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1. 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. ...

2. 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, ...

3. 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 ...

4. 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 ...

5. 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 ...

6. Google Toolbar can't handle Chrome

   (Software/Software Features)

   Thursday, 27 August 2009

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

7. 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 ...

8. 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, ...

9. 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 ...

10. 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 ...

11. 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, ...

12. 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 ...

13. 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 ...

14. 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 ...

15. 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 ...

16. 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 ...

17. 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 ...

18. 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 ...

19. 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 ...

20. 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 ...

21. 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 ...

22. 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 ...

23. 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 ...

24. 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 ...

25. 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, ...

26. 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 ...

27. 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 ...

28. 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 ...

29. 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 ...

30. Time Warner to spin off AOL

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Wednesday, 27 May 2009

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

31. Bing! Microsoft to rename search engine yet again?

    (Software/Software Features)

    Tuesday, 26 May 2009

    ... market share. As of April, Google holds a 64.0% share in U.S. searches – and ran more than 5.5 billion searches during the month, according to Nielsen Netratings. Yahoo followed with a share of 16.3% (1.4 ...

32. Search me! Bing, Hakia & Co. keep Google honest

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Opinion)

    Tuesday, 26 May 2009

    ... on an early version of Yahoo’s index, search still isn’t as elegant or integrated as it could be. Wolfram|Alpha’s approach takes search one step closer to elegant integration. If Google is like a librarian ...

33. MS 'to announce new search engine' next week

    (Software/Software Features)

    Wednesday, 20 May 2009

    ... terms by Ballmer at TechEd 2009 India a few weeks back. Kumo is supposed to return search results 'in a more organized manner', whatever that means. Yahoo also has plans to improve its search engine ...

34. Google grows its search score

    (Networking/Networking Features)

    Tuesday, 19 May 2009

    ... Google sites were way ahead of the rest of the search pack, scoring 62.4 percent of searches conducted. The others trailed behind. Yahoo sites scored 20.4 percent, Microsoft sites a meager 8.2 percent, ...

35. Brits obsessed with social networking

    (Software/Software Features)

    Wednesday, 13 May 2009

    ... sites of one sort of another - account for 45 per cent of UK internet time. By contrast, the equivalent list for the US is rather less hedonistic, with Google, Microsoft and Yahoo heading the list and ...

36. 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, ...

37. Tech firms' results hold up better than expected

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Thursday, 23 April 2009

    ... prospects for improvement, with a new version of Search set to launch in the next few months and rumors of a tie-up with Yahoo. Server-software sales grew seven percent year over year to $3.47 billion, ...

38. Yahoo drop in profits means 700 will go

    (Software/Software Features)

    Tuesday, 21 April 2009

    A fall in advertising revenues has resulted in Yahoo's profit falling by 78 percent and that means 700 jobs will go at the company.Sunnyvale (CA) - A fall in advertising revenues has resulted in Yahoo's ...

39. Microsoft and Yahoo in ad alliance talks, again

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Monday, 13 April 2009

    It appears that Microsoft and Yahoo are ready to chat about a business relationship again. Media reports suggest that Microsoft’s Steve Ballmer met with Yahoo’s new CEO Carol Bartz to discuss opportunities in ...

40. UPDATED: Conficker.e surfaces and reveals purpose: Wants $49.95

    (Security/Security Features)

    Friday, 10 April 2009

    Late Wednesday, TrendMicro observed a new version of the Downad.KK/Conficker.c worm, dubbed Conficker.e. The previous version utilized its built-in P2P functionality to download the update, which then ...

41. Microsoft loses patent case, ordered to pay $388 million

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Thursday, 09 April 2009

    ... like Dell and HP. See the original Reuters article republished on Yahoo News.  ...

42. Clara County: Microsoft buys Yahoo!

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Sunday, 22 March 2009

    ... STRIP: Clara County - Microsoft buys Yahoo (9 frames) Moblivious is a huge software conglomerate. His software runs 90% of the world's computers, but he's not really in touch with consumer's needs. ...

43. 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 ...

44. Review: IE8 is no speed demon, but is most secure browser available

    (Software/Software Features)

    Thursday, 19 March 2009

    ... Simply select a piece of text on a page, then right click to reveal all installed Accelerator web services that can act upon it. For instance, you can have maps services from Google or Yahoo show you ...

45. Microsoft still interested in Yahoo

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Thursday, 19 March 2009

    Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer reignited speculation about a possible acquisition of Yahoo’s search business. At a conference yesterday, Ballmer said that “that a deal would help improve Microsoft's ...

46. Clara County: x86 cross-license dispute

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Wednesday, 18 March 2009

    ... here to see the second installment:  Clara County: Microsoft buys Yahoo! ...

47. 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 ...

48. Microsoft reducing contractor pay rates, forcing 100-day breaks

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Brief)

    Friday, 27 February 2009

    ... full-time employees. See the original AP Digital article republished on Yahoo Biz.  ...

49. 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 ...

50. Microsoft sues TomTom: All your GPS logics are belong to us

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Brief)

    Thursday, 26 February 2009

    ... view on this corporate, greed-based philosphy, consider this. See the original AFP article republished on Yahoo Tech.  ...