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AP renews licensing deal with Yahoo, not yet with Google 02 February, 2010 10:32
The deal lets Yahoo publish AP stories on its Web sitesYahoo has renewed its licensing deal with the Associated Press to post articles from the global wire service on Yahoo Web sites, the companies said on Monday. - +
Yahoo's revenue drops in Q4 and for the full 2009 year 27 January, 2010 11:31
The CEO says she's happy with the resultsYahoo's revenue fell both in the fourth quarter and in the full 2009 year, the company said Tuesday. - +
Google co-founders to unload stock in company 26 January, 2010 07:53
Page and Brill will shed 10 million shares, cutting joint stake from 59% to 48%The co-founders of Google are each looking sell 5 million shares of the company as part of "pre-arranged stock trading plans," according to a company filing with the US Federal Security and Exchange Commission. - +
11 hidden security threats and how to stop them 26 January, 2010 02:45
Antivirus software and a firewall alone can't guarantee your safetyDo you know how to guard against scareware? How about Trojan horse text messages? Or social network data harvesting? - +
Report: Bing to Become the iPhone's Search Engine 21 January, 2010 02:07
Business Week reports that Apple and Microsoft are considering a deal that could oust Google from its position on the iPhoneApple reportedly is in talks with Microsoft to make Bing the default search engine on the iPhone's Safari Web browser, according to Business Week. The idea may sound surprising, but it shows how deep the ongoing battle between Google and Apple (which started after the Google Voice iPhone application was barred entry into the iTunes App Store) has become. - +
SAP does U-turn on Enterprise Support 16 January, 2010 02:33
Victory for user groupsSAP has done a U-turn and reintroduced its standard enterprise support package for customers. - +
How will Microsoft, Yahoo respond to Google's China challenge? 14 January, 2010 07:03
Analysts say Google rivals may face user criticism if they don't fight Chinese censorshipGoogle's move to challenge Chinese censorship demands and threaten to pull its business from the country could pressure search rivals like Microsoft and Yahoo to follow suit. - +
Google should boost image with China battle, analysts say 14 January, 2010 03:40
After taking it on the chin from China and critics, Google benefits from taking a standGoogle's decision to go toe-to-toe with one of the world's most powerful countries could provide huge benefits to its image while having little short-term impact on the company's financial condition, analysts said. - +
Google attack part of widespread spying effort 13 January, 2010 21:37
Analysts see Google's threat to leave China as a public admission that corporate espionage is troubling US businessesGoogle's decision Tuesday to risk walking away from the world's largest Internet market may have come as a shock, but security experts see it as the most public admission of a top IT problem for U.S. companies: ongoing corporate espionage originating from China. - +
Expert: Fraudsters pull tricks with Google ads 12 January, 2010 04:47
Bad actors said to vie for a cut of Google's AdWords, defrauding advertisersCompanies such as Continental Airlines rely on Internet advertising from Google to deliver customers to their Web site. It constitutes essential marketing in the digital age. - +
News Analysis: Google and Microsoft to escalate war in 2010 23 December, 2009 09:22
For those who think this corporate fight hit a crescendo in 2009, industry analysts say they better think again.For those who think this corporate fight hit a crescendo in 2009, industry analysts say they better think again. It looks like this is just getting started. - +
Mozilla exec suggests Firefox users move to Bing, cites Google privacy stance 11 December, 2009 08:05
Deal with Google provides most of Mozilla's revenuesA Mozilla official today pointed Firefox users to the extension that adds Microsoft's Bing to the list of the browser's search engines after Google's CEO downplayed consumers' privacy concerns. - +
Fear of Microsoft subsides in mergers and acquisitions arena 10 December, 2009 11:24
Among Microsoft's trials and tribulations in the mergers and acquisitions space, a Microsoft official on Tuesday evening cited fear of dealing with the company as an obstacle Microsoft has had to overcome. - +
Google turns on real-time search 08 December, 2009 08:15
Users will get the option to view up-to-the minute results from sites like Twitter, Facebook and MySpaceAs it promised in October, Google has now started to add search results in real-time to its engine, giving end-users the option of seeing relevant links that have just been added to its index. - +
Microsoft, Yahoo finalise search deal 05 December, 2009 10:24
The companies had missed their original deadline to work out the details of the agreement by OctoberMicrosoft and Yahoo have finalised the terms of a broad search and advertising agreement intended to help them compete more effectively with Google. - +
Microsoft's Bing tries to leapfrog Google Maps 03 December, 2009 12:02
