Archive for August, 2009

Yahoo! extends reach into Arab world with Maktoob buy (AFP via Yahoo! News)

Tuesday, August 25th, 2009

US Internet giant Yahoo! said Tuesday it had signed a deal to purchase popular Jordan-based web portal Maktoob, expanding its reach to millions of consumers across the Arab world.

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Swiss Official Demands Shutdown of Google Street View (New York Times)

Monday, August 24th, 2009

The federal data protection commissioner said Google’s pictures, which were introduced last week, violated Switzerland’s privacy laws.

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Swiss official tells Google to erase street views (AP via Yahoo! News)

Monday, August 24th, 2009

A Swiss government official is demanding that Google Inc. immediately take off the Internet any “Street View” images of Switzerland, and the company said Monday it would work to resolve problems with the privacy rights regulator.

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Will antitrust probe keep Microsoft, Yahoo apart? (USA Today)

Monday, August 24th, 2009

Yahoo and Microsoft hope that by joining forces, they can tilt the balance of power in Internet search away from Google. First, however, Yahoo and Microsoft have to convince regulators that their plan won’t hurt online advertisers and consumers.

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Do you Yahoo? Probably. (CNN Money)

Sunday, August 23rd, 2009

To answer Yahoo’s famous slogan: 157 million users say yes. But rival Google draws just about the same number of visitors and makes 11 times as much. So, what gives?

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Yahoo! job search looms (The Buffalo News)

Sunday, August 23rd, 2009

TOWN OF LOCKPORT — Yahoo! won’t begin hiring workers for its new $150 million data center until next year, but what sort of jobs will be available?

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Yahoo Bangun Data Center Cloud Computing di Taiwan (okezone)

Sunday, August 23rd, 2009

Yahoo mengembangkan usahanya dengan menawarkan layanan berbasis teknologi cloud computing. Pusat data center pun tengah mereka siapkan.

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Where Yahoo Leaves Google in the Dust (New York Times)

Saturday, August 22nd, 2009

Yahoo draws 17.5 times as much traffic to its financial news and information section and has held the category?s top spot for 19 consecutive months.

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Yahoo wins U.S. court ruling over webcasting fees (Reuters via Yahoo! News)

Friday, August 21st, 2009

A federal appeals court in New York ruled that a Yahoo Inc Internet radio service is not required to pay fees to copyright holders of songs it plays, a defeat for Sony Corp’s BMG Music.

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Microsoft, Yahoo Join Google Books Opposition (PC Magazine via Yahoo! News)

Friday, August 21st, 2009

Microsoft Corp and Yahoo! Inc are joining a group of opponents to a class action settlement that gives Google Inc the right to digitize millions of books, the companies said on Friday.

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