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Newspaper group adds opposition to Google-Yahoo deal - Weighing in with more opposition against a pending search advertising partnership between Yahoo Inc. and Google Inc., the World Association of Newspapers said the deal should be nixed because of antitrust concerns. ...
Google Chrome Keeps Pace with Web App Advances - oogle's new Chrome browser has a lot to offer in terms of new technology. Google has recognized that something needed to be done to enable browser technology to catch up to the current state of Web application development. Jeff Cogswell looks under t...
Google Chrome Hit With Another Security Bug - Less than a week after the release of Google (NSDQ:GOOG)'s new Web browser Chrome, security researchers detected a buffer overflow vulnerability that could enable remote attackers to completely take control of a user's computer. ...
Google Chrome: A New Take on the Browser - MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. (September 2, 2008) - Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) today launched Google ChromeTM, a new open source browser intended to create a better web experience for users around the world. Available in beta in more than 40 languages, Googl...
Comcast to limit Internet Downloads - Comcast, one of the country’s largest Internet providers, said this week that it would place limits on customers’ broadband usage. ...
Best Western rebuts claims of massive data breach - SAN FRANCISCO – Did a computer intrusion at a Best Western hotel in Germany open the door for a hacker to steal the records of 8 million customers and pull off "the greatest cyber-heist in world history," as a Scottish newspaper put it? ...
Microsoft adds privacy tools to IE8 - August 25, 2008 (Computerworld) Microsoft Corp. today spelled out new privacy tools in Internet Explorer 8 (IE8) that some have dubbed "porn mode" in a nod to the most-obvious use of a browser privacy mode. ...
Xbox 360 Beats PlayStation 3 in Japan Weekly Sales Chart - The launch of the "Tales of Vesperia" video game helped Microsoft's Xbox 360 record one of its best weeks of sales since launch in Japan in late 2006. ...
Security Firms Warn of Hackers Spoofing CNN, MSNBC News Alerts - Security hackers behind the CNN-spam campaign switched to MSNBC, sending spoofed e-mails claiming to be MSNBC News Alerts in an attempt to lure victims into downloading malware. The hackers are sending about 1.5 to 2 million spoofed MSNBC News alerts...
Lenovo unveils powerful quad-core mobile workstation - August 12, 2008 (Computerworld) Lenovo Group Ltd. today unveiled the ThinkPad W700, a 17-in. widescreen mobile workstation aimed at high-end gamers and power users. ...
Seven New Phones For LiMo - Seven new mobile handsets working on the LiMo software platform have just been released by Panasonic, Motorola and NEC. ...
HP, Intel, Yahoo Join Government, Academia In Cloud Computing Research - Hewlett-Packard (NYSE: HPQ), Intel (NSDQ: INTC), and Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO) on Tuesday said they have joined government and academia in launching a global, multi-data center test bed for experimentation and research in cloud computing, which many experts...
Google opens Knol website - AN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Google Inc (GOOG.O: Quote, Profile, Research) opened its website Knol to the public on Wednesday, allowing people to write about their areas of expertise under their bylines in a twist on encyclopedia Wikipedia, which allows ...
Xbox 360 price cut coming July 13 - A couple of weeks ago I wrote about rumors that Microsoft was planning to chop the Xbox 360's price in July. Well, that price cut was all but confirmed today by Kotaku. ...
Microsoft prepares to do battle to oust Yahoo's board of directors
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Microsoftset the stage for a full-blown battle to overthrow Yahoo's board of directors yesterday when it declared it was interested in reopening talks to buy all or part of the internet company - but only if a new board was appointed first.
