Reuters - Yahoo Inc tried to soothe
angry investors at its annual meeting on Friday, insisting it
had been serious about talks to sell itself to Microsoft Corp
and that it had good growth prospects in the next three years.
TechWeb - InformationWeek - The report shows that Microsoft is aware of its own important balancing act as the company strives to maintain its relevance and dominance in the services era. -- read full article
Fri, 01 Aug 2008 20:50:00 GMT - Yahoo! News: Internet News
AP - Yahoo's shareholders have re-elected the Internet company's entire board despite hard feelings about the directors' rejection of a takeover offer from Microsoft Corp.
AP - A congressional committee wants the nation's largest telecommunications and Internet companies to explain whether they target online advertising based on consumers' search queries and Web surfing habits. -- read full article
Fri, 01 Aug 2008 21:05:12 GMT - Yahoo! News: Internet News
Reuters - Yahoo Inc's board of
directors received strong backing from shareholders at its
annual meeting on Friday, with embattled Chief Executive Jerry
Yang winning an 85 percent favorable vote.
NewsFactor - China is once again agreeing to lift restrictions on Internet usage -- at least on some sites -- for journalists covering the Olympic Games. -- read full article
Fri, 01 Aug 2008 21:14:57 GMT - Yahoo! News: Internet News
NewsFactor - A new application enabling Apple's iPhone to share EDGE or 3G Internet connections with other wireless devices briefly appeared in Apple's App Store, only to be pulled minutes later. -- read full article
Fri, 01 Aug 2008 21:15:38 GMT - Yahoo! News: Internet News
AP - A divided Federal Communications Commission has ruled that Comcast Corp. violated federal policy when it blocked Internet traffic for some subscribers and has ordered the cable giant to change the way it manages its network.
TechWeb - InformationWeek - The Hang Up Act, which will be voted on by the House of Representatives, would permanently ban mobile phone calls during flights. -- read full article
Fri, 01 Aug 2008 22:25:00 GMT - Yahoo! News: Internet News
NewsFactor - In a historic decision, the Federal Communication Commission has declared that cable-TV and Internet service provider Comcast interfered with Internet users' rights to share specific content, including television shows and movies. -- read full article
Fri, 01 Aug 2008 22:34:38 GMT - Yahoo! News: Internet News
Reuters - U.S. lawmakers are questioning the
biggest U.S. Internet companies about whether they track their
customers' visits online and use the information to tailor
Internet advertisements for them. -- read full article
Fri, 01 Aug 2008 22:45:22 GMT - Yahoo! News: Internet News
TechWeb - InformationWeek - The application makes it possible for people to use the high-speed Internet connections on the mobile phones to provide wireless access to the Web on a mobile PC. -- read full article
Fri, 01 Aug 2008 23:23:00 GMT - Yahoo! News: Internet News
AP - Yahoo Inc.'s board emerged largely unscathed from the Internet company's annual meeting Friday as a subdued crowd of shareholders raised few questions about the directors' rejection of Microsoft Corp.'s $47.5 billion takeover bid.
TechWeb - InformationWeek - Amazon said it plans to have the seller of out-of-print books continue as a standalone operation based in Victoria, British Columbia. -- read full article
Fri, 01 Aug 2008 23:44:00 GMT - Yahoo! News: Internet News
