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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. Analyst offers Apple tablet sneak peek

   (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Features)

   Tuesday, 17 November 2009

   "Stunning" resolution and video conferencing A principal analyst at ITIC has claimed that the enigmatic Apple tablet will feature a 10-12 inch screen with "stunning resolution." 

According to Laura DiDio, ...

3. 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 ...

4. 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 ...

5. 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 ...

6. Time Warner to spin off AOL

   (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

   Wednesday, 27 May 2009

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

7. FTC investigates Apple/ Google links

   (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

   Tuesday, 05 May 2009

   ... plans to digitise millions of books and make them available online. Last year, too, the Justice Department said it would attempt to block Google's planned search advertising deal with Yahoo. All involved ...

8. IAC aims for love match with Yahoo

   (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

   Thursday, 30 April 2009

   InterActiveCorp (IAC) has confirmed that it is in talks to buy Yahoo Personals, which it hopes will boost it's Match.com online dating agency business. NEW YORK - InterActiveCorp (IAC) has confirmed ...

9. Man claims he owns biggest US corporations

   (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

   Wednesday, 29 April 2009

   ... is suing - ready for this - Microsoft, Wells Fargo, Chase Bank, Cable TV Network, CNN, NBC, ABC. Food Network, Toon, AMC, General Electric, McDonalds, Starbucks, Subway, Yahoo, Google, Sony, Capital One, ...

10. UPDATED: U.S. electrical grid falls victim to cyber-spying

    (Security/Security Features)

    Wednesday, 08 April 2009

    ... portions of applications running in active memory. These basic measures would seem to be appropriate for such an essential asset. See the original Reuters report republished on Yahoo News. UPDATED: ...

11. iPhone OS 3.0: Top 10 user-centric features

    (Software/Software Opinion)

    Friday, 20 March 2009

    ...  6. Calendar:  Supports CalDav and .ics subscriptions The Calendar application is now enhanced with CalDAV standard used by online calendars from Google, Yahoo and server version of OS X. In ...

12. Time Warner's TV Anywhere: Web access without cable or satellite

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    Tuesday, 03 March 2009

    ... service which may contain never watched programs. This would pull cable programming onto the web and right out from under websites like Hulu, Myspace, Yahoo TV, and even YouTube. Free cable streaming ...

13. Yahoo shakeup #2: CFO to leave

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Thursday, 26 February 2009

    Yesterday, Yahoo’s CFO Blake Jorgensen hinted that a deal between Yahoo and Microsoft may still be an interesting topic. Today, Yahoo announces that Jorgensen will be leaving the company. What will ...

14. Review: Safari 4 Beta - Not quite there yet

    (Software/Software Features)

    Wednesday, 25 February 2009

    ... the option to search for the term itself on the current page.Sadly, Google and Yahoo! are still the only search engine choices built-in to Safari. I wish Apple had combined the address and search bars ...

15. Yahoo's Bartz to lay out her plan, deliver the bad news

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Brief)

    Monday, 26 January 2009

      The Wall Street Journal is reporting that tomorrow, Yahoo's new CEO, Carol Bartz, 60, will present Yahoo's Q4'2008 results (which happened before she was at the company). In addition, she will announce ...

16. UPDATED: Hewlett Packard pays top exec $34 million in 2008

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Brief)

    Wednesday, 21 January 2009

    ... have laid off 40,000 people. See the original AP Digital article republished on Yahoo Finance. UPDATED: February 10, 2009 - 10:00am CSTAP Ditigal is now reporting a correction on this story. They ...

17. Cellphone users to soon expect free music as part of service

    (Mobility/Mobility Brief)

    Tuesday, 20 January 2009

    ... article on Yahoo Tech.  ...

18. As new Yahoo CEO moves in, President Decker resigns

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Wednesday, 14 January 2009

      As the new Yahoo CEO Carol Bartz prepares to assume her responsibilities, all indications are she's accepted by most all and ready to go to work. Yahoo president Sue Decker does not share her optimism, ...

19. Yahoo names Carol Bartz as CEO

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Brief)

    Tuesday, 13 January 2009

    Sunnyvale (CA) - The Wall Street Journal is reporting that their search for CEO is over. Carol Bartz, former chief executive of the Autodesk Inc. software company, has accepted an offer to become Yahoo's ...

