VeriSign will not revive Site Finder despite patent
News The controversial URL-typo redirection service will not make a reappearance, despite the belated award of a patent for the technique [16 May 2008]
More professionals to be allowed .pro domains
News RegistryPro, the company that exclusively runs the .pro top-level domain, says it is to widen availability to all accredited professionals [14 May 2008]
- .pro has a nice ring to it! - harpless
- More professionals to be allowed .pro domains - ator1940
Google previews Friend Connect
News At the Campfire One event, the company unveiled a preview of Friend Connect, a way to add social features to websites without programming [13 May 2008]
Yahoo opens up geographic data to websites
News The company is letting outside websites use information from its own catalogue of geographic information as part of the Yahoo Internet Location Platform service [13 May 2008]
Carphone Warehouse to boost broadband business
News The company is selling half of its retail business to Best Buy, and plans to invest part of the £1.1bn proceeds in broadband infrastructure [12 May 2008]
ICANN: Start planning for IPv6 
Video Paul Twomey, president and chief executive of ICANN, advises chief executives to start discussions with ISPs on moving to systems compatible with IPv6 [09 May 2008]
ICANN attacks 'fat and happy' IPv4 users
News Businesses need to begin thinking now beyond having IPv4 address space, says ICANN's president, or risk losing online customers [09 May 2008]
Auction site QXL going, going, gone
News Customers have been informed by email that the QXL.co.uk site will close down by the end of this month [07 May 2008]
Microsoft and Yahoo: The next step 
Video CNET News.com's Dan Farber and Ina Fried discuss how a potential deal between the two companies fell apart and how they may now proceed [07 May 2008]
Verizon funds undersea internet cable network
News The company has joined a consortium of 16 companies aiming to build a £356m cable system connecting Europe, the Middle East and India [07 May 2008]
Yang: Yahoo open to renewed Microsoft talks
News Chief executive Jerry Yang says his company is still open to negotiations with Microsoft, as Yahoo shares suffer in the aftermath of failed takeover talks [06 May 2008]
Microsoft may seek other deals as Yahoo bid fails
Analysis The software giant may strike a partnership with AOL or News Corp to combat Google, after a potential deal with Yahoo foundered [06 May 2008]
Craigslist spurns eBay's buyout advances
News The online-auction giant's offer of increasing its stake in Craigslist met with a solid rebuff last year, according to papers filed in a lawsuit between the two [01 May 2008]
Mozilla reveals mobile Firefox 
Video Chairman of the Mozilla Foundation, Mitchell Baker, talks about the company's plans to enter the smartphone market with Fennec, a mobile version of its Firefox browser [28 Apr 2008]
- about time - rafal.michalski@o2.pl
- Re: about time - J.A. Watson
- I hope the diversity of mobile platforms doesn't trip Firefox up - PeterJudge
Sun touts high-performance computing for Web 2.0 
Video Chief executive Jonathan Schwartz talks about the company's new computing facility, and how Web 2.0 such as Facebook and Google are benefiting from high-performance computing systems [28 Apr 2008]
Google expects regulators to permit Yahoo ad deal
News Despite the number-one search giant's confidence, Microsoft argues a deal between Yahoo and Google would be anti-competitive [28 Apr 2008]
Businesses probe benefits of Second Life
News Organisations are still experimenting with the virtual world, with some now seeing it as a place to collaborate rather than a virtual shop front to do business [28 Apr 2008]
Yahoo talks up Open Strategy 
Video At the Web 2.0 Expo in San Francisco, CTO Ari Balogh says he's 'rewiring Yahoo from the inside out' through the company's new developer platform [25 Apr 2008]
Yahoo introduces Open Strategy
News The company's strategy seeks to unify Yahoo user profiles and make it easier to share information with contacts [25 Apr 2008]
Microsoft warns Yahoo over 'unrealistic expectations'
News The software giant has reiterated its threat to launch a proxy battle or drop its bid altogether if Yahoo holds out for a better deal [25 Apr 2008]
Ballmer: Microsoft may give up on Yahoo bid
News Microsoft chief executive Steve Ballmer has said the company may drop its bid for Yahoo if the companies cannot agree on a price [24 Apr 2008]
Google launches image ads for mobile phones
News Extending into the emerging mobile-ad market, the company has designed mobile images to look like standard graphical display ads for desktop PC web pages [24 Apr 2008]
Google's search for business customers
Analysis A tie-up with Saleforce.com sees Google pushing even further into Microsoft's businesss applications territory [23 Apr 2008]
Microsoft shrugs off 'solid' Yahoo results
News The software giant is not expected to raise its bid for Yahoo after the latter's better-than-expected but not outstanding first-quarter results [23 Apr 2008]
News Corp still open to joint Yahoo bid
News As Yahoo prepares to release its first-quarter results, Rupert Murdoch has said News Corp may make a joint bid with Microsoft, depending on the deal [22 Apr 2008]


