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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. 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, ...

4. 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 ...

5. 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 ...

6. 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 ...

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. Showdown: Carriers threaten to ban Skype from cellular networks

   (Mobility/Mobility Features)

   Friday, 03 April 2009

   The recent release of Skype for iPhone proved that yes, users are interested in replacing their costly carrier voice minutes with free (or much cheaper) VoIP calls -- downloading the Skype application ...

9. Two U.S. Senators want mobile spam to die!

   (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

   Friday, 03 April 2009

   ... -- to be released later this year, as that device will then allow far more than text-messages to be sent from device to device or user to user. See the original AFP article republished on Yahoo News ...

10. 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 ...

11. 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 ...

12. LG Versa: Unboxing the "iPhone Beater"

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    Tuesday, 03 March 2009

    ... sent via text message or simply admired longingly before punching up clear. The phone also touts advanced features such as instant messaging (AIM, Yahoo, and Windows Live), mobile e-mail, voice command ...

13. Research: Apple owns mobile web, Google rules mobile search

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    Monday, 02 March 2009

    ... all searches conducted via mobile devices. Yahoo handled just 2.03% of all mobile searches, followed by Ask (0.21%) and MSN, Altavista and AOL, each with miniscule numbers. Net Applications hinted that Google's ...

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. Phishing scam asks MobileMe users for their credit card info

    (Security/Security Features)

    Thursday, 12 February 2009

    ... MobileMe accounts have been used to send spam messages in the past, although the would-be spammers have a tougher case using MobileMe webmail than a free webmail like Gmail or Yahoo since Apple requires ...

16. Google gives us a small glimpse of what could be

    (Software/Software Opinion)

    Monday, 02 February 2009

    ... answer is "I'd switch to Yahoo" or some other search engine. But that's not the real point I'm considering here. Suppose the search engines (all of them) were taken down. What if we had no way to access ...

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

    (Mobility/Mobility Brief)

    Tuesday, 20 January 2009

    ... article on Yahoo Tech.  ...

18. UPDATE 2: Mobile WiMAX market quadrupled in Q3'2008

    (Mobility/Mobility Brief)

    Monday, 12 January 2009

    ... the first U.S. city to go fully 4G with a WiMAX introduction. See Yahoo! Finance. UPDATED: January 12, 2009 at 1:33pm CSTDell'Oro's Chief Operating Officer, Margaret Miles, told TG Daily that the ...

19. Microsoft to put Live Search on Dell computers and Verizon cellphones

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Friday, 09 January 2009

    ... same period a year ago. Google leads the pack with 64.1% of all desktop searches, up 21.7% annually, followed by Yahoo which amounts to 16.1% of searches, down 1.4% annually. When it comes to the ...

20. IBM deploys Lotus Notes on Mac and iPhone

    (Software/Software Features)

    Wednesday, 07 January 2009

    ... from code that's optimized for the latest Leopard features and Apple hardware. Social networking features include integration with online calendars from Google, Yahoo and others which can be shown along business ...

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. China issues 3G mobile phone licenses

    (Mobility/Mobility Brief)

    Wednesday, 07 January 2009

    ... surfing, wireless video and other service which are expected to spur new revenue growth. See Yahoo! News.  ...

23. 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 ...

24. 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 ...

25. Apple to develop its own search engine?

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Thursday, 13 November 2008

    ... engineers and it would be difficult to create a profitable business model for a product that is rather unlikely to be able to compete effectively with Google or Yahoo right off the bat. However, we know ...

26. Microsoft's cloud push: Too little too late on purpose?

    (Software/Software Opinion)

    Monday, 10 November 2008

    ... via MSN and all its Web services available to those that build on the Azure platform. Maybe Yahoo finds its way into the mix. Microsoft could offer both advertising-subsidized and pay-per-use models, or ...

27. Yahoo moves Zimbra hosted email into universities

    (Software/Software Features)

    Tuesday, 28 October 2008

      Yahoo’s Zimbra is expanding its presence in universities. In addition to the two million college mailboxes that already run on Zimbra’s email solution, the company hopes to become an "email as ...

28. 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 ...

29. Update: T-Mobile’s Android G1: The verdict is in

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    Thursday, 16 October 2008

    ... megapixel camera (2048 x 1536) with autofocus, multitasking OS and IM program that supports Google Talk, AIM, Yahoo Messenger and Windows Live Messenger suggest mass consumer appeal. However, there is ...

30. Firefox 3.1 beta 1: Damn, this thing is fast!

    (Software/Software Features)

    Wednesday, 15 October 2008

    ... as explained in our Yahoo! FireEagle story. In our opinion, any service that transmits your location to services you have no control over should be used with caution. - Ctrl-Tab: There is a new Ctrl-Tab ...

31. Fring debuts VoIP on the iPhone

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    Monday, 06 October 2008

    ... instant messaging platforms are supported: Windows Live Messenger, Yahoo! Messenger, Skype, AIM, ICQ, Google Talk. If you provide Fring with the login credentials for these services, it will show your ...

