Online auction giant warns in a shareholder filing that it faces slowing growth in three top markets and “changing customers demands.” Online auction leader eBay warned in an annual report on Friday that it faces difficulty getting former customers to return, adding to the normal challenge of attracting…
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China’s top search engine said it plans to launch an instant-messaging service called “Baidu Hi.” China’s top search engine, Baidu, said it plans to launch an instant-messaging service called “Baidu Hi.” All elements of Baidu Hi, including product design, research, and testing, will be handled independently…
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Facebook has denied giving the Moroccan government information to identify a man who was sentenced to prison for posting a fake profile of a Moroccan prince.
A Moroccan court last week sentenced the 26-year-old IT engineer to three years and fined him 10,000 dirhams ($1,320) for setting up …
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Facebook has denied giving the Moroccan government information to identify a man who was sentenced to prison for posting a fake profile of a Moroccan prince.
A Moroccan court last week sentenced the 26-year-old IT engineer to three years and fined him 10,000 dirhams ($1,320) for setting up …
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My first review of Google Sites was positive. I even chose to overlook some weird display issues as early beta bugs (every 1.0 product I review has them) that other reviewers, such as ZDNet’s Dennis Howlett, were not so kind about. I thought that, overall, it was a strong and useful collaboration product.
My second review–this […]
Silicon Alley Insider is reporting that there could be layoffs at Ask.com and that IAC is thinking about dumping the Teoma search engine in favor of Google.
But a person very familiar with the matter told CNET News.com that Ask.com will stick with Teoma.
Ask.com spokesman …
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Higher resolutions or not, YouTube still tweaks the quality of its videos for users depending on what kind of connection they’ve got. So how about a workaround to make sure you’re getting the best of the best? Bayme of the VideoHelp.com forums seems to have found a way to tweak the URL of some videos […]
Despite problems, company raised the total compensation of Mike Zafirovski by about $1.8 million in 2007, regulatory filings show. Despite unsteady performance, a new round of layoffs and a plunge in its share price, Nortel Networks raised the total compensation of Chief Executive Mike Zafirovski by about $1.8…
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I’ve always wanted to interview Google CEO Eric Schmidt one-on-one and this week I finally got the chance.
Eric Schmidt is all smiles before declining to answer any questions not related to Google Health in a one-on-one interview.
(Credit: Elinor Mills, CNET News.com)
I learned that he was …
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MIAMI–The way people have been talking about e-mail at the Future of Web Apps conference, you’d think it were a cell phone carrier or a domestic airline. It’s antiquated, it’s backward, and everybody hates it.
Kevin Marks, a Google engineer and Technorati veteran, said in a talk about the company’s OpenSocial project and Social Graph APIs […]
Seattle photographer Ryan Welsh snapped this photo on Microsoft’s Redmond, Wash., campus.
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If you can count on geeks for one thing, it’s a creative approach to traditional things.
For example, l33tspeak as an alternative to regular language. Or LOLCats as an alternative to the usual annoying pictures of cats.
That’s why I wasn’t surprised to find, over […]
Dublin–Some of the papers are calling it the 1,200 Euro phone.
Apple will bring its iPhone to Ireland on March 14, but the price the company will charge for the phone–particularly when the monthly service contact is added in–is raising eyebrows.
The 8GB iPhone sells for 399 Euros (including …
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The U.S. military says it has been steadily increasing its inventory of unmanned flying machines, such as the small, hand-launched Raven model seen here. It can be equipped with cameras that beam back views from above.
(Credit: U.S. Army/Staff Sgt. Raymond Piper)
WASHINGTON–The controversial surge in U….
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WASHINGTON–For decades, U.S. government scientists have sliced specially equipped planes through hurricanes and other severe weather on a quest for crucial data to fuel weather forecasts. But in the future, drones are expected to do more and more of that work.
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) wants …
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Two new vastly different handheld video games are winning praise for combining different genres to produce quirky new experiences. Bizarre little creatures that look like walking eyeballs and a puzzle-cracking professor may not seem to have much in common at first glance. But they are the…
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With no decision yet from U.S. regulators and a deadline looming, the two companies agree to give themselves more time. XM Satellite Radio Holdings and Sirius Satellite Radio have extended by two months a deadline to potentially terminate without penalty Sirius’s year-old proposed acquisition of its bigger…
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Video-sharing site Veoh, which is backed by former Disney CEO Michael Eisner, is rumored to be looking for $40 million in new investments, according to Silicon Alley Insider. The company has hired Bear Stearns to raise the funds, which would give Veoh a valuation of $150 million, according to the …
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Yahoo’s MyBlogLog, a social network for bloggers, is catching up with the times.
The site launched a new version of its service this week and borrowed a page from Facebook, FriendFeed, and others in adding a feature that lets you see what your friends are up to.
The “New …
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The EU slaps Microsoft with a record penalty, but will a Vista price cut help pay the fine? Also: Pakistan hijacks YouTube, and game publishers square off for market domination. Last week’s bit of glasnost on the part of Microsoft apparently didn’t make people in Europe very happy….
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In some cases it’s not a bad thing to be fashionably late. Just ask Steve Chen, co-founder of YouTube.
Earlier this week, while sporting a furry coat at a warm, packed YouTube party in New York City, Chen managed to spill some juicy details about the company’s plans while talking to Sarah Meyers, the host […]
