Will Silverlight or Air hit enterprises?
Winning consumers and developers over is key to getting enterprises to pay attention to adopting either platform, says analyst.
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Google Translate speaks 10 new languages
The translation service adds Swedish, Hindi, Danish, seven other languages, and the ability to guess the language that text needs to be translated from.
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CBS to buy CNET Networks
Media conglomerate plans to purchase CNET Networks, publisher of News.com, in a deal valued at US$1.8 billion.
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Yahoo responds to Icahn
The Internet company says that Icahn's take "reflects a significant misunderstanding of the facts about the Microsoft proposal". It goes on (and on) from there.
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Google Maps adds user-created photos, videos, maps
New feature enables users to explore areas around the world by bringing up video, photos and interactive maps of a particular location.
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Google China formally launches new ad product
The new product, Google Adsense, looks to engage over 500,000 SMEs to online advertisement through Google's online search.
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Carl Icahn will launch proxy fight against Yahoo
Billionaire investor Carl Icahn is reportedly planning a move that could ultimately kick out Yahoo's entire board.
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YouTube ads for viral videos: 'buzz targeting'
Google has added a new option called buzz targeting to its attempts to convert YouTube's popularity into actual revenue.
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Google begins blurring faces in Street View
Technology that scours image database for faces responds to privacy concerns about Google Maps' all-seeing digital camera eye.
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Google brings Friend Connect to the masses
Google joins the data portability crowd with 'Friend Connect' allowing users to bring their data from social networks. The programming-free network is said to even incorporate Web sites that are not socially-enabled.
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Alibaba plans to launch B2B computer
The company partners Intel to support small and midsize businesses by developing computers specifically to meet the demands of e-commerce.
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Yahoo offers geographic data to Web sites
The company opens a database of place names and other geographic data and services for use.
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Facebook to open the gates with 'Facebook Connect'
Hot off the heels of rival MySpace announcing it will connect profile content with other sites, Facebook reveals its own plan for exporting data to other Web sites.
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Google gains on Microsoft with hosted security offering
The search giant's latest Web-hosted offering, Web Security for Enterprise, gives it a leg up on Microsoft in a digital world increasingly turning to cloud computing, experts say.
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ICANN attacks 'fat and happy' IPv4 users
Businesses need to begin thinking now beyond having IPv4 address space, says Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and and Numbers (ICANN)'s president, or risk losing online customers.
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Yahoo acquisition to aid Apple searches
The Internet company acquires Inquisitor, software that augments the search process on Apple's Safari Web browser.
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Flaw turns Gmail into spamming machine
A "serious security flaw" in Gmail allows spammers to send thousands of bulk e-mail messages through Google's SMTP service, according to a recent report.
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MySpace announces 'Data Availability' project
Social network teams with Yahoo, eBay, Photobucket, and Twitter in initiative that lets members share their profile data with other sites.
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Yahoo sticks up search suite with Glue
Yahoo has begun testing Glue Pages, a new way to present search results that take advantage of its background as an Internet portal.
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Google addresses antitrust issue on Yahoo ad deal
Microsoft is concerned an ad deal between Google and Yahoo would extend Google's search-ad dominance. Google execs say people should look at the bigger ad market.
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