TechWeb - InformationWeek - The solid-state drives can be used for video streaming, high-transaction data processing, search engine operations, and other high-speed server functions, Sun and Samsung said. -- read full article
Reuters - Google Inc reported a
weaker-than-expected 35 percent rise in net profit as the
company blamed lower returns from managing its huge cash pile
rather than softening sales of online advertising.
AP - Google Inc. has successfully tackled a lot of complex problems during its first decade in business, but even the Internet search leader may be hard pressed to find a way to sustain its rapid earnings growth amid a sputtering economy in the United States and parts of Europe.
AP - With a Yahoo Inc. search deal uncertain at best, Microsoft Corp. plans to invest hundreds of millions of dollars more than expected in the next year to whip its unprofitable online operations into shape.
Reuters - Rambler Media, the British-registered
owner of Russia's Rambler Internet portal, said on Friday it
has agreed to sell the Begun advertising agency to Google Inc
for $140 million. -- read full article
NewsFactor - The U.S. Senate opened hearings on a pending Yahoo-Google partnership Tuesday. The Antitrust, Competition and Consumer Rights committee means to put the screws to each party's legal counsel in an attempt to determine whether the deal violates antitrust laws. -- read full article
TechWeb - InformationWeek - The company's complaints may have as much to do with privacy and competition as they do with its own strategic interests in Yahoo's search business. -- read full article
TechWeb - InformationWeek - The Google Elections Video Search gadget uses speech recognition to transcribed and index speeches by politicians and others. -- read full article
Reuters - A top Microsoft Corp executive said
Yahoo Inc's advertising search partnership with Google Inc
would leave only one major player in the Internet search
business, and said he had been told as much by Yahoo's own
chief executive last month.
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 - Microsoft Corp reports
quarterly results this week, looking to ease the concerns of
investors about slower growth at its Windows business and prove
that its pursuit of Yahoo Inc is not a distraction.
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
Investor's Business Daily - The ongoing saga among activist investor Carl Icahn, Yahoo and Microsoft hit another flash point 14 Monday, two days after the portal rejected yet another Microsoft offer to buy its search business. -- read full article
