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Yahoo Technology Will Offer Abstracts of Search Results
(PC World)
4 Dec 2008 at 8:25am
PC World - Yahoo's lab in India is developing technology that will summarize information about web search results rather than simply offer links as search engines currently do.
Criminals Take Control of CheckFree Web Site
(PC World)
4 Dec 2008 at 8:22am
PC World - Online criminals took control of the Domain Name System (DNS) record for payment processor CheckFree and briefly redirected the site's visitors to a their own server.
Shoppers Opened Their Wallets on Cyber Monday
(PC World)
4 Dec 2008 at 8:16am
PC World - Cyber Monday, the day after the Thanksgiving weekend in the U.S., lived up to its reputation for big online retail sales, triggering disproportionately high spending during this so far modest holiday shopping season.
Report: Former Yahoo exec to be Microsoft online chief
(CNET)
4 Dec 2008 at 8:02am
CNET - Microsoft's efforts to acquire one Yahoo employee at a time appear to be working.
Networking Glitch Knocks Yahoo Offline for Some
(PC World)
4 Dec 2008 at 7:56am
PC World - A networking problem made Yahoo's Web site unreachable for many users on Wednesday.
Microsoft Releases Next Wave of Windows Live Services
(PC World)
4 Dec 2008 at 7:55am
PC World - Microsoft has released a new wave of Windows Live services that adds more social-networking qualities to its set of online services.
Pirate Bay Still Blocked in Denmark
(PC World)
4 Dec 2008 at 7:52am
PC World - The Danish Eastern High Court ruled last week that it is up to Internet service providers to ensure that their customers do not use the Swedish torrent-tracking site The Pirate Bay to download illegal content.
Yahoo Could Open Access to Flickr, Other Technologies
(PC World)
4 Dec 2008 at 7:52am
PC World - Yahoo might open access to a broader range of technologies beyond just search, a company executive said.
Internet Needs Multilingual Support for Next Billion People
(PC World)
4 Dec 2008 at 7:52am
PC World - The Internet must support the large number of languages in the world at all levels, including content, hardware, software, and internationalized domain names if it is to reach the next billion people, according to speakers at an Internet Governance Forum (IGF) in Hyderabad, India.
Groups Push for Net Neutrality in Obama Administration
(PC World)
4 Dec 2008 at 7:45am
PC World - Advocates of net neutrality rules in the U.S. have called on President-elect Barack Obama to act quickly to prevent broadband providers from blocking or impairing access to Internet content of customers' choice.
Amazon.com Feeds Impulse Shopping Frenzy with iPhone App
(PC World)
4 Dec 2008 at 7:38am
PC World - Just in time for the busy holiday shopping season, Amazon.com has released an iPhone App that gives users a direct portal to the Website without the Safari middleman. After you sign into your account, the Amazon App lets you search, buy items with a single click, access your wish list and account information, and basically do everything the regular website offers.
EA Buys J2MSoft in Another Move Into Online Games in Asia
(PC World)
4 Dec 2008 at 7:38am
PC World - Digital game developer Electronic Arts (EA) announced its second move into Asia's online game market on Tuesday, by buying South Korean online game developer J2MSoft Inc.
Chinese City Requires Net Cafes to Use Legitimate Software
(PC World)
4 Dec 2008 at 7:38am
PC World - Nanchang, the capital of China's eastern Jiangxi province, has required Internet cafe operators to replace pirated server software with licensed versions. Cafes that don't will lose their license to operate, but some are grumbling about the cost of installing legitimate software.
Ex-NY Gov Spitzer to write column for Slate.com
(Reuters)
4 Dec 2008 at 5:50am
Reuters - Former New York Governor Eliot Spitzer, who resigned earlier this year over his involvement in a prostitution ring, will write a column for online magazine Slate.com about the economy and financial regulation.
Report: Former AOL CEO Miller Trying to Buy Yahoo
(PC World)
4 Dec 2008 at 4:22am
PC World - Jonathan Miller, the well-respected former AOL CEO, has been talking for months to potential investors interested in buying all or part of Yahoo, The Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday.
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