Microsoft looks to nab Yahoo workers

Thursday, June 19th, 2008

Having failed to buy all of Yahoo, or even its search business, Microsoft is now looking to take an even more piecemeal approach--hire its workers. The company took out an ad in the San Jose Mercury News touting the fact that it has search jobs available in Silicon Valley. "There are now ...

Yahoo loses two more prominent execs

Thursday, June 19th, 2008

Yahoo loses two more prominent execs Flickr founders depart as Yahoo reels from loss of Microsoft bid, proxy battle SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) - Yahoo Inc. has lost two more prominent executives in what some analysts see as a sign of mounting strain at the beleaguered Web portal as it reels from a ...

Google App Engine struggles against bug

Thursday, June 19th, 2008

Since early morning yesterday, Google's App Engine Web application hosting service has been forced into a limp, yielding persistent errors for users attempting to access their applications. In the App Engine Forum at 6:35 pm PT yesterday, a team member posted a brief explanation of why users were having difficulty: "This ...

Blogger hard at work for Myanmar cyclone survivors

Thursday, June 19th, 2008

LABUTTA - Bloggers may find their messages blocked by Myanmar's military regime, but that hasn't stopped Nyi Lynn Seck from raising tens of thousands of dollars for cyclone survivors through his website. The 29-year-old IT specialist and his friends are getting their hands dirty and putting the donations to work by ...

Facebook, Google Earth fuelling impromptu pool party craze

Thursday, June 19th, 2008

London, June 18 : Teenagers are using satellite images on the internet to find houses with swimming pools - and then turning up uninvited for an impromptu dip. The craze, known as 'dipping', involves using the Google Earth programme, which provides high-quality photos of Britain and other countries, reports the Telegraph. Once ...

Yahoo search service takes on in Asia

Thursday, June 19th, 2008

Six more telecom companies in Asia will offer the Yahoo mobile search service. Yahoo already has 60 such partnerships worldwide, reaching 600 million subscribers. David Ko, Asia managing director and vice president of Yahoo's mobile division, has told a conference that the huge scale will make mobile advertising more attractive. He said the ...

Google Zooms In On Houses in The Tri-state

Tuesday, June 17th, 2008

Google Street View now includes homes in the Tri-State. Street View is a feature on its maps program that allows people to see pictures of the houses and businesses they are searching, but the pictures sometimes capture people in front of their houses or on city streets. Google began to automatically blur ...