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AT&T has announced plans to sell wireless broadband laptops starting at $50 plus the cost of a monthly wireless plan. The mini-laptops will come with built-in 3G wireless capability and are part of a limited trial at retail locations in Atlanta and Philadelphia.
Software giant Microsoft announced Wednesday that it will offer a stripped-down version of its server software, targeting small businesses with fewer than 15 employees. Windows Server 2008 Foundation, priced at $1,000, provides small business customers with the ability to run business applications, house databases and host Web sites.
Search engine powerhouse Google has launched a new venture capital fund, Google Ventures. The new fund will invest in early-stage companies across a broad range of industries, including consumer Internet, software, clean tech, biotech and healthcare. “This is Google’s effort to take advantage of our resources to support innovation,” wrote managing partners Rich Miner and Bill Maris.
Google has launched a new music search service in China in conjunction with Top100.cn, one of mainland China’s top Internet music sites. The new Google Music Search provides users with links to free, legal music downloads. Google, Top100.cn and several major American record labels will share revenue generated from online advertising.
Twitter has announced its intention to start making money through the introduction of premium business accounts sometime this year. The San Francisco-based social network provides users with a free service that lets them post 140-character notifications, or “tweets.”