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Hotels suit up on tech to attract guests
News As travelers demand more technology extras from hotels, innkeepers see need to constantly improve such services for their guests.
Tags: IT Management, Mobile/Wireless, Hotel, Internet Access, IT Manager, Wireless, Internet Service, e-mail, Wi-Fi, wireless Internet
StarMedia seen buying Webcaster
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Yahoo employs online taxman
News Yahoo Australia & NZ has revealed more of its jack-of-all-trades status and made a timely launch of its online tax centre.
Yahoo rejiggers search engine for Olympics
News Searching for Olympics-related information at Yahoo will present results, schedules, and other information directly on the search results page.
Tags: Search, Web sites, Internet advertising, Microsoft Silverlight, Google Inc., Yahoo! Inc., Search Engine, Advertisement, software, Visa Inc.
US beef shakes up Korean media
News Public outcry over government's decision to import U.S. beef has escalated into fiery squabble between South Korean major newspapers and news portal Daum.
Tags: Lawsuits, Web sites, Politics, Google Inc., Portal, Government, Advertisement, phone, Internet User, portal site
Yahoo's mobile home page cutting back on reloads
News Yahoo reveals an enhanced mobile home page that offers more stories that require you to reload the Web page fewer times.
Tags: Browser, Mobile/Wireless, Yahoo! Inc., partnership, mobile, Video, movie, CTIA, Apple iPhone, strategy
Yahoo sticks up search suite with Glue
News Yahoo has begun testing Glue Pages, a new way to present search results that take advantage of its background as an Internet portal.
Tags: Web sites, Innovation, Google Inc., India, Yahoo! Inc., Advertisement, brand name, text advertisement, Search Result, Yahoo Search
Google addresses antitrust issue on Yahoo ad deal
News 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.
Tags: Internet advertising, Business development/management, Antitrust, Microsoft Corp., Advertiser, Google Inc., Yahoo! Inc., Internet Search Advertising, Larry Page, Advertisement
Where Google isn't Goliath
News Russia's Yandex--set to go public on Nasdaq--is innovating in a hurry to hold off the U.S. giant.
Tags: Search, Web sites, Web services, Internet advertising, Software, Google Inc., search engine company, Yandex, bank, China
Google: Weathering the economy?
News news analysis The search giant's second-quarter results disappointed investors, but CEO Schmidt believes on-target sales indicate it is shrugging off the broader malaise.
Tags: Earning reports/forecasts, Google Inc., Internet Search Advertising, foreign-exchange, search engine company, marketing, Hitwise, revenue, hiring, U.S.
Georgia accuses Russia of coordinated cyberattack
News The Georgian Embassy in the United Kingdom has accused Russia of launching cyberattacks to coincide with military hostilities over the weekend.
Tags: Security, Georgia, Spokesperson, Europe, Russia, denial of service, researcher, Cyberattack, Web Site, HTTP
Chinese game company completes year's first Nasdaq IPO
News Changyou.com, a subsidiary of Sohu.com, is successfully spun-off in a US$120 million listing.
Tags: Business plans, Sohu.com, Nasdaq Stock Market Inc., IPO, NetEase Inc., Online Game, game company, Changyou.com, Online-gaming Operator, revenue
Short Take: Yahoo gets new chief for North Asia
News Yahoo Inc has appointed Allan CY Kwan as its new regional vice president and managing director for North Asia, the global Internet portal company said in a statement today.
Sohu.com names new CFO
News China's top Internet portal Sohu.com has appointed Carol Yu as its new chief financial officer.
Short Take: Far EasTone and Genie bring mobile Net services to Taiwan
News Taiwan convergent services provider Far EasTone and BT's mobile Internet portal Genie have signed an agreement to bring Genie's mobile Internet services to Taiwan.
