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1. Mutant Koobface worm attacks Skype accounts

   (Security/Security Features)

   Friday, 20 November 2009

   ... including Facebook, MySpace, Bebo, hi5, GeoCities and Friendster. However, the W32/Koobfa-O variant has also set its sights on Blogger, Wikipedia, Youtube, Yahoo and Google. 
 "The worm doesn't do much ...

2. Microsoft Bing grows its market share a bit

   (Software/Software Features)

   Wednesday, 18 November 2009

   Google does too The latest report from Comscore shows that Bing is edging its way upward in the search engine market in October. But it's not at Google's expense - it appears to be Yahoo that's suffering. ...

3. Egypt creates first Arabic domain name

   (Security/Security Features)

   Monday, 16 November 2009

   ... Russian and Korean. Speaking at a meeting of the Internet Governance Forum in Sharm el-Sheikh, Yahoo co-founder Jerry Yang said that although there are over 300 million Arabic speakers in the world, fewer ...

4. Sprint launches Palm Pixi smartphone

   (Mobility/Mobility Features)

   Sunday, 15 November 2009

   ... Additional specs include: Network  - Dual-band CDMA2000, 3G: EvDO Rev A. Display - 2.63-inch multitouch screen, 18-bit color, 320x400 resolution. Email - Microsoft Exchange Direct Push, POP3/IMAP, YahooMail, ...

5. Google gives away free wi-fi at 47 airports

   (Mobility/Mobility Features)

   Tuesday, 10 November 2009

   ... in the vicinity. That's nothing to do with Google, however. That is down to Yahoo and the Times Square Alliance.  ...

6. Google, Microsoft, Yahoo others sued over mapping software

   (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

   Monday, 09 November 2009

   ... Yahoo, Yellow Pages, Yelp and Zagat Survey. The patent, 6,772,142 and called Method and Apparatus for Collecting and Expressing Geographically Referenced Data, was filed on 31 October 2000 and granted ...

7. Chinese government attacks Yahoo over porn

   (Software/Software Features)

   Monday, 09 November 2009

   Whose turn is it next? The Chinese government has turned its sights on Yahoo, ordering the company to remove pornographic content from a photo-sharing site that it was hosting. The Internet Society ...

8. Tool stops search engines gathering your data

   (Software/Software Features)

   Friday, 06 November 2009

   ... privacy is preserved," said Alexandre Viejo, a researcher at the Computer Engineering Department of the Rovira i Virgili University. Search engines such as Google, Yahoo and Microsoft Live search save ...

9. Motorola and Verizon trundle out Droid smartphone

   (Mobility/Mobility Features)

   Wednesday, 28 October 2009

   ... GmailTM, MSN Hotmail, Yahoo and AOL. Display - 3.7", 480x854 WVGA with 400,000 pixels. Messaging - SMS/MMS, Full HTML5 Browser Audio - AMR-NB/WB, MP3, WAV, AAC, AAC+, eAAC+, WMA Video - Advanced Video ...

10. The best IT vendor CEO of the decade is...

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Opinion)

    Friday, 16 October 2009

    ... how that turned out. The CEO churn at Yahoo! makes it a joke to bring up the company. Sorry. Let's look at the serious contenders for Best IT Vendor CEO of the Decade. In India there have been some ...

11. Yahoo! teaches! you! how! to yodel!

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    Monday, 12 October 2009

    Search engine Yahoo appears to have gone completely nuts worldwide because it's "important that we engag the world in the creation of our new yodel".Search engine Yahoo appears to have gone completely ...

12. Passwords: Methods for a Modern Bane

    (Software/Software Opinion)

    Friday, 09 October 2009

    ... being sought by criminal hackers through various means, the most recent newsworthy event being the massive phishing attacks on Gmail, Hotmail, and Yahoo Mail accounts. Experts tell us we need to make ...

13. Gmail, Yahoo, AOL, others also hit in Hotmail phishing attack

    (Security/Security Features)

    Monday, 05 October 2009

    It has emerged that yesterday’s news of 10,000 Hotmail accounts being hacked was merely the tip of the iceberg and 20,000 AOL, Yahoo, Comcast, Earthlink and Gmail accounts have also been compromised. ...

14. Palm launches Pixi in time for holidays

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    Wednesday, 09 September 2009

    ... application will be available. And as well as linking information from Google, Facebook and Exchange ActiveSync, Palm Pixi adds Yahoo! and LinkedIn integration through its Palm Synergy feature, assembling ...

