Archive for July, 2009

Yahoo profit rises 8% to top analyst views but revenue falls 13% (USA Today)

Wednesday, July 22nd, 2009

Yahoo on Tuesday said its profit rose in the second quarter vs. the same period last year. But a 13% drop in revenue sent its shares down slightly in after-hours trading.

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UK court rejects suit on Google search results (AP via Yahoo! News)

Tuesday, July 21st, 2009

A British judge has ruled that Google cannot be held responsible for defamatory words that appear in results on the popular Internet search engine.

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Google to Launch Google Wave Public Beta in Sept. (PC Magazine via Yahoo! News)

Tuesday, July 21st, 2009

Google will open its Google Wave service up to the public on Sept. 30, the company said this week.

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Google Earth Goes To The Moon (New York Times)

Monday, July 20th, 2009

On the 40th anniversary of Neil Armstrong?s historic walk on the moon , Google is offering Internet users a virtual trip to the moon.

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EU sets hearing over Google books deal (Reuters via Yahoo! News)

Monday, July 20th, 2009

The European Commission is to hold a hearing on September 7 for interested parties to comment on Google’s deal with publishers to make millions of books available online and its impact on EU writers’ rights.

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Earning preview: Microsoft looms over Yahoo 2Q (AP via Yahoo! News)

Monday, July 20th, 2009

Internet pioneer Yahoo Inc. is scheduled to report its second-quarter results after the stock market closes Tuesday. The following is a summary of key developments and analyst opinion related to the period.

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Yahoo, Microsoft may mount fresh Google challenge (The New Zealand Herald)

Sunday, July 19th, 2009

NEW YORK – Yahoo shares were on the rise amid speculation it will team up with Microsoft in an online search advertising partnership aimed at mounting a more serious challenge to Google. The Sunnyvale, California-based company…

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Yahoo & Microsoft Reportedly Close to Now-or-Never Deal (Linux)

Sunday, July 19th, 2009

A search and online advertising deal between Yahoo and Microsoft is imminent – unless of course it’s blown off course again, according to Yahoo know-it-all All Things Digital, the Dow Jones blog. Under the circumstances blogger Kara Swisher isn’t guaranteeing a deal will happen though she hears one could be announced this week. If the companies don’t emerge with an agreement this time, they’re …

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Could new Google Docs be interface for GDrive? (ZDNet)

Saturday, July 18th, 2009

Google recently announced a couple smaller changes to their new Google Docs product that will begin showing up right away — including the removal of the “shared with” area on the Docs console page. They say that feature is redundant anyway — due to the powerful search capabilities already…

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Yahoo rallies on renewed hopes for Microsoft deal (AP via Yahoo! News)

Saturday, July 18th, 2009

Yahoo Inc. shares rose 4 percent Friday amid speculation it will team up with Microsoft Corp. in an online search advertising partnership aimed at mounting a more serious challenge to Google Inc.

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