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Semantic web on verge of commercial viability
News BT's head of next-generation web research has claimed there will be significant increases in the real-world application of semantic technology over the next 12 to 18 months [12 Aug 2008]
Gartner: Web 2.0 set to transform business
News The analyst predicts technologies such as SaaS, mashups and online services will have a change-inducing impact on business within the next two years, despite current user disillusionment [12 Aug 2008]
Yahoo touts search mashups built with Boss
News The company has shown off mashups built using the Boss API that lets developers build a customised search engine on top of Yahoo's tech [08 Aug 2008]
Google cookie gives advertisers more control
News The company has tweaked its privacy policy after introducing a cookie that lets advertisers control and track their display advertisements more effectively [08 Aug 2008]
Google rues $1bn AOL investment
News The company has acknowledged its investment for a five percent stake in Time Warner's web unit 'may be impaired' [08 Aug 2008]
Time Warner confirms AOL will be split in two
News The internet-access and media units will be split next year, with speculation mounting that Time Warner will soon divest itself of AOL altogether [07 Aug 2008]
Internet giants agree Beijing 'code of conduct'
News Google, Yahoo and Microsoft say they are close to an agreement on a code of conduct for doing business in China and other countries that censor the internet [06 Aug 2008]
Time Warner moves closer to AOL split
News The division of AOL's dial-up internet-access and advertising businesses may speed their acquisition by suitors such as Yahoo and Microsoft [05 Aug 2008]
IBM splashes out on cloud-computing centre
News The company announced the building of the £182m centre shortly after Intel, HP and Yahoo also revealed plans to co-operate on cloud computing [01 Aug 2008]
Privacy watchdog clears Google's Street View
News The Information Commissioner's Office has said it is 'satisfied' the search giant is taking adequate steps to protect people's privacy [01 Aug 2008]
Complete privacy 'does not exist', says Google
News The company takes issue with a Pittsburgh couple's lawsuit that alleges Google's Street View service invaded their privacy, caused 'mental suffering' and hurt the value of their home [31 Jul 2008]
Making the cultural leap to cloud computing 
Video At the AlwaysOn Summit at Stanford University, tech execs discuss perceptions of risk and control with SaaS, and how those feelings are changing in countries with different software legacies [30 Jul 2008]
Amazon unveils new online-payment services
News Checkout by Amazon and Amazon Simple Pay put the e-tailer in competition with eBay's PayPal and Google Checkout [30 Jul 2008]
Hopefuls seek slice of Google's search-ad billions
News New York-based Clickable has raised $14.5m in funding to help push its search-ad applications, while Marchex has retooled its local-search advertising platform [30 Jul 2008]
Flickr founder knocks Yahoo's culture
News During a recent visit to Australia, former Yahoo staffer Stewart Butterfield criticised the search giant for its lack of an innovative culture compared to rival Google [29 Jul 2008]
Ex-Googler launches rival Cuil search engine
News A new search tool has been launched that claims to have 120 billion pages indexed, well over the 40 billion Google reportedly has [28 Jul 2008]
Google-Digg acquisition talks fall through
News With talks of an acquisition in the final stage, Google has reportedly decided not to buy the social-news site [28 Jul 2008]
Microsoft to power Facebook search ads
News The software maker will deliver an API that can be used by Facebook to integrate Microsoft's web search and its paid search results into the social network's US site [25 Jul 2008]
Google launches Wikipedia rival Knol
News The company expects Knol to avoid the accusations of inaccuracy that have often plagued Wikipedia entries [24 Jul 2008]
Google may be close to sealing Digg purchase
News The search giant is close to acquiring the US-based social news aggregator for around £100m, according to reports [23 Jul 2008]
Yahoo claims 'strong' quarter despite dip in earnings
News The company missed expectations for its second-quarter earnings, but CEO Jerry Yang said strategic investments are beginning to pay off [23 Jul 2008]
Microsoft stands to gain from Icahn-Yahoo pact
Analysis With ally Carl Icahn on the web giant's board, Microsoft may find a sympathetic ear on any future buyout proposals for Yahoo's search business [22 Jul 2008]
Icahn joins Yahoo board
News Activist investor Carl Icahn has agreed to withdraw his slate of nominees for election to Yahoo's board, taking up a place himself [21 Jul 2008]
Google to buy Russian ad firm ZAO Begun
News Through the £70m purchase of Rambler Media's ad unit, Google is increasing its efforts to penetrate the Russian market [21 Jul 2008]
Microsoft pledges more funds for online services
News The spending of hundreds of millions of additional dollars on Microsoft's online ad business is expected be a 'drag' on the rest of the company [18 Jul 2008]
