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Vendor warns of 'Chinese' Web site attacks

News Security vendor ScanSafe has warned IT professionals of a fresh wave of SQL injection attacks.

Wednesday, May 21 2008 12:20 AM

Tags: Network security, Database management, Microsoft SQL Server, ScanSafe, Security, Yahoo! Inc., Attack, Password, Stock, SQL Injection

Yahoo's AOL, Google deals still in the works

News Yahoo is still working on deals with Google and Time Warner's AOL to improve its strength.

Monday, May 05 2008 09:53 AM

Tags: Internet advertising, Acquisitions, Google Inc., Internet Access, Yahoo! Inc., Internet Search Advertising, America Online Inc., Advertisement, Yahoo Search, Panama

Google execs stew over Microsoft response

News Google's triumvirate of top executives is meeting Monday to evaluate what to do in response to a Microsoft offer to buy some Yahoo assets.

Tuesday, May 20 2008 09:03 AM

Tags: Mergers, Acquisitions, Decision-making, Microsoft Corp., Google Inc., Yahoo! Inc., Advertisement, text advertisement, co-founder, Eric Schmidt

Twilight time for Yahoo search

News Uncertainty is in the air at Search Engine Strategies 2009 in the wake of Yahoo's deal with Microsoft: what will Redmond keep, and what will it discard?

Thursday, August 13 2009 10:08 AM

Tags: Web sites, Web browsers, API, CEO, marketing, Yahoo Search, California, Web browsers, Web sites

Bing sees slight uptick in July

News Microsoft's Bing gained a little more search market share in July and now stands at nearly 10 percent, according to new figures by Web analytics company.

Tuesday, August 04 2009 09:03 AM

Tags: Web browsers, Web Analytics, Google Inc., Yahoo! Inc., Search Engine, Yahoo Search, U.S., analysis, Web, Web browsers

Why US Justice Dept wants more on Yahoo search deal

News Microsoft and Yahoo's move to condense the number of serious players in the search market could prompt the U.S. Department of Justice to impose conditions on the deal.

Monday, September 14 2009 09:28 AM

Tags: Web 2.0, Web browsers, Web services, Web Page, U.S. Department Of Justice, search engine company, Washington, Yahoo Search, Search Technology, merger

Yahoo search pad: An online notebook that watches you

News The portal will launch new tool to help people organize research conducted on its Internet search engine.

Tuesday, July 07 2009 09:15 AM

Tags: Software engineering/development, Web sites, Personal broadband, Google Inc., Yahoo! Inc., Tool, Notebook, Internet Search, VP, Search Result

Windows Live Search to be rebranded Kumo?

News Microsoft has taken control of the domain name and is reportedly directing internal traffic to the test site.

Monday, November 24 2008 12:06 PM

Tags: Search, Branding, Domain names, Web sites, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Live Search, Microsoft Windows Live, Yahoo! Inc., TechCrunch, Microsoft Windows

Yahoo wants to objectify search

News Guessing the user's intent is the centerpiece of Yahoo's efforts to improve search these days, and it needs to find objects, rather than documents, to make that happen.

Wednesday, May 20 2009 11:57 AM

Tags: Search, Mobile, Google Inc., Yahoo! Inc., GPS, Internet Search, San Francisco, Search Result, RealNetworks Rhapsody, Yahoo Search

Bing off to solid start, but not that good

News A Web market share company claiming Bing search engine passed Yahoo Search last week appears to be an outlier compared with other observers.

Monday, June 08 2009 09:49 AM

Tags: Web sites, Microsoft Live Search, Google Inc., Yahoo! Inc., Search Engine, MSN Search, Yahoo Search, CNET Networks Inc., U.S., MSN

Europe Yahoo chief joins exodus

News Toby Coppel is expected to announce he is stepping down from his position as executive vice president and managing director of Europe and Canada.

Friday, November 28 2008 06:54 AM

Tags: Domain names, Internet advertising, Product development and design, Microsoft Corp., Yahoo! Inc., Europe, layoff, Toby Coppel, product development, net income

Ballmer: Yahoo search deal better sooner than later

News Microsoft CEO touts the company's newly named online services chief and says having him on board would make a Yahoo search deal "somewhat simpler", according to a report.

Sunday, December 07 2008 11:01 PM

Tags: Search, Software, Microsoft Corp., Steve Ballmer, Google Inc., Yahoo! Inc., Advertisement, monetization, CEO, Yahoo Search

US mulls antitrust challenge to Google-Yahoo deal

News The U.S. Department of Justice has hired an antitrust litigator to head any legal action over the planned search-ad partnership, according to reports.

Wednesday, September 10 2008 05:54 AM

Tags: Antitrust, Legal, Search, Internet advertising, Google Inc., Yahoo! Inc., Internet Search Advertising, Advertisement, Dow Jones & Company Inc., Yahoo Search