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Top 10: Obama wins, Google-Yahoo nixed, WPA cracked
Senator Barack Obama was elected the first African-American president of the U.S. While Obama huddled with advisers to talk about the economy and other policy issues, we began to focus on what his election is likely to mean for IT. And the aftermath ofmore
Ballmer: We're not interested in Yahoo anymore
Posted by Larry Dignan @ 6:46 am Categories: General, Web Technology, Google, Microsoft, Search, Yahoo Tags: Jerry Yang, Steve Ballmer, Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., Public Relations, Web 2.0, Mergers & Acquisitions, Business Structures, Internet,more
Foley: Microsoft buy a 'good idea' for Yahoo, not Microsoft
Yahoo CEO Jerry Yangs 180-degree turnaround via which hes now claiming that Microsoft buying Yahoo would be a good idea is topping headlines today. Sure, its definitely a good idea for suffering Yahoo shareholders and those Yahoo employees who aremore
Google-Yahoo deal: Washington doesn't understand us
Yahoo CEO Jerry Yang made an interesting comment during his appearance at the Web 2.0 Summit this week. When asked what caused the pending ad deal with Google to go south, Yang said - among other things - that Washington doesnt understand our industry.more
Web helps Obama with transition
Change was the key theme of Senator Obama's campaign Barack Obama is turning to the web as he prepares to become US President. Via a website called Change.gov, the Obama campaign plans to provide a guide to the transition process. The site also solicitsmore
Google Abandons Deal With Yahoo
MOUNTAIN VIEW, CALIF. - A day after Google walked away from an advertising partnership with Yahoo, Eric E. Schmidt, Googles chief executive, said that he believed that the companies would have been successful if they had chosen to defend the deal inmore
Google calls off Yahoo advertising deal
Google is backing out of its proposed search advertising deal with Yahoo. A joint announcement on Monday morning cited 'regulatory issues'. 'It is clear that government regulators and some advertisers continue to have concerns about the agreement,' saidmore
Web 2.0 leading to information overload
Experts in user-generated content and Web 2.0 projects have been expressing fears that the trend will lead to the internet being flooded with useless data. Speaking at a panel session at the 'Moore's Law is both our friend and our enemy,' said Jamesmore
Nine Web 2.0 startups beating the odds in down economy
As the economy struggles, the ability to receive funding for an idea and turn it into a successful startup company will become increasingly difficult. But at the Web 2.0 Summit in San Francisco today, nine companies explained how they got their companiesmore
Web startups must up their game in tough economy
Web entrepreneurs shouldn't be spooked by the economic downturn and its accompanying tightening of venture capital and slower growth of advertising revenue. Rather, they should see these challenges in a positive light because they will force Web startupsmore
Yang to Ballmer: Microsoft should buy Yahoo
Yahoo CEO Jerry Yang has a message for his Microsoft counterpart Steve Ballmer: Microsoft should buy Yahoo, and Ballmer only has to say the word and Yang will be sitting at the negotiating table. 'To this day I would say that the best thing for Microsoftmore
Web 2.0 Summit:
updated: In opening remarks at the Web 2.0 Summit 2008 in San Francisco, Tim OReilly took a moment to highlight the bright side of a stormy economic outlook. Sure, theres been some chatter about the demise of the startup world, how economic forces willmore
Google's favorite penny stock: Nexicon
Google is hoping to perfect YouTubes video identification system with the help of a company that hasnt filed financials with the Securities and Exchange Commission, has a convoluted history and is run by a self-proclaimed natural born content pirate. Andmore
Yang 'disappointed' after Google deal collapses
Jerry Yang, co-founder of Yahoo. Photograph: Frank Baron Yahoo chief executive Jerry Yang says he felt let down by Google's decision to pull out of a controversial advertising agreement between the two internet rivals. The $800m deal which would havemore
Google's copyright war will have open access advocates up in arms
Photograph: Jeon Heon-Kyun/EPA When a proposed settlement was reached in a lawsuit by book publishers and authors against Google, it was a major event in the ongoing copyright wars. The dispute has been emblematic of the issues involved in applyingmore
Google calls off search advertising deal with Yahoo
Google says that continued pursuit of the controversial deal is 'not in the best interest of Google or its users' Google announced Wednesday that it is ending its effort to forge a search advertising partnership with Yahoo. After four months or wranglingmore
DOJ opposition scuttled Google deal, Yahoo says
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Google quits Yahoo ad deal: Will Microsoft rebid?
In a move thats not terribly surprising, Google said Wednesday that it is scrapping its search advertising deal with Yahoo. Googles decision puts Yahoos search business back in play and may bring Microsoft back into the picture. In a blog post, Googlemore
Mary Jo Foley: Google withdraws from Yahoo ad partnership
Google announced on November 5 that it has decided to back out of its proposed ad partnership with Yahoo rather than defend it in court. Yahoo acknowledged the end of the deal in a press release: Yahoo today announced that . Yahoo! continues to believemore
Google's ad deal with Yahoo has already worked
Google and Yahoo are reportedly close to walking away from their search ad deal after meetings with the Department of Justice. According to the Wall Street Journal: The two companies met Thursday with the Justice Department, part of a series of meetingsmore
Google and Yahoo propose new search deal
The US Department of Justice has received details of a new version of the proposed advertising search deal between Google and Yahoo, according to reports in The Wall Street Journal. Under Google's AdSense for Search programme, which the two firmsmore
How to Start an Online Business for $100
Is now the right moment to put your long-lingering business idea into practice? While times may be tight for many larger enterprises, more-nimble companies are better able to withstand market uncertainty and weather downturns. Today's economy isn't doingmore
Problems with e-voting early in battleground states
Tuesday could be a long day for election officials in states relying on electronic-voting machines to record votes in the U.S. presidential election, if early reports of malfunctions are any indication. Problems with e-voting machines were reported earlymore
Update: Problems with e-voting reported early in battleground states
Tuesday could be a long day for election officials in states relying on electronic-voting machines to record votes in the U.S. presidential election, if early reports of malfunctions are any indication. Problems with e-voting machines were reported earlymore
Problems with e-voting reported early in battleground states
Tuesday could be a long day for election officials in states relying on electronic-voting machines to record votes in the U.S. presidential election, if early reports of malfunctions are any indication. Problems with e-voting machines were reported earlymore
New MP3 logo gets online support
Seven of Britain's largest music download sites have got together to promote a new 'MP3 compatible' logo. It aims to raise the profile of the open MP3 music format and show people what they can do with their downloads. The trade body behind themore
Yahoo and Google Offer to Revise Ad Partnership
SAN FRANCISCO - Google and Yahoo have offered to significantly narrow the scope of their advertising partnership in hopes of obtaining the approval of the Justice Department, which is scrutinizing the deal for its effect on competition, a person withmore
Top 20 Election Day Web sites and online tools
Ready for election day ? The Web is brimming with interactive tools -- everything from widgets to mobile alerts -- that can help you stay on top of the presidential vote and keep you informed, no matter where you go. We've compiled some of the bestmore