AP - AOL on Tuesday launched new sites on personal finance and photography as part of its bid to grow advertising opportunities by serving niche audiences. -- read full article
Reuters - A Yahoo Inc executive
accused Microsoft Corp of teaming up with activist
investor Carl Icahn to force a "fire sale" price for Yahoo's
search business.
Reuters - Nintendo Co Ltd (7974.OS) said on
Tuesday it plans to launch a music game for its hit Wii game
console this year, taking it into the fast-growing software
segment pioneered by "Guitar Hero."
Reuters - Canada and the United States should
legalize and regulate online gambling to contain its
potentially harmful effects because players tend to bet more
frequently and aggressively than they do in casinos, a study
released on Tuesday says. -- read full article
PC World - Lycos has released a new Web-publishing tool that allows users to create Web sites that take advantage of social networks. -- read full article
AFP - A proposed online advertising deal between Google and Yahoo drew fire from Microsoft and others at a Senate hearing Tuesday even as both companies defended the alliance as positive for consumers and businesses.
TechWeb - InformationWeek - The company's TeamDemand, TeamFocus, and TeamAnalysis are designed to provide visibility into the software development process. -- read full article
TechWeb - InformationWeek - The strong showing demonstrated that iPhone customers see their device as an Internet-connected touchscreen computer -- that also happens to make phone calls. -- read full article
TechWeb - InformationWeek - Under Icahn's plan, Microsoft also would pay billions of dollars to become the exclusive search provider on all Yahoo sites for a term of 5 years. -- read full article
TechWeb - InformationWeek - By warning users of a hack on a Net neutrality opponent's Web site, Google was accused of trying to silence critics of a policy it supports. -- read full article
PC World - Microsoft said its proposal made Friday to purchase Yahoo's search business was actually the idea of Yahoo Chairman Roy... -- read full article
Reuters - EBay Inc scored a major
legal victory on Monday when a federal judge absolved it of
taking more steps to police fake Tiffany jewelry sold on its
website and held that brand owners are ultimately responsible
for protecting their own trademarks.
TechWeb - InformationWeek - In his ruling, the judge said trademark owners -- rather than e-commerce sites -- are responsible for protecting their own brands from counterfeiters. -- read full article
