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Three APAC countries have fastest broadband

News Akamai report highlights South Korea, Japan and Hong Kong's connection speeds, and notes origins of online attacks spreading to many more countries.

Thursday, October 01 2009 01:15 PM

Tags: Bandwidth, Next-generation technology/networks, Networking technology, Spam and phishing, Anti Phishing Work Group, Connection Speed, Banking, Akamai Technologies Inc., Attack Traffic, malicious software

Social apps showing developers the money

News As platform providers rush to provide interoperability to attract developers, apps riding on platforms of Web giants such as Facebook enjoy highest demand.

Monday, March 09 2009 07:22 PM

Tags: Software engineering/development, Web 2.0, Single Sign-on, Google OpenSocial, Mobile, Yahoo! Inc., Developer, Web Application, Facebook Connect, API

U.S. stations attack Canada's Net TV

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Friday, June 01 2001 03:11 PM

Search ad spending improves--and boosts Google shares

News With Google set to report earnings Thursday, two search marketing firms said U.S. text-ad spending improved for the second straight quarter.

Wednesday, October 14 2009 11:19 AM

Tags: Internet advertising, Business Strategies & Functions, Yahoo! Inc., Google Inc., Microsoft Live Search, advertisement, U.S., Business Strategies & Functions, Internet Search Advertising, Web company

Microsoft in talks over AOL merger

News Redmond is pushing ahead in discussions with Time Warner over a possible merger with AOL's Web businesses, according to The Wall Street Journal.

Friday, July 18 2008 09:43 AM

Tags: Mergers, Acquisitions, Microsoft Corp., Yahoo! Inc., America Online Inc., Web company, Seattle, Wall Street Journal, Time Warner Inc., merger

Wikimedia Foundation turns down Phorm

News After Amazon did the same earlier last week, Wikimedia has become the latest Web giant to opt out of Phorm's user-tracking targeted-advertising system.

Monday, April 20 2009 11:59 AM

Tags: Internet advertising, Privacy, motivation, Wikipedia, Wikimedia, Wikimedia Foundation, Amazon.com Inc., Web company, U.K., Internet advertising

Zing photo site to shut down

News Zing.com, an online photography site backed by venture capital powerhouse Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, said it will shutter operations at the end of the month.

Thursday, June 14 2001 02:01 PM

Kleiner-backed photo site shutting down

News Zing.com, an online photography site backed by VC powerhouse Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, will shutter its operations at the end of the month.

Thursday, June 14 2001 12:05 AM

MP3.com's destiny may be decided this month

News A federal judge in New York heard arguments Friday in a case that could mean the difference between life and death for Web company MP3.com.

Friday, June 01 2001 03:51 PM

Internet deals of the damned

News More often than not, big Internet acquisitions turn out to be disappointments, or at least a bit ahead of their time.

Tuesday, October 10 2006 10:24 AM

Tags: Video, Acquisitions, Mergers

Yahoo: We need effective cybercrime laws

News Policymakers need to define illegal use of technology rather than focus on how an action breaks the law, Yahoo exec says.

Monday, April 03 2006 10:05 AM

Tags: Web sites, Security implementation/standards, Government

Yahoo claims start-up stole trade secrets

News Former Yahoo employees talk on IM about taking proprietary data to new job before they leave, lawsuit alleges.

Tuesday, February 28 2006 09:26 AM

Tags: Web sites, Instant messaging, Web services, Lawsuits

Dell embraces Google

News Deal between the search giant and the PC maker gets Google into new territory. It's a strike against Google rival Microsoft.

Friday, May 26 2006 10:57 AM

Tags: Personal Computers, Business applications

Wal-Mart's Net spin-off to provide tax relief

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Friday, June 01 2001 03:21 PM

Who built that Web site? Now you know.

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Friday, June 01 2001 02:55 PM