the software giant hopes could eventually boost the revenue it gets.

With Yahoo Search BOSS, the company positions its search engine as a platform on which others can innovate or roll into their own products.

A new ultrafast optical switch on a chip could help speed up Australian internet by more than 6000%, say researchers.

Looks like the ACCC still has eBay well under its investigative sights despite not officially saying anything since eBay withdrew its notice to force buyers to use PayPal.

While this Friday's iPhone upgrade offers intriguing improvements over the first version launched last year, the competition hasn't been sitting still, either. Alternatives to Apple's popular handset all come with a touch-screen similar to the iPhone's.

Strategists are mostly in agreement that the currency's direction from now will be largely determined by the Federal Reserve's interest-rate policy. The jury's still out on exactly what that policy will be. While most expect the dollar to end the year hi

What is Forex Trading and what are the factors that every potential trader and currency investor should know? Here's an easy and quick intro into some of the forces behind currency exchange rates.

Economist Ross Garnaut, appointed by the Rudd government to design what will be the world's most extensive emissions regime from 2010, has said Australia must focus on persuading China to join.

If Iraq hopes to increase oil production from the present high of 2.5 to 2.9 million barrels a day by next year, it will need some partnerships with foreign oil companies. Yet the Oil Ministry in Baghdad should proceed with caution.