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Wednesday, July 18, 2007

Google To Debut Search Engine For Small Businesses

Search giant Google is getting a bit bigger, by going smaller. The company announced it will offer to run the search engines of small Web sites for roughly $100 per year. >>

Thursday, June 07, 2007

Attackers now use spam to bring down Internet servers

Internet attacks have taken a new form - e-mail spam is now being used to bombard Internet domains in an effort to bring them down, according to security firm Messagelabs Ltd. >>

Thursday, June 07, 2007

Sponsored links pose greater security risk for online search users

Security company McAfee warned that about 4 percent of search results on the Internet could potentially link to a malicious website. >>

Thursday, June 07, 2007

Twelve universities partner with Google to digitize 10m books

A group of a dozen American universities said Wednesday, they'll join Google to digitize up to 10 million books in their campus libraries. The digital copies will be available to faculty, students and the public, said the Committee on Institutional Cooperation (CIC). >>

Tuesday, June 05, 2007

Ebay plans to ban ivory sales

Online auction giant eBay has reportedly told a Wildlife group, it will no longer allow sales of ivory. According to a participant in the Convention on the International Trade in Endangered Species of Flora and Fauna (CITES), the ban could come later Tuesday. >>

Friday, June 01, 2007

IRS trojan malware targets executive data

A vulnerability exposed last week has now shown up in the "wild," disguised as an email from the IRS. The exploit targets executives who open a malicious Rich Text Format File (RTF), according to VeriSign's iDefense. >>

Friday, June 01, 2007

Lawsuit challenges eHarmony's anti-gay policy

A lawsuit filed against popular dating site eHarmony is fast becoming a class action pitting gays, lesbians, and bisexuals against the site founded by a man with strong religious ties. >>

Thursday, May 31, 2007

Google acquires location-based map company Panoramio

Internet giant Google Wednesday acquired Panoramio, a Spanish-based photo-sharing Web site that creates location-based photos using Google's mapping services. >>

Thursday, May 31, 2007

Last.fm wasn't CBS' first Internet radio investment

Wednesday's $280 million acquisition of Last.fm was just CBS' latest effort to gain a hold on Internet radio. In June, TargetSpot, funded by CBS Radio, will launch location-aware radio ads. >>

Wednesday, May 30, 2007

Google, South Korea consider wider deal

Google is in talks to expand an existing agreement with South Korea's second largest search site. Talks with Daum Communications include search and user-generated video services. >>

Wednesday, May 30, 2007

GoDaddy to run former RegisterFly domains

GoDaddy.com agreed yesterday to assume and manage more than 850,000 Internet addresses held hostage by troubled RegisterFly. The agreement, with the blessing of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) means domain owners can move or renew the Internet addresses. >>

Wednesday, May 30, 2007

Facebook to expand site to third-party developers

Facebook Inc. is opening itself to third-party companies willing to write programs and sell products on the popular college social networking site. The move aims to expand the site into an all-purpose destination similar to Yahoo for users. >>

Wednesday, May 30, 2007

Google enters security market; acquires start-up firm Greenborder

Internet search giant Google has expanded into the security market with the acquisition of start-up firm Greenborder, which provides a "virtualization" technology to protect online users. >>

Wednesday, May 30, 2007

Sweden to open first virtual embassy in Second Life

Sweden will inaugurate the first "diplomatic representation" in the web-based world Second Life. The embassy will not issue passports or visas but will serve as a link to country providing information on how to process the documents in the real world. >>

Wednesday, May 30, 2007

YouTube still blocked In Morocco

Internet users in Morocco have expressed worries that the reason for the inaccessibility of YouTube could be government measures against the website for carrying news items on Morocco's occupation in the West Sahara region. >>

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