The company is previewing a new version of Bing Maps that uses Silverlight to provide better graphicsMicrosoft is taking aim at one of Google's most popular services, Google Maps, with a richer version of its own online mapping service that was released in beta on Wednesday. - +
Microsoft's Bing tries to leapfrog Google Maps 03 December, 2009 08:51
The company is previewing a new version of Bing Maps that uses Silverlight to provide better graphicsMicrosoft is taking aim at one of Google's most popular services, Google Maps, with a richer version of its own online mapping service that was released in beta on Wednesday. - +
Google to buy display ad company 24 November, 2009 07:52
The search giant said it plans to purchase Teracent, a company that customizes ads for viewersJust two weeks after buying mobile advertising company AdMob, Google on Monday announced plans to purchase Teracent, an online display advertising company. - +
Yahoo's search news shortcuts gain 'tweets,' videos, photos 20 November, 2009 08:13
The move is the start of a longer term effort to bring social media content to Yahoo search resultsYahoo has enhanced its Web search engine's news "shortcuts" by adding Twitter posts, photos and videos to them, the company announced Thursday. - +
Top 10 emerging enterprise technologies 17 November, 2009 06:15
2009's up-and-coming technologies for business that will have the greatest impact in years to comeWe all know what buzz is: It's noise. At InfoWorld, one of its self-appointed tasks is to extract the signal from that noise, to separate the stuff valuable to IT professionals from that which is popularly considered a big deal. - +
Google to buy mobile ad company 10 November, 2009 06:17
The search giant plans to purchase AdMob for $US750 million in stockGoogle plans to buy mobile advertising provider AdMob for US$750 million stock, the search giant said on Monday. - +
The search market created Microsoft's worst enemy 09 November, 2009 08:10
The company hasn't been able to gain search ground on its hated rival GoogleThroughout its history, Microsoft has earned a reputation for tenacity when entering markets created, and initially dominated, by innovative startups. - +
Sergey Brin laments Yahoo's Microsoft search deal 23 October, 2009 09:01
In a surprise appearance at the Web 2.0 Summit, Google's cofounder also said the opposition to Book Search surprises himGoogle cofounder and President of Technology Sergey Brin made a surprise appearance at the Web 2.0 Summit on Thursday, answering a variety of questions on hot-button issues affecting the search company. - +
Microsoft strikes search deals with Twitter, Facebook 22 October, 2009 09:52
Hours later, Google follows suit with its own Twitter agreementMicrosoft has reached collaboration agreements with Twitter and Facebook to get their members' public status updates and messages indexed and presented in useful ways on the Bing search engine. - +
Microsoft strikes search deals with Twitter, Facebook 22 October, 2009 06:57
The social-networking companies will collaborate with Microsoft to get their status updates and "tweets" on BingMicrosoft has reached collaboration agreements with Twitter and Facebook to get their members' public status updates and messages indexed and presented in useful ways on the Bing search engine. - +
Yahoo revenue down, but income up sharply 21 October, 2009 08:42
The online company posts a 244 percent increase in net income from a year agoYahoo has reported revenue of US$1.58 billion for the third quarter of 2009, down 12 percent from the same period a year earlier, although net income was up sharply, by 244 percent, the company said. - +
Microsoft-Yahoo deal gets support from ad association 20 October, 2009 06:36
The association urges the Department of Justice to quickly review and approve the dealMicrosoft and Yahoo are touting a brief letter that an advertising association sent to the U.S. Department of Justice supporting the search deal proposed by the companies. - +
Yahoo says its mobile strategy is working 08 October, 2009 06:08
Mobile users of Yahoo services don't cannibalize PC-based services, an executive saidYahoo is learning that mobile applications don't cannibalize its PC-based services, said a company executive Wednesday, as he also outlined the ways that Yahoo is approaching the mobile market differently from its competitors. - +
10 must-have free Android apps 03 October, 2009 05:04
Trick out your Android phone with these top picks from Google's Android MarketGoogle's Android operating system, native to T-Mobile's G1 and myTouch smartphones and due out soon in a number of new phones and even netbooks, is an impressively open and versatile platform. As with rival smartphone platforms -- Apple's iPhone OS, RIM's BlackBerry OS and Palm's new WebOS -- the out-of-the-box features offered by Android are just a starting point. - +
Bing gains more ground in search war with Google 23 September, 2009 08:24
Google remains miles ahead, but Microsoft's new Bing engine keeps plodding aheadMicrosoft's Bing continues to show strength as comScore Inc. is set to report this afternoon that the new search engine increased its share of the competitive market by 4.5% between July and August. Bing held a 9.3% share of the market at the end of August to hold third place, according to comScore.
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