Video game sales for the U.S. make a weak showing in October, falling by 18% compared to the same period last year, due to the rough economy and difficult comparisons.

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Yahoo! on Thursday launched a Spanish version of its Internet home page for mobile devices in a move to court the growing US Hispanic population.

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If you haven’t noticed, Bing and Google are engaged in a tit-for-tat over which search engine has the best features.

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Given undistinguished history of Microsoft’s late and unlamented Live Search engine, the predecessor to Bing, it’s easy to dismiss Redmond as a hapless also-ran in the search market. But given the vast sums of money and resources that Microsoft is investing in its fledging Google challenger, this could change in a hurry.

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Google’s getting more than the usual amount of attention this week for sponsoring free airport Wi-Fi during the holiday season. And rightfully so: During a long layover, no one wants to fire up their laptop and Web browser only to see a Web page demanding money for Internet access.

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Google is adding World Bank figures to Internet results in a bid to make hard facts about countries worldwide easier to find.

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The industry is expected to post another weak month when sales data for October are released Thursday, as video-game publishers face difficult comparisons as well as weaker-than-expected sales of some key game titles.

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Yahoo CEO Carol Bartz has pulled out of doing a keynote at January’s Consumer Electronics Show due to a change in her schedule, a Yahoo spokeswoman confirmed Wednesday.

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Google on Tuesday launched an online tool for tracking down where to get vaccinations against H1N1 and seasonal influenza in the United States.

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Electronic Arts Inc. shares fall as much as 8%, one day after the video-game publisher reports a wider quarterly loss and says it will lay off as many as 1,500 workers.

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