20. CES 2009: LG pushes ahead in tough economy

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Brief)

    Wednesday, 07 January 2009

    ... put a big bet on networked TVs that are able to receive content via Internet streaming. Among the new products will be TVs that offer direct access to Netflix, YouTube, Yahoo Widgets and YouTube. The company ...

21. Post-Jobs Apple to profit from content and services, not just gadgets

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Opinion)

    Wednesday, 07 January 2009

    ... model doesn't evolve around free services backed by advertising like with Google and Yahoo. Instead, Apple appears to have borrowed Microsoft's software-and-a-service approach, where paid online services ...

22. Glassdoor.com’s best and worst CEOs of 2008

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Monday, 29 December 2008

    ... approval ratings listed on Glassdoor.com include Steve Ballmer (Microsoft, 44%), Jerry Yang (Yahoo, 35%), Paul Otellini (Intel, 61%), Mark Hurd (HP, 42%), Michael Dell (Dell, 54%) and Larry Ellison (Oracle, ...

23. Yahoo Mail becomes more Social, but you'll have to pay a price

    (Software/Software Features)

    Tuesday, 16 December 2008

      Yesterday, Yahoo announced they’d made several updates to their online services. One of the more major changes includes a total redesign of their web-based e-mail service. Yahoo Mail will now begin ...

24. Microsoft interested in Yahoo search deal, again

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Friday, 05 December 2008

      We can’t really recall how often Microsoft was quoted to have said that it either was or was not interested in getting a deal of some sort done with Yahoo. As of today, however, it appears that ...

25. Former Yahoo executive to run Microsoft Internet business

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Thursday, 04 December 2008

      Microsoft may now have all the Yahoo it wants: The company today said that Qi Lu, a former Yahoo executive, has been put in charge of Microsoft's “efforts” in search and online advertising and ...

26. Google preparing for tougher times

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Thursday, 04 December 2008

    ... service hours and suspended the traditional afternoon tea in the New York office. Google’s efforts could potentially be paying off already. In October, when other companies such as Yahoo and Ebay were ...

27. AT&T plans to terminate 12,000 employees over next 13 months

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Thursday, 04 December 2008

    ... to one employee fired every every 15 minutes 36 seconds between now and the end of 2009. Read more on behalf of AP on Yahoo News.  ...

28. Former AOL boss Jonathan Miller seeks funds for Yahoo deal

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Brief)

    Tuesday, 02 December 2008

    The former chief executive of AOL, the internet provider, is drumming up interest from investors for a bid for all or part of Yahoo. Jonathan Miller, who was credited with turning around AOL's fortunes ...

29. Facebook Connect expanding, creating difficulties for OpenID

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    Tuesday, 02 December 2008

    ... is working closely with Google, MySpace, Yahoo and Plaxo. However, that might not be enough since Facebook is pushing more mainstream sites such as Digg. Open ID has issues such as poor usability, which ...

30. Showdown: iPhone vs. Blackberry Storm

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    Friday, 21 November 2008

    ... Exchange, MobileMe, Gmail, Yahoo, POP3/IMAP, and other via 3rd party applications Battery life: 12.5 days standby, 5 hours talk time Availability: Best Buy, AT&T and Apple online and retail stores ...

31. Jerry Yang to step down as Yahoo CEO

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Monday, 17 November 2008

      Yahoo said that it has begun looking for a new chief executive officer as Jerry Yang decided “to return to his former role as Chief Yahoo.” Sunnyvale (CA) – Yahoo said that it has begun looking ...

32. Intel’s plan to ride out the recession

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Brief)

    Monday, 10 November 2008

    Intel stock has fallen by half since its December high, so you’d expect the mood in the executive suite to be less than buoyant these days. But during a chat this week at the chip giant’s headquarters, ...

33. Google cancels Yahoo ad deal

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Wednesday, 05 November 2008

      Google today said that it has pulled the plug on a proposed ad deal with Yahoo, because of ongoing concerns from “government regulators and some advertisers”, which could have damaged “relationships ...

34. Lala's music service tries one more time

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Tuesday, 21 October 2008

    ... chief product officer from Yahoo, feels that other music services will find that it is difficult to make any money when paying licensing fees to music labels. He also claims that music sites supported ...

35. Google defies economy to beat forecasts

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Brief)

    Friday, 17 October 2008

    Google profits surpassed Wall Street quarterly forecasts, sending its shares up more than 10% as the Internet search and advertising leader held deepening economic gloom at bay. Web traffic and revenue ...