15. Google Toolbar can't handle Chrome

    (Software/Software Features)

    Thursday, 27 August 2009

    ... become loyal Yahoo or Microsoft search users," it smirks.  ...

16. Yahoo buys Arab online community

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Monday, 24 August 2009

    Search portal Yahoo said it has bought maktoob.com, described as the leading online community in the Arab world. Search portal Yahoo said it has bought maktoob.com, described as the leading online community ...

17. Yahoo need not pay webcast royalties, rules court

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Sunday, 23 August 2009

    Sony has lost its copyright case against Yahoo, with a court ruling that Yahoo's Launchcast internet radio service shouldn't have to pay royalties for the songs it plays. New York - Sony has lost its ...

18. Industry heavyweights gang up against Google

    (Software/Software Features)

    Thursday, 20 August 2009

    Amazon, Microsoft and Yahoo have added their not inconsiderable weight to a coalition opposing Google's plans for scanning books. Silicon Valley (CA) - Amazon, Microsoft and Yahoo have added their not ...

19. Apple still dominates in PC market

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Tuesday, 18 August 2009

    ... while Yahoo stays the same at 77, and AOL is last at 70.  ...

20. Search engines 'facilitate illegal prescription drug sales'

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Monday, 17 August 2009

    Researchers were able to get prescription drugs, with no prescription required, from Yahoo online ads. Arlington (VA) - Researchers were able to get prescription drugs, with no prescription required, ...

21. Everybody loves Google

    (Software/Software Features)

    Monday, 17 August 2009

    ... Yahoo and Microsoft - scored 83. Yahoo's search engine scored 77. Because the survey was carried out earlier this year, Microsoft was evaluated on the basis of MSN rather than Bing, and scored 75. Even ...

22. Apple working on super secret social networking app?

    (Software/Software Features)

    Tuesday, 11 August 2009

    ... iTunes to a much more social application down the road, an application that would have the feel of Yahoo’s OneConnect. If true, then Apple would not try to reinvent the wheel with another Twitter or ...

23. Microsoft to hire at least 400 Yahoo employees

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Tuesday, 04 August 2009

    Yahoo revealed more details about its 10-year search deal with Microsoft that was announced last week. According to the agreement, at least 400 Yahoo employees will move to Microsoft’s payroll and Microsoft ...

24. Yahoo updates Delicious with TweetNews system

    (Software/Software Features)

    Tuesday, 04 August 2009

    Yahoo has updated its Delicious homepage using a template based on the popular TweetNews application. According to Yahoo architect Vik Singh, the site now features a 'much improved' TweetNews-like system ...

25. Samsung expands LED lineup with the 8500 HDTV

    (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Features)

    Thursday, 30 July 2009

    ... In addition, Internet TV offers 8500 owners on-screen access to web-based content from various sites, including Yahoo, Flickr, Twitter and YouTube. However, the 8500 does not come cheap. The 54.6-inch ...

26. Microhoo is not just about traffic. It’s about data. Period.

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Opinion)

    Thursday, 30 July 2009

    Opinion – I am glad some deal between Microsoft and Yahoo finally got done. Despite its seemingly simple purpose to give Microsoft much more leverage in advertising through increased search market share, ...

27. Microsoft and Yahoo in alliance against Google

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Wednesday, 29 July 2009

    Microsoft and Yahoo finally reached an agreement how to collaborate, subject to regulatory approval. It may not be the acquisition the two companies were aiming for initially, but there is now a 10 ...

28. Yahoo to search with Microsoft, report says

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Tuesday, 28 July 2009

    Microsoft and Yahoo may be close to announcing a major search deal this week, according to a report published by Advertising Age. Yahoo will reportedly use Microsoft’s Bing as search technology, allowing Microsoft ...

29. Microsoft and Yahoo still working on pre-nup

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Thursday, 23 July 2009

    Despite reports that Microsoft and Yahoo were close to a Google-worrying marriage deal last week, the two sides are still no closer to consummating their never-ending fairytale romance. Despite reports ...

30. Yahoo confirms decline in revenue

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Tuesday, 21 July 2009

    Yahoo reported revenues of of $1.573 billion for the quarter ended June 30, 2009, a decrease of 13 percent from the second quarter of 2008. Net income per diluted share for the second quarter of 2009 ...

31. Yahoo to get new look

    (Software/Software Features)

    Monday, 20 July 2009

    Yahoo is about to implement significant changes to its aging homepage and will start sticking other people's content onto the site. The company's search page is also set for a redesign next month. Yahoo ...

