TechWeb - InformationWeek - Emphasizing that the agreement does not rule out a Microsoft takeover will likely add to speculation that talks between the two companies are quietly ongoing. -- read full article
Thu, 26 Jun 2008 19:46:00 GMT - Yahoo! News: Internet News
Reuters - Three shareholders of digital music
service Napster Inc are seeking election to the board, saying
current management had not been aggressive enough in battling
rival Apple Inc and Internet piracy. -- read full article
Thu, 26 Jun 2008 20:24:01 GMT - Yahoo! News: Internet News
NewsFactor - Mopar, Chrysler LLC's original-equipment parts manufacturer and distributor, said Thursday it will launch in-vehicle wireless Internet connectivity for Chrysler, Jeep and Dodge passengers in the U.S. -- read full article
Thu, 26 Jun 2008 20:48:21 GMT - Yahoo! News: Internet News
AP - Chief Executive Howard Stringer said Sony Corp. will win back its electronic leadership by improving its Internet-linked gadgets, wiping out losses in video games and TVs and pushing services and software, not just hardware.
TechWeb - InformationWeek - YouTube accounted for more than 75% of U.S. traffic to video sites, an increase of 26% from a year ago, said Hitwise. -- read full article
Thu, 26 Jun 2008 21:20:00 GMT - Yahoo! News: Internet News
TechWeb - InformationWeek - In the face of increasing competition from Nokia and Google, mobile Linux group LiPS has merged with the LiMo Foundation. -- read full article
Thu, 26 Jun 2008 22:03:00 GMT - Yahoo! News: Internet News
AP - Yahoo Inc. is setting up a new chain of command amid the turmoil triggered by the embattled Internet icon's snub of Microsoft Corp.'s $47.5 billion takeover bid.
AP - The Internet's key oversight agency relaxed rules Thursday to permit the introduction of hundreds, perhaps thousands, of new Internet domain names to join ".com," making the first sweeping changes in the network's 25-year-old address system.
TechWeb - InformationWeek - Similar initiatives by rival Facebook and other social networks are expected over time to build huge networks in which to offer services to a far larger pool of people. -- read full article
Thu, 26 Jun 2008 23:36:00 GMT - Yahoo! News: Internet News
TechWeb - InformationWeek - CEO Bill Green said the results showed that its increasingly global business of management consulting and outsourcing was helping it grow despite a challenging environment. -- read full article
Thu, 26 Jun 2008 23:41:13 GMT - Yahoo! News: Internet News
TechWeb - InformationWeek - The company continues to struggle with a reported a loss of $43.4 million, despite the success of the Centro. -- read full article
Fri, 27 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT - Yahoo! News: Internet News
Reuters - A Japanese mobile phone firm has halted
an advertisement depicting a monkey as a political candidate
after bloggers said the commercial was a racial slur against
U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama.