NewsFactor - In a move to build partnerships with third-party developers, Yahoo on Thursday introduced a new open Web services platform. Yahoo Search BOSS (Build Your Own Search Service) gives outside developers unprecedented access to Yahoo's search technology, including the ability to re-rank and control the presentation of results. -- read full article
Reuters - Overstock.com Inc, which sells
excess inventory of clothing, accessories and furniture, will
no longer sell fur on its website, the online retailer said on
Thursday.
Reuters - AT&T Inc and Time Warner Inc's AOL
unit have agreed to purge their Internet servers of Web sites
that traffic child pornography, New York state's attorney
general said on Thursday. -- read full article
Reuters - Time Warner Inc's Turner Broadcasting
System Inc unit will sell advertisements on Yahoo Inc's NBA,
golf and NASCAR pages in a multiyear deal, the companies said
on Thursday. -- read full article
AP - Microsoft Corp. and Google Inc. told lawmakers Wednesday that Congress should pass basic privacy legislation to protect information about consumers, such as the data being gathered about people's Web surfing habits in order to pinpoint Internet advertising. -- read full article
TechWeb - InformationWeek - Google says it is testing new ideas on YouTube and still learning what what works and what work when it comes to ads. -- read full article
AP - Comcast Corp. said Wednesday it will collaborate with Vonage Holdings Corp., the leading independent Internet phone service, to make sure that Internet calling will work well for its subscribers. -- read full article
TechWeb - InformationWeek - Wireless carrier O2 said it received 13,000 pre-orders per second on its Web site, and warns of shortages. -- read full article
CNET - Talk about an odd couple. Cable giant Comcast said Wednesday that it will work with Vonage to help ensure Vonage's Internet phone service works well over its broadband network. -- read full article
AP - Flickr, a popular online photo-sharing site owned by Yahoo Inc., is teaming up with Getty Images to offer shutterbugs a chance to turn their hobby into a moneymaking endeavor. -- read full article
TechWeb - InformationWeek - The KAF-10100 sensor can show an object the size of a notebook computer in an aerial photo of a field measuring 1.5 miles across. -- read full article
NewsFactor - At the Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference in Houston this month, attendees received new details about the software giant's push into the realm of SaaS (software as a service). -- read full article
TechWeb - InformationWeek - A Senate committee wants to know if current practices jeopardize Internet users' privacy, and if older communications and privacy laws make some behavioral advertising practices illegal. -- read full article
TechWeb - InformationWeek - The upgrade lets carriers increase the number of sites than can fit in a cluster so sessions can be managed as subscribers move across different cell boundaries. -- read full article