32. Microsoft and Yahoo on the way to the altar

    (Software/Software Features)

    Thursday, 16 July 2009

    ... deal could be made within the week. Blushing bride Yahoo CEO Carol Bartz said a couple of months back that she was open to a deal if her suitor had ‘boatloads of money’. It is not known if the Microsoft ...

33. Microsoft’s Bing gains, Yahoo drops, Google flat

    (Software/Software Features)

    Wednesday, 15 July 2009

    Microsoft’s Bing search engine gained some ground on Google and Yahoo in June. It may only be marginal at first sight, but if we remember that Microsoft’s search sites have been virtually defenseless ...

34. Bing gets slightly more traffic, flat advertising money

    (Software/Software Features)

    Tuesday, 14 July 2009

    ... remained flat, Yahoo! lost share to Google, which continues to dominate the search landscape, taking in 77% of paid search spend in Q2. “   “Microsoft appears to be focusing its efforts on driving ...

35. Users turn to online gaming

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Monday, 13 July 2009

    ... cheaper entertainment. According to ComScore, sites attracted 87 million US visitors in May, up 22 percent on a year ago. Yahoo! Games topped the popularity list, with 19.4 million visitors, representing ...

36. Google dominates search market as Bing plays catch up

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Thursday, 09 July 2009

    ... marks a salient increase from the 69 percent posted in June, 2008. Meanwhile, Yahoo managed to capture 16 percent - down from 20 percent last June - while Ask plummeted to 3.2 percent. In contrast, Microsoft's ...

37. Yahoo’s answer to Bing? Search Pad.

    (Software/Software Features)

    Tuesday, 07 July 2009

    Yahoo got lost in the recent Bing Bing surrounding Microsoft’s new search engine and a discussion whether this “little engine that could”, as Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer describes Bing, will be able ...

38. Trade groups agree on online data pact

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Thursday, 02 July 2009

    ... subject embarrassed the likes of Facebook, Google and Yahoo. The Federal Trade Commission has urged updated principles for self-regulation. For years advertisers, agencies and publishers have ...

39. Google, Bing Wars - don't do as I do, do as I say

    (Software/Software Features)

    Wednesday, 01 July 2009

    ... search engine was rather limited. You can have Google (no surprise there), Yahoo, Ask and MSN - the old name for Bing. If you want to add others, you're faced with an impenetrable screen (assuming you ...

40. Microsoft, Yahoo, Real Networks sued over music copyright

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Wednesday, 01 July 2009

    A copyright administration company started a legal case against Real Networks, Yahoo, and Microsoft, alleging that they breached copyright on several pieces of music and the authors of music they look ...

41. Bing boosts Microsoft search share by 50 percent

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Wednesday, 17 June 2009

    ... work week of May 25-29. Nevertheless, Bing is unlikely to pose a serious threat to Google's current search market dominance. The latter's US  share is pegged at approximately 60 percent, while Yahoo ...

42. Review: LG enV Touch

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    Monday, 15 June 2009

    ... a multitude of services including Yahoo, AOL, and Windows Live, and you can also get corporate e-mail via your mobile device using RemoSync, which enables you to sync your work email and your calendar ...

43. Schmidt triggered by Bing. Cross, be he

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    Tuesday, 09 June 2009

    ... "by virtue of innovation". He claimed that Google gets all the information and organizes it, while Yahoo has a different strategy. Bing will have a different strategy too, said Schmidt. Presumably, ...

44. Bing, Bing, Bing! Microsoft’s search market share climbs

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    Tuesday, 09 June 2009

    ... the share has been declining for several years now. Yahoo was listed with a 20.4% share, while Google held 64.2%. It will take some time to determine where Microsoft’s market share gains are coming from ...

45. Microsoft’s Bing aiming for Yahoo already?

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Friday, 05 June 2009

    ... share vary dramatically, it seems that Bing may have surpassed Yahoo’s share already.     Chicago (IL) – If we believe Internet analysis companies, then Microsoft apparently could ...

46. DoJ investigates IT hiring practices

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Wednesday, 03 June 2009

    ... of Justice (DoJ) is investigating some of the country's largest technology companies over suspicions that their hiring practices violate antitrust laws. Google, Yahoo and Apple are all to come under ...

47. Wozniak astounded by Microsoft's Bing

    (Software/Software Features)

    Friday, 29 May 2009

    Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak has reported a favorable impression of Microsoft's Bing search engine. "That was the most astounding software demo I've ever seen," Wozniak told Yahoo Tech Ticker after ...

48. Time Warner to spin off AOL

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Wednesday, 27 May 2009

    ... or Yahoo came to nothing.    ...