Even as Google prepares to add a presentation app to Google Docs & Spreadsheets, Google chief Eric Schmidt continues to deny the suite of free online tools is any threat to Microsoft's Office cash cow.

Although Google has fought copyright battles with French news agencies and Belgian newspapers, the latest accusation that Google has been copying comes from Chinese search engine rival Sohu.

Google has opened its map making application to millions of net users wanting to customise their own maps for personal use and sharing on the web.

Apple and Google have abandoned their individual mobile phone projects for a joint venture, The Register has learned. Apple will mothball its iPhone, announced in January, in favour of a new device that serves as a platform for Google's contextual advertising business.

When the word got out last year that Apple was actually building the iPhone, most (although not all) of us believed it. However, should we believe the same sort of rumours that have surfaced lately about the so-called GPhone from Google?

If you thought only Apple was able to generate mass hysteria with the pre-launch of the as-yet unavailable iPhone, think again – Google’s rumored Phone could herald yet another mobile phone revolution.

Google’s blogger.com is being hijacked to spread malware through fake blogs, a security vendor has warned.

Entertainment giant Viacom Media has announced that it is going to sue web search engine Google and video sharing website YouTube for $1bn (£517m).

It is a big question for webmasters who their websites are ranked in one of the main search engines, Google or Yahoo but not in both of them. How can they have their websites ranked in both? Website content and quality, link popularity and quality of the backlinks are the main factors.

Intelligence sources are claiming that Google Earth is being used to scout out British army bases in Iraq.

According to the claims, raids on the houses of Iraqi insurgents have found printouts from Google Earth of British military bases, with precise longitude and latitude coordinates written on the back.

There are also reports that such maps are being sold openly in Basra markets.