Reuters - Microsoft Corp Chief
Executive Steve Ballmer on Thursday defended the company's need
to make steep investments in its Internet business in order to
compete with Google Inc and said such moves could boost its
value in time.
Reuters - Microsoft Corp will announce
plans to expand its relationship with online social network
Facebook to provide web search and search advertising, a source
familiar with the matter said on Thursday.
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
