A lawsuit filed on Tuesday in the US Federal court accuses Google of deceiving its customers into paying for ads they didn't expressly request.
Microsoft has begun testing display ads across Windows Live Mail, Office Live and MSN Spaces.
Publishing and Broadcasting Ltd-Microsoft joint venture ninemsn has returned its first full-year profit since its launch around six years ago.
The popular P2P software company is letting loose Grokster Pro at a time when the recording industry is turning up the heat on individuals downloading music.
In an attempt to boost its search-ad business, Yahoo has begun a project that lets anyone build a customised search engine atop the Internet company's technology.
Will aggregation replace search when it comes to finding useful content on the Web? I reckon so.
A big part of the Google mythology is that you can solve virtually any problem through a combination of clever technology and the use of open standards. The Google reality is a bit more complicated.
It appears that despite the massive amount of hype surrounding Google, the company is not immune from the bad marketing video plague that has troubled the best of corporate giants.
Victorian Web start-up My Perfect has a strong story and rationale for why it will succeed. But it has to overcome some challenges and design flaws first.
Melbourne-based Web start-up 2Vouch yesterday launched the first public beta of what it dubs its "social recruiting platform".
Nobody, least of all Yahoo and Google, doubted that the two companies' search-advertising deal would escape any antitrust scrutiny.
On Saturday, Microsoft formally withdrew its offer to acquire the search pioneer, at least for now. So what happens next for Yahoo? A deal with Google looks likely.
As Microsoft's deadline for Yahoo to accept its takeover bid passes, the tech world is still waiting for information from either company on their wedding plans.
Discovering how your favourite search engine protects your privacy is not an easy task, despite recent moves from the major players to make policies more transparent.
By now, the regulatory, cultural, practical and financial problems in Microsoft's Yahoo acquisition have been well aired. Let's skip forward to 2009, when they've all been solved and Yahoo is now a Microsoft brand.
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Designed like an antivirus app, Spy Sweeper scans for the latest spyware using a constantly updated signature file. But its sophistication is only skin-deep.
The popular P2P software company is letting loose Grokster Pro at a time when the recording industry is turning up the heat on individuals downloading music.
Aimed at small to medium-size enterprises (SMEs) that need a search engine without the hassles, the Google Mini is capable and flexible. We just wish the upgrade path was more affordable.
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