Google, AOL Finalize Billion Dollar Deal
The investment agreement that kept Google's place as AOL's search and advertising partner has been hammered out to the satisfaction of both sides.Read More → ^ TOP
Microsoft, Yahoo eying potato country
Technology giants Microsoft Corp. and Yahoo Inc. are planning to build massive data storage centers amid the sagebrush and farm fields of rural central Washington. Read More → ^ TOPDevil's Advocate: The Email Postage Issue
Plans by AOL and Yahoo to embrace and implement Goodmail's "Certified Email" solution, even with allowances for non-profit groups, has drawn criticism from a broad swath of the Internet-using public; we're going to discuss why this is a good first start if only it extended farther to metering for all email.Read More → ^ TOP
Searching For Anonymity: Now, It’s Personal
Until the four major US search engines were subpoenaed by the government, searcher anonymity and privacy was a yawn of concern for most, even if there were a few Paul Reveres out there. After complying with the order, though MSN and others promised no personally identifiable information was given, the slippery slope got a whole lot slicker.Read More → ^ TOP
