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Yahoo adds Delicious data to search partnership
Yahoo has made a new variety of data available through its BOSS (Build Your Own Search Service) program, giving those using the search results access to what's going on at its Delicious site for storing and sharing Web address bookmarks.
BOSS lets others incorporate Yahoo search results onto...
Hotmail users suffer through outage
It's not easy running an online e-mail service with hundreds of millions of users.Later on the same day that Yahoo Mail wasn't available to a small fraction of its users, Hotmail had troubles with disappearing in-boxes. Here's the company statement:"On Thursday evening, there was a short-term...
AP Preps Legal Battle Against Online News Aggregators
The AP has issued licenses to Google, Yahoo, and others to use some of its news content, while newspapers generally have not. The Associated Press board on Monday warned that it would take legal action if necessary to stop online news aggregators from using its content and that of member newspapers...
Facebook, Microsoft Partner To Fight Koobface Worm
The Koobface virus, which spreads through social networking sites, has been added to Microsoft's Malicious Software Removal Tool.In a partnership that reflects the growing need for cooperative responses to online security threats, Facebook last week said that it was working withMicrosoft (NSDQ:...
Web 2.0: Google’s Ambition Beyond The Cloud
As Gears and caching in HTML5 converge, Google users can expect a wider range of applications, on computers and mobile devices, that can function offline.In a wide-ranging discussion at the Web 2.0 Expo in San Francisco, Google VP of engineering Vic Gundotra said that the company plans to offer a...
Opera Teams Up With Ford, Virgin Mobile
The company is getting its browser on multiple cell phones, as well as Ford's enterprise-grade in-car computer system. Opera Software is taking aggressive steps to get its browser on multiple devices, and it announced deals to put its browser on Virgin Mobile (NYSE: VM) cell phones, as well as Ford...
Web 2.0 : The Power Of Less
Tim O'Reilly advises companies to slow down to tease out the greatest business opportunities in the postcrisis economy. The theme this year at the Web 2.0 Expo in San Francisco is the power of less.But it's also a timely theme because the tech industry tends toward periods of rapid innovation and...
In-Flight Entertainment Gets Tech Upgrade
After decades of computer security work, one researcher questions current Internet safety procedures and the vendors assigned to protect the average user.Stale movies and TV shows -- the staple of airline flights for years -- will likely be disappearing soon, according to announcements Wednesday...
Yahoo Rolls Out Mobile Apps
It's unclear how big a role the mobile division will play under CEO Carol Bartz as it has been difficult to monetize so far. Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO) rolled out its new suite of mobile applications for the iPhone 3G and other handsets Wednesday at the CTIA Wireless trade show.The Yahoo Messenger app can...
Microsoft’s Internet Explorer 8 Fails To Halt Firefox Gains
Firefox's global market share is rising; Google's Chrome browser and Apple's Safari browser showed small gains in February through March.Despite the release of Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) Internet Explorer 8 two weeks ago, Microsoft continues to lose browser market share to Mozilla's Firefox.According...
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