Google has updated its top-tier enterprise search hardware, including a search results clustering feature that sorts results into categories and administrative source biasing. ...

Toyota hopes to tap into its hybrid-car customers' enthusiasm by adding MySpace-style features to its redesigned hybrid-car customers' Web sites. Owners can create profiles of themselves that include their age group, vehicle color, and reasons they drive a hybrid. ...

A standards battle is brewing between SanDisk and Samsung. They're battling over NAND flash memory, which they want to use to replace hard disks in laptops. SanDisk last week came out with a 32-Gbyte solid-state disk drive; Samsung said it's sampling 16-Gbyte memories using an advanced 50-nanometer process technology. ...

Tech pros were less optimistic about their jobs last month, despite 2007 employment prospects looking solid, according to IT staffing and outsourcing firm Hudson. IT and telecom pros rated their job confidence in December at 109.8, lower than 115.8 in November, when optimism levels hit a high for 2006. ...

Sony has filed a patent for a motorized skateboard that riders steer by shifting their weight. The vehicle can travel forward and backward, the filing says, with the rider balancing on a step board.