Companies
(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 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 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)
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,
(December 12, 2009)
The idea of having thousands of space tourists orbiting the planet benefited from a giant leap forward this week as British billionaire Sir Richard Branson unveiled the first commercial passenger shuttle in the world. The founder of
(December 9, 2009)
Google has bowed to pressure from newspaper publishers and agreed to let them limit the number of free news pages users can read per day. The internet search engine has said that publishers will be able to cap
(December 9, 2009)
Facebook change gives users more privacy controls Facebook is changing its privacy settings to give users control over who sees the information they post on their personal pages. Beginning Wednesday, the networking Web site is taking the rare
(December 5, 2009)
Microsoft and Yahoo have signed off on their plan to team up against Google in Internet search. The step announced Friday seals the terms of a preliminary agreement announced in late July. Government regulators still must approve the
(November 21, 2009)
Michael Dunlop runs a very successful blogging ‘business’ and he is only 20 years old. I was fortunate to grab some awesome advice on the subject of blogging from this self-made blogtrepreneur! 1) Design is vital. When
(November 20, 2009)
Security firm PandaLabs is warning of a new spoofed Facebook page that has the ability to steal user passwords and other login details. Users of the social networking site are urged to watch out for rogue emails containing
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