AP - An influential shareholder advisory firm endorsed the re-election of Yahoo Inc.'s entire board Thursday, reducing the chances that the Internet company's directors will be ousted for spurning Microsoft Corp.'s $47.5 billion takeover bid during the spring.
AFP - Google has launched its own version of communally constructed online encyclopedia Wikipedia, which consistently ranks among the most visited websites in the world.
Reuters - Toy maker Hasbro Inc said on Thursday
it filed a suit against the creators of the online game
Scrabulous, saying it infringes on Hasbro's Scrabble
intellectual property rights. -- read full article
Reuters - Google Inc opened its website
Knol to the public on Wednesday, allowing people to write about
their areas of expertise under their bylines in a twist on
encyclopedia Wikipedia, which allows anonymity.
AP - INCREASING RISKS: A new study finds that online banking customers are more vulnerable to fraud when their banks' Web sites have design flaws that teach bad surfing habits. -- read full article
TechWeb - InformationWeek - Any release of Enterprise Linux is given a seven-year lifecycle of support, but the level of support drops back in the fifth year, then is reduced further in the sixth and seventh years. -- read full article
TechWeb - InformationWeek - Nokia has been paying hefty royalties to Qualcomm for various patents and the Finnish company wants the rate reduced. -- read full article
Reuters - More than one in four Europeans
regularly watches online video on sites such as Google's
YouTube but the medium has a long way to go to catch up with
regular TV, according to Internet research firm Jupiter. -- read full article
TechWeb - InformationWeek - Knol's means of encouragement is Google's AdSense program, which will let verified subscribers generate income from the articles they've authored. -- read full article
TechWeb - InformationWeek - The companies have entered into a 15-year agreement regarding wireless technology patents, and have dropped all litigation. -- read full article
