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Big Yahoo Investor Poised To Back Icahn
The survival chances of Yahoo's board could diminish greatly if powerful investor Gordon Crawford decides Carl Icahn's proposed slate of directors looks better than the current Yahoo board.
Publ.Date : Mon, 07 Jul 2008 18:36:23 -0400
Microsoft Snapshot Viewer Exposes Users To Trouble
An ActiveX control used to view Microsoft Access report snapshots poses a potential avenue for exploitation.
Publ.Date : Mon, 07 Jul 2008 17:50:27 -0400
Shuttered Chinese Vid Sites Still Pull VC Cash
One supposes if one has access to billions, what's tens of millions on a calculated bet? One could say that, but one still gets upset when one loses money in the pop machine. In the case of some Chinese online video sites, it's more like three pop machines.
Doh!
Publ.Date : Mon, 07 Jul 2008 17:20:10 -0400
Russian Blogger Convicted Of Inciting Hatred
A Russian blogger who referred to local police as "scum" in a post received a suspended jail sentence on Monday for extremism, leading other bloggers to express concern over online free speech.
Savva Terentiev, a 28-year-old musician from Syktyvkar, 940 miles north of Moscow, wrote a post that suggested the police should be dealt with by burning officers two times a day in a town square.
Publ.Date : Mon, 07 Jul 2008 17:08:22 -0400
Hitwise Examines eBay's Standing In Australia
eBay users everywhere were pleased when the company gave up on making PayPal the only allowable payment option in Australia. But Hitwise has taken a look at the company's standing on that continent, underlining what was (and may still be) at stake within its borders.
Publ.Date : Mon, 07 Jul 2008 17:05:40 -0400
Expedia Labels French Worst Tourists
Here was the basic plot of the gore movie, Hostel: Obnoxious American tourists get sold to butchers at a higher rate than tourists from other countries because, well, they're obnoxious American tourists. And that's just not right, because according to a worldwide survey of hotel staffers from Expedia, it's the French who are the most obnoxious tourists.
Like we needed a survey; we saw Talladega Nights *.
Publ.Date : Mon, 07 Jul 2008 16:21:53 -0400
More Action On The Facebook App Front
A cynical person (and/or someone who's tired of zombies and sheep) might argue that Facebook should ban all applications. The social network hasn't gone that far, but for the sake of users' privacy, it has at least shown an encouraging willingness to restrict the things.
Publ.Date : Mon, 07 Jul 2008 15:59:55 -0400
ICANN Domain Names Attacked
ICANN, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers says that it has been the recent target of online attacks.
ICANN is the organization that regulates the use of domain names. The organization says the domain names icann.com and iana.com were briefly taken over allowing the hackers to direct those Web sites to other locations.
Publ.Date : Mon, 07 Jul 2008 15:12:04 -0400
Yahoo Responds To Latest Icahn Letter
A certain tradition involving Charlie Brown, Lucy, and a football began over 50 years ago. Now, as Yahoo has once again claimed it's open to the idea of an acquisition, it's beginning to look like Steve Ballmer and Jerry Yang might set some record of their own.
Publ.Date : Mon, 07 Jul 2008 14:57:20 -0400
Google Counts First Link, Not Second, Says SEO
Got a couple of links on one page to another page? Google only has love for the first one, no matter what you do with it.
Publ.Date : Mon, 07 Jul 2008 13:00:05 -0400
Yahoo Looks To AOL For Saving
And by screw I mean noose. Following the Yahoo/Microsoft saga is like watching a billion-dollar chess game, and Yahoo's current board only has a couple of moves left before they find themselves in check. It's not over, but it's close.
Yang and company's last desperate move: Chat up TimeWarner/AOL about a possible $10 billion merger and get it done before the Wrestlemania of all annual board meetings on August 1st.
Publ.Date : Mon, 07 Jul 2008 12:40:58 -0400
Teen's Voice Leads To YouTube Popularity
A seventeen-year-old Minneapolis high school student has helped propel the popularity of a video on YouTube called "Where the Hell is Matt" by being heard singing in the clip.
The video features Matt Harding, the clips creator, dancing in more than 40 different countries around the world.
Publ.Date : Mon, 07 Jul 2008 12:07:53 -0400
Hey Google, What Happened To SpongeBob?
