2009 | featured news

Today, Microsoft publicly unveiled its soon-to-launch search engine Bing. It will become available over the next few days, and be fully launched by June 3. On the surface, Bing has a distinct gloss. The home page features a rotation of stunning photography, for instance, which can be clicked on to produce related image search results. But the most significant changes are under the covers.

The rock video game war will heat up again in the fall: both of the industry’s flagship series are hitting consumers with tantalizing titles in 9/09. Harmonix’s The Beatles: Rock Band arrives September 9th, and now Activision has confirmed Guitar Hero 5 is due September 1st. The game will boast 85 brand-new master recordings, and ...

U.S. consumer confidence soared in May to its highest level in eight months as severe strains in the labor market showed some signs of easing, though Americans' moods remained depressed by historical standards.

After delivering what Variety's Anne Thompson termed a "dripping-wet print" of "Inglourious Basterds" to Cannes, Quentin Tarantino now plans some last-minute tweaks to his final cut before it reaches theaters on August 21.

If you’re a “Twilight” fan then chances are good you already know that a “New Moon” clip will premiere on May 31 during the 2009 MTV Movie Awards. And if you didn’t… hey! Look at that! A “New Moon” clip will premiere during the 2009 MTV Movie Awards on May 31! Who’d have thought it?

Barack Obama will visit Africa for the first time since being sworn in as the first black U.S. president when he travels to Ghana in July, a trip many Africans hope will herald powerful help for their poor continent.

The docile inflation performance reflected a second monthly drop in energy costs and a third consecutive decline in food prices.

Producer prices rose 0.3 percent in April, the government said, a faster rate than analysts had expected.

Microsoft confirmed on Monday that it is planning to release Windows 7 this year, in time for the holiday shopping season.

The U.S. trade deficit rose in March for the first time since last July as the global recession cut sharply into sales of American exports. The politically sensitive deficit with China increased.