32. Diesel fuel thinner for cars increases MPG efficiency by 19%

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    Tuesday, 30 September 2008

      Researchers at Temple University have created a $200 device which makes diesel engines look far more attractive. It is a fuel thinner which creates smaller droplets: When injected into a diesel ...

33. Apple to build iPhone processors with ARM, Imagination and Samsung technologies?

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    Thursday, 18 September 2008

      Background – The inner workings of the first and second generation iPhones are largely based on off-the-shelf parts from third-party suppliers, but we are feeling the wind of change. Several puzzle ...

34. 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, ...

35. Yahoo unleashes Fire Eagle – and a potential privacy nightmare

    (Software/Software Features)

    Wednesday, 13 August 2008

      Yahoo introduced a new open location-based services (LBS) platform called Fire Eagle that helps users publish their current location to the Web, while giving them the ability to control how and ...

36. Defcon’s Wall of Sheep eats iPhones for breakfast, lunch and dinner

    (Security/Security Features)

    Monday, 11 August 2008

    ... caught and displayed on the wall.  Some of the more popular phone logins captured were Twitter, ICQ and even Yahoo mail. Wall of Sheep member Beau Haugh said developers are constrained by small keyboards ...

37. Prediction: Ncomputing is the next Google

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    Monday, 28 July 2008

    ... the technology in action and had met the minds behind it, I told my editor-in-chief that this company would replace Yahoo and our Internet publication should change its advertising model. The company ...

38. Gmail going both ways in six weeks

    (Software/Software Features)

    Thursday, 24 July 2008

    ... to securely read users' Gmail contacts but prevents them from editing or updating Gmail contacts directly, unlike Yahoo! and Windows Live contacts APIs. This limitation is the reason why Plaxo still doesn't ...

39. Nokia's Q2 profit drops 61%

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Brief)

    Thursday, 17 July 2008

    The world's No. 1 mobile phone maker Nokia on Thursday said profit fell 61% in the second quarter from the same period a year ago, when the company booked a large gain from its network joint venture ...

40. Gmail adding protection and monitoring features

    (Security/Security Features)

    Wednesday, 09 July 2008

    ... to Comscore, Google’s Gmail is the third largest webmail provider with 90 million users.  Yahoo Mail and Hotmail are the first and second largest with approximately 265 million and 260 million subscribers. ...

41. WWDC 2008: MobileMe - "Exchange for the rest of us"

    (Software/Software Features)

    Monday, 09 June 2008

    ... experience inside a web browser, similar to Google or Yahoo online applications. Here is a list of the features: - Resize panes in Mail, select multiple messages and quickly reply inline to a message ...

42. Verizon Wireless to buy Alltel in $28.1 billion deal

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Brief)

    Thursday, 05 June 2008

    Verizon Wireless said on Thursday it would buy rural mobile phone service provider Alltel for $28.1 billion including debt, which would vault it to first place in the U.S. market ahead of AT&T. Under ...

43. Android stirs enthusiasm among developers and handset makers

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    Sunday, 01 June 2008

    ... "They can add to it. They can remove from it. They make it their own," Rubin said. "They can rip out all the Google stuff and put in all Yahoo! stuff," he said. Developers can even remove Android APIs ...

44. Is Microsoft gambling away its Windows empire?

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Opinion)

    Wednesday, 28 May 2008

    ... business for Microsoft to catch up anytime soon; Google has enough cash and the necessary following to attack Microsoft in its core businesses; a Yahoo merger would have been necessary for Microsoft to ...

45. Spike Lee's next big project: movie by cell phones

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    Thursday, 24 April 2008

    Renowned filmmaker Spike Lee has announced an intriguing partnership for his next project - Nokia.  Lee wants to create a full-fledged movie using scenes shot entirely with mobile phone footage.  ...

46. Fring VoIP for the iPhone: Why should you care?

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    Wednesday, 16 April 2008

    ... but we already have a good idea how Fring for iPhone can unite all of your contacts from Windows Live Messenger, Skype, Google Talk, ICQ, Twitter and Yahoo! Messenger within a single, unified interface: ...

47. Yahoo upgrades oneSearch, refines mobile strategy

    (Mobility/Mobility Brief)

    Friday, 04 April 2008

    At this week's CTIA Wireless show, Yahoo! introduced oneSearch 2.0, a major upgrade to its existing mobile search initiative. The new version adds voice-enabled search for instant answers to any query. ...

48. Padded lightposts protect texting pedestrians in London

    (Mobility/Mobility Brief)

    Thursday, 06 March 2008

    ... while texting. Read more … ITN via Yahoo.  ...

49. Yahoo spits out "bookmarking" tool for mobile Web

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    Tuesday, 04 March 2008

    Yahoo has announced a new mobile feature called "OnePlace", which will allow users to take advantage of now-standard Internet services on their mobile devices. San Francisco (CA) - Yahoo has announced ...

50. Yahoo intros social networking for cellphones, acquires Maven Networks

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Tuesday, 12 February 2008

    Yahoo today provided first details about oneConnect, a mobile communications service that combines messaging with social networking features. In a wave of announcements, the company also said that it ...