Business
(February 12, 2010)
Google Inc has bought Aardvark, a free question-and-answer Web service. Aardvark co-founder Damon Horowitz confirmed the purchase Thursday. He would not disclose financial details. Aardvark was formed in 2007 by Horowitz and three others, two of whom are
(January 31, 2010)
Justice Department questions Google if they are violating antitrust in regards of digitalizing world’s books into a database that is online. This settlement between Google, Association of American Publishers, and the Authors Guild was made back in October.
(January 31, 2010)
Tens of thousands of fraudulent e-mails have been sent out ahead of Sunday’s tax return deadline, officials say. Recipients are told they are due a tax refund and asked to fill in an online form with bank or
(January 30, 2010)
Peugeot Citroen, Europe’s second-biggest carmaker, is recalling some cars made with Toyota in Europe. “For Peugeot 107s and Citroen C1s, we are going to carry out an identical campaign as Toyota,” a spokesman said. The Japanese car giant
(January 29, 2010)
On Thursday, Tom Dart- Sheriff of Cook County in Chicago sued the internet classified site Craigslist He accuses them of being one of the largest prostitution sources in the United States. Dart believes that the website makes prostitution
(January 28, 2010)
Amazon has urged a New York court to reject a deal that would allow Google to build a vast digital library. The online retailer says that if Google is given exclusive rights to scan books for use on
(January 28, 2010)
Hundreds of jobs are under threat at car maker Toyota after it announced a “surplus” of 750 posts at its factories in Derbyshire and Flintshire. Managers said they were reviewing the situation, but were not currently considering compulsory
(January 27, 2010)
Internet giant Yahoo has posted a $153m (£95m) net profit in the fourth quarter of 2009, but has seen sales continue to fall. The profit figure compares with a $303m loss in the same period in 2008, but
(January 27, 2010)
The gap between rich and poor in the UK is wider now than 40 years ago, a government-commissioned report says. “Deep-seated and systemic differences” remain between men and women and minority groups in pay and employment, the National
(January 26, 2010)
The New York Times has announced plans to start charging for access to online news from the beginning of 2011. A new ‘metered’ model of payment will offer users of New York Times free access to a set
(January 23, 2010)
A new phishing attack attempts to steal Web hosting login credentials from Yahoo Inc. and other service providers. Security researchers at Trusteer Inc. issued an advisory warning of the new phishing attack, which was detected last week. Customers
(January 5, 2010)
The half-mile high Burj Dubai, the world’s tallest building, opens today. Six years in the building, the Burj’s opening happens despite Dubai’s recent debt crisis. The Sun-Times has more: At about 2,600 feet — the exact height is
(January 5, 2010)
Google Inc. is expected to unveil Tuesday its vision for how a mobile phone should be made and sold, likely raising the stakes in the Internet search leader’s bid to gain more control over how people surf the
(January 1, 2010)
There’s been talk in journalistic circles for months about News Corp CEO Rupert Murdoch’s plan to start putting the company’s web sites behind a paywall. In other words, you might not be able to access news content from
(December 22, 2009)
Folks who follow Twitter closely will certainly have noticed the recent DNS change on Twitter, which was the result of an attack from the “Iranian Cyber Army”. While the issue was noticed and fixed rather quickly, a
(December 12, 2009)
A petrol price war is under way after two supermarket giants announced they were cutting prices by up to 3p a litre at the pumps. Asda was first to announce the price cuts for unleaded petrol and diesel,
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