Humorously enough, Google planned to go the video distribution route a couple of years ago, similar to their plans for Seth McFarlane's online-only comedy series.
Publ.Date : Mon, 07 Jul 2008 12:06:33 -0400
No Kids, No Votes, No Souls, on eBay
One thing we know about a culture based on money and trade: People will sell anything if allowed, and even when not allowed. eBay proved that point long ago and not half a year goes by without crazy stories of what people will buy and what they will sell. The latest: one German baby; one American Presidential vote.
Publ.Date : Mon, 07 Jul 2008 11:36:14 -0400
Microsoft Calls EU Fine "Excessive"
Microsoft has informed a European Union court that an antitrust fine of $1.4 billion against it is excessive and disproportionate.
In February the European Commission said that Microsoft used high prices to reduce competition and did not follow through on sanctions imposed against it as part of the case. Microsoft is appealing the fine it received in February.
Publ.Date : Mon, 07 Jul 2008 10:50:25 -0400
Microsoft Willing To Deal With Icahn-Controlled Yahoo
As things stand, Microsoft claims to be done negotiating with Yahoo. But Redmond's best-known corporation has announced that it is willing to reenter acquisition talks if Carl Icahn wins his proxy fight.
Publ.Date : Mon, 07 Jul 2008 10:47:05 -0400
Local Video Advertising Expected To Take Off
The online video ad market is expected to grow a lot within the next few years, and according to The Kelsey Group, small and medium-sized businesses will play a big part in this expansion. Look for their contribution to increase from around $10.9 million in 2007 to $1.5 billion in 2012.
Publ.Date : Mon, 07 Jul 2008 09:40:51 -0400
NBC Universal Acquires The Weather Channel
NBC Universal along with private equity companies Bain Capital and Blackstone Group have reached a deal to acquire The Weather Channel from Landmark Communications.
Financial details of the purchase were not released but sources close to the matter said the price was $3.5 billion. Landmark Communications was originally seeking $5 billion for the business.
Publ.Date : Mon, 07 Jul 2008 09:29:19 -0400
Google Keeping Street View Reined In Europe
Google's camera cars may be prowling the streets of London now, prompting criticism from privacy advocates and a defensive response from the search advertising company.
Publ.Date : Mon, 07 Jul 2008 07:56:33 -0400
Google Analytics Won't Gossip, Says Google
Along with adding that tiny link to its privacy policy ahead of the holiday weekend, Google also noted something its free Analytics service does not do.
Publ.Date : Mon, 07 Jul 2008 06:53:34 -0400
Microsoft Gets Ready to Talk Photography
Microsoft is hosting Pro Photo Summit 2008 this week, a two-day event that "brings together renowned professional photographers and industry leaders" in Redmond.
According to Microsoft's page for the Summit, said industry leaders will be discussing the biggest issues that are affecting the photography industry.
Keynote presentations will come from Microsoft CTO David Vaskevitch and nature photographer Frans Lanting.
Publ.Date : Sun, 06 Jul 2008 16:06:02 -0400
Will Netflix Survive a Future Without DVDs?
There have been questions as to whether or not Netflix will be able to survive the future where DVDs are obsolete.
Many don't think they will be able to compete with companies that offer downloadable and streaming movies via set top boxes.
Publ.Date : Sat, 05 Jul 2008 16:20:49 -0400
Google Not Shy About Privacy
Last month I had reported that Ask.com had added a direct link to its privacy policy via a "Privacy" link conveniently placed on its homepage.
It was observed that even Google didn't have the 'Privacy Link' and that this move might compel the search giant to do the same to their homepage too.
Publ.Date : Sat, 05 Jul 2008 13:27:16 -0400
Searching For America's Next President
This weekend, as we fire up the grills and the sparklers (and some pyrotechnic contraband, depending on where you live), we also fan the flames of patriotism and of brotherhood, knowing that despite our differences of opinion in politics, the flames in our bellies are unending and conceived in the spirit of the unity of all voices.
Publ.Date : Fri, 04 Jul 2008 18:39:46 -0400
Do Your URLs Stink?
Formatting URLs properly for SEO purposes shouldn't be something beyond the capabilities of your website.
Publ.Date : Thu, 03 Jul 2008 18:42:27 -0400
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