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Google open sources Wave components

In a blog post on Friday, Google Wave engineers Jochen Bekmann and Sam Thorogood said Google had released two components of Wave under the Apache 2.0 licence: the Operational Transform (OT) code, and a basic client/server application protot [...]

Posted On : Jul, 28 2009 | Comments : 0

Yahoo!-Microsoft Pact: Alive Again?

YAHOO! MOVED THE CHAINS IN THE SECOND quarter, but unrelenting speculation about a potential advertising partnership with Microsoft overshadowed the company's modest upside earnings surprise. Chief Executive Carol Bartz, who is still relat [...]

Posted On : Jul, 27 2009 | Comments : 0

The Internet's Multi-Billion Dollar Bet

Chris Ferguson (#100 on our list of the 100 Most Creative People in Business) and other poker pros are in Washington D.C. this week to sweet talk members of Congress into lifting a three-year-old ban against online gambling in the U.S. If t [...]

Posted On : Jul, 25 2009 | Comments : 0

Amazon 2Q profit falls with Toys R Us settlement

Amazon said Thursday that its second-quarter earnings fell while sales rose, as the leading online retailer recorded a $51 million payment to settle a long-standing dispute with former partner Toys R Us. The revenue increase was not enough [...]

Posted On : Jul, 24 2009 | Comments : 0

How to Stop Computer Internet or Intellectual Property Crime

With blogging and other internet-related businesses on the rise in this downturn economy, it has become increasingly important for entrepreneurs to protect their creative output. But merely adding a copyright is not enough. Thieves, desper [...]

Posted On : Jul, 23 2009 | Comments : 0

Yahoo buys photo organization tech company Xoopit

Yahoo Inc said on Wednesday it has bought Xoopit, a privately-held company that provides technology to organize photograph collections in Yahoo's e-mail system. Xoopit's technology helps in the sending and sharing of photos through e-mail [...]

Posted On : Jul, 23 2009 | Comments : 0

Report: Shortage of cyber experts may hinder govt

Federal agencies are facing a severe shortage of computer specialists, even as a growing wave of coordinated cyberattacks against the government poses potential national security risks, a private study found. The study describes a fragment [...]

Posted On : Jul, 22 2009 | Comments : 0

Yahoo launching front page open to others' content

Yahoo launching front page open to others' content

A significant redesign is finally coming to the Yahoo.com home page, one of the most well-traveled destinations on the Internet, and the company's search page will follow suit starting next month.  Yahoo plans to let people in the Unit [...]

Posted On : Jul, 21 2009 | Comments : 0

Microsoft and Yahoo rumoured to be closing in on deal

After almost 18 months of increasingly bitter negotiations, Microsoft is said to be closing in on a deal buy technology rival Yahoo's web search business. Several reports emerged late on Thursday suggesting that late-stage talks were underw [...]

Posted On : Jul, 17 2009 | Comments : 0

Firefox 3.5's first vulnerability 'self-inflicted,' says sci...

Mozilla yesterday confirmed the first security vulnerability in Firefox 3.5, and said that the bug could be used to hijack a machine running the company's newest browser. A noted Firefox contributor called the situation "self-inflicte [...]

Posted On : Jul, 16 2009 | Comments : 0

Yahoo! claims casual

Yahoo! claims casual

Internet content giant Yahoo! successfully fended off opposition from the likes of EA, AOL, Miniclip and Spil to become the United States’ most popular online casual games destination in May, according to comScore metrix data. In t [...]

Posted On : Jul, 14 2009 | Comments : 0

Google CEO to discuss his role on Apple's board

Google CEO to discuss his role on Apple's board

Google Inc Chief Executive Eric Schmidt said he will talk to Apple Inc about how his role on its board might change after Google's move to launch a new operating system. Earlier this week, Google announced it was developing software for pe [...]

Posted On : Jul, 13 2009 | Comments : 0

Google Chrome OS - Web Platform To Rule Them All

Google (NSDQ: GOOG)'s plan to release its own operating system based on its Chrome browser is at once audacious and laughable. Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) Windows represents slightly less than 90% of the personal computer operating system market [...]

Posted On : Jul, 11 2009 | Comments : 0

Free Gifts for Kids Stuff to Do at Home that Won't Cost You...

What better way to start the holidays than some quality time with your children, we all understand how hectic our lifestyles can be, and taking that conscious effort to spend quality time will pay off. Not only will it enable you to feel fu [...]

Posted On : Jul, 07 2009 | Comments : 0

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