Michael Jackson
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Bing needs to improve when news breaks
News Minutes following reports last month that Michael Jackson had been rushed to hospital, Microsoft's search engine buried news results for searches on his name.
Tags: Web sites, Web servers, Business broadband, Software engineering/development, Google Inc., Search Engine, Server, job, Internet, blog
Michael Jackson rocks the copy-protection world
News Sony has used a copy-protection measure on Michael Jackson's CD to prevent people from making digital copies.
What threats does Skype face?
Insight The Internet phone company's security chief takes stock of IM worms, encryption and other matters.
Twitter going after buy-more-followers services?
News One company that sells followers, uSocial, claims that Twitter is trying to shut it down over allegations of spam.
Tags: Spam and phishing, Web 2.0, Twitter, Spamming, Messaging, social networking, CEO, marketing, marketing company, Web 2.0
So you're the boring guy
Blogs As I write this, news organizations all over the world are still scrambling to cover the sudden and shocking death of Mi...
Jackson death prompts malware alert at Google
News Spike in searches related to Michael Jackson was so "volcanic" that it triggered an antimalware mechanism at Google, company says.
Tags: Web services, App servers, Crisis communications, Networking technology, Malware, Google Inc., computer, Crisis communications, spyware, computer virus
Can the Internet handle big breaking news?
News Reporters Tom Krazit and Declan McCullagh debate whether the tendency of Web sites to stagger under high demand can be avoided or isn't really something to worry about.
Tags: Domain names, Mobile platforms/communications, Web services, Web servers, Crisis communications, CNN, Google Inc., Akamai Technologies Inc., micropayment, Crisis communications
Worm baits hook with hints of Pope plot
News New pest, which poses as a breaking news alert about the death of John Paul II among other guises, can disable security software.
Tags: PC security, Viruses and worms
Last week in Microsoft
News Microsoft makes peace with RealNetworks and forms an alliance with Yahoo.
Tags: Music devices, MP3 players, Music, Video
Microsoft is not the enemy
News The next time you find yourself cursing Microsoft, decide whether you want to give the company the implicit respect that devolves from choosing to take it on as an enemy.
Thai companies all ears to cyber music potential
News To get in line with a big trend in the global music industry, at least two local music companies are now racing to launch downloading music from the Internet early next year to expand their marketing and distributing power.
Why your business should use Twitter
Insight perspective Twitter's not just about what you ate for breakfast. Mark Kobayashi-Hillary explains how businesses can take advantage of it and other social networks.
Tags: Web 2.0, Web sites, Web services, Twitter, British Telecommunications, social networking, Facebook, network, LinkedIn, advisory board
More redundancy needed for global links
News Ongoing and planned network upgrades between Asia and U.S. sufficient for bandwidth demands, but ISPs need redundancy to better manage outages.
Tags: Bandwidth, Ethernet, Pacnet Ltd., BGP, network, Asia, Broadband, Cable, Internet Service Provider, network provider
Unfamiliarity stems demand for 'soft' search
News Search providers focusing more closely on churning contextualized results, but adoption remains niche for now due to lack of user understanding, say analysts.
Tags: Web 2.0, Search, Internet advertising, Semantic Web, Site, Search Result, Search Technology, Internet, analyst, Search
Betting on the real-time Web
News No one knows how the microblogging site and similar online social networks will make money, but investors see a new Web revolution.
Tags: Mobile platforms/communications, Web services, Web sites, Twitter, Site, America Online Inc., Stock, social networking, Facebook, blog
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