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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Carrefour removed from Chinese Internet
The Chinese word for "Carrefour" is taken out from Web searches due to some sensitive issues that it might raise in the Olympic-Tibetan saga.
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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 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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Yahoo's AOL, Google deals still in the works
Yahoo is still working on deals with Google and Time Warner's AOL to improve its strength.
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Microsoft platform tops Web 2.0 developer survey
The company's Web 2.0 development platform has beaten offerings from Google and Facebook to lead in a users' choice survey that some believe is flawed.
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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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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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Mosso to add cloud-based storage
The unit of Rackspace Hosting plans to add storage to its hosting lineup of cloud computing services.
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Yahoo's openness efforts may not find higher Microsoft bid
The company has been toiling away to get its open search platform ready for prime time, but some analysts say it may not lead to a higher buyout bid from Microsoft.
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AT&T: Internet to hit full capacity by 2010
The company has warned of the need for urgent investment in the Internet's infrastructure, deliberately avoiding the term 'net neutrality'.
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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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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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Yang courts Microsoft: Show me the money
Two days after Steve Ballmer takes his offer off the table, chief Yahoo Jerry Yang says he'd be open to another bid from Microsoft.
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Yahoo shares fight to regain ground
Yahoo shares take a hammering after Microsoft pull out from its bid for takeover.
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The (virtual) global office
Moving beyond Second Life marketing, many companies are infiltrating virtual worlds for employee meetings, mixers and recruiting.
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Morgan Stanley exec is new Google CIO
Ben Fried, who oversaw core computing operations for the financial service firm, will become Google's next CIO, CNET News.com has learned.
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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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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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