36. Sarah Palin Hacker accused of previous computer intrusion

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Friday, 10 October 2008

      David Kernell, who was indicted earlier in the week for illegally gaining access to Governor Sarah Palin’s personal Yahoo e-mail account, was allegedly also involved in computer intrusion almost ...

37. Windows to take off into the cloud, Ballmer says

    (Software/Software Features)

    Wednesday, 01 October 2008

    ... the Internet to a user's browser that in fact runs web application and effectively replaces today’s client operating system environment. Other companies, most notably Google, Yahoo, Facebook and others, ...

38. Ballmer expects economy crisis to impact Microsoft

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Brief)

    Tuesday, 30 September 2008

    It appears that Microsoft is preparing itself for tougher times, as the company’s CEO mentioned that he expects some effects on Microsoft. At a news conference held in Oslo, Norway, earlier today, the ...

39. No indictment in Palin email hacking case … yet

    (Security/Security Features)

    Wednesday, 24 September 2008

    ... a 20-year-old student at the University of Tennessee and son of a state Democratic representative, is believed to have illegally accessed the Republican Vice Presidential nominee’s Yahoo account by answering ...

40. Google CEO won't delay Yahoo deal any further

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Brief)

    Thursday, 18 September 2008

    Google's chief executive said Wednesday the Internet search leader won't delay its proposed advertising partnership with rival Yahoo even if government regulators need more time to assess whether the ...

41. Apple execs settle shareholder suits for $14 million

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Brief)

    Thursday, 11 September 2008

    A federal judge in San Jose has given preliminary approval to a $14 million settlement of shareholder claims over backdating of stock options against current and former Apple executives, court documents ...

42. Yahoo! invites developers to create mobile apps

    (Mobility/Mobility Brief)

    Wednesday, 10 September 2008

    Yahoo on Wednesday announced at the CTIA Wireless trade show that it would open up its Blueprint mobile platform to developers who want to create applications for Java, Windows Mobile, and Symbian devices, ...

43. Why Chrome is a fantastic browser

    (Software/Software Features)

    Tuesday, 02 September 2008

    ... time you saw Google Search and compared it to Yahoo? It felt a bit empty to me. You may have the same impression with Chrome. A simple, uncluttered user interface gets - a trademark of Google product design ...

44. Google to go ahead with Yahoo deal: report

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Brief)

    Friday, 29 August 2008

    Google, facing a U.S. Justice Department probe of its search-advertising partnership with Yahoo, will proceed with the agreement by early October, Bloomberg said. "We are going to move forward," Google ...

45. Cashing in: Google sued for patent infringement

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Monday, 18 August 2008

    ... of “maintaining an automated and network-accessible database”. The same four patents were the subject of nine lawsuits that GraphOn filed against IAC/InterActiveCorp, Yahoo, Match.com, Classified Ventures, ...

46. Leaked memo offers a peek inside Steve Ballmer's head

    (Software/Software Features)

    Sunday, 27 July 2008

    The Microsoft CEO has Apple, Yahoo and Google in his sights and will deliver a $300 million ad campaign to address any lingering doubts about Vista. He will try to copy-cat Apple's vertically integrated approach; ...

47. Juniper confirms Microsoft's Johnson to become new CEO

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Brief)

    Thursday, 24 July 2008

    Juniper Networks confirmed that the man who led Microsoft's (MSFT) bid to buy Yahoo Inc. (YHOO) is leaving the software giant to take a job as Juniper's chief executive. Kevin Johnson, 47 years old, ...

48. Icahn takes a seat in Yahoo’s board room

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Monday, 21 July 2008

      Facing a proxy fight orchestrated by investor Carl Icahn, Yahoo has agreed to give Icahn a seat on its board of directors, two more seats to people on a list provided by Icahn and put itself up ...

49. Google shares sink after profits miss expectations

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Thursday, 17 July 2008

    ... expectations and these results are the first time the company has missed beating expectations in more than a year. Last month, Google and Yahoo agreed to partner to serve Google ads on some Yahoo searches.  ...

50. Microsoft concerned about Google-Yahoo

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Tuesday, 15 July 2008

      Microsoft today added another episode to the Yahoo-Google-Microsoft-Icahn soap opera. Microsoft’s general counsel Brad Smith today told Congress members today that the a combination of Google ...