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The Weekly Round-Up: 09.05.08

Round-Up being able to go it alone, or possibly via partnerships with other parties - Google or possibly AOL - it is still willing to listen to future bids from other companies, including Microsoft. If you're trying to pull a swift one on the authorities...

Tags: yahoo, microsoft, governement

[09 May 2008]

Carphone Warehouse plans broadband boost

News Carphone Warehouse, which operates the 'free' broadband brand TalkTalk in the UK, will keep a half-stake in the retail business, which will see Best Buy-branded stores arriving in Europe, but plans to hold onto all of its UK fixed-line telecoms...

Tags: talktalk, broadband, carphone warehouse

[09 May 2008]

Microsoft claims can go it alone online

News Investors also wanted to know whether AOL might be Microsoft's next acquisition target. Hall wouldn't address that question but he did offer his take on AOL's strengths and weaknesses. He pointed to AOL's strong position in email and instant...

Tags: aol, google, yahoo, microsoft

[07 May 2008]

Warning: The Storm still rages on

News However, modifying the URL runs a script which attempts to exploit vulnerabilities in various applications, including AOL, Microsoft Internet Explorer, MySpace and RealNetworks RealPlayer. A number of nascent Storm hosting domains using fast-flux...

Tags: malware, botnet, storm

[07 May 2008]

Yahoo! - Microsoft walks away

News is likely to press alternative strategies in coming weeks, including a search advertising partnership with Google and a deal for Time Warner Inc's AOL Internet unit. chief Jerry Yang signalled a more open stance towards Microsoft yesterday, saying...

Tags: bid, yahoo, microsoft

[06 May 2008]

Ballmer on Yahoo!: Price in mind and not "a dime" more

News Among those Ballmer named were AOL, Facebook, MySpace and Yahoo! Microsoft chief executive, Steve Ballmer, told employees he has a figure in mind as to what Yahoo! is worth but doesn't plan to pay "a dime above" that amount, according to The Wall...

Tags: bid, microsoft, yahoo

[02 May 2008]

Google: Yahoo! tie-up not anti-competitive

News A deal would be no different from partnerships Google has with other web companies including Time Warner's AOL and IAC/InterActiveCorp, the source said. because it would be "non-exclusive" and falls short of an outright merger, a person familiar...

Tags: microsoft, google, yahoo

[29 Apr 2008]

Profits reports equal big week for Microsoft/Yahoo!?

News is still in talks about a partnership with AOL and continues an advertising test with Google. In the latest in the Microsoft/Yahoo! takeover bid, the software maker has set a Saturday deadline for Yahoo!

Tags: microsoft, aol, time warner, yahoo

[22 Apr 2008]

Beware the insider security threat

Beware the insider security threat

News But spending vast amounts on the latest security technology isn't the way to tackle this threat, according to Steve Clarke, AOL Broadband. Steve Clarke, director of systems and operations, AOL Broadband

Tags: insider, security

[17 Apr 2008]

PayPal wages war on phishing

News PayPal works with owner eBay along with AOL, Google, Verisign, Yahoo! Speaking at the RSA security conference in San Francisco this week, Michael Barrett, PayPal's chief information security officer, outlined the company's strategy for dealing with...

Tags: certification, education, isps, paypal

[11 Apr 2008]

Internet big boys engage in war over Yahoo!

News web-search services, is closing in on a deal with Time Warner to merge with its AOL unit, several sources said. Such a deal would value AOL at $10bn, the person said. s talks with Time Warner are getting near to a deal that would fold AOL's...

Tags: news corp, google, yahoo

[10 Apr 2008]

Microsoft Technology Improves Enterprise-Wide Collaboration for Financial Services Distributor

whitepaper Google or AOL as their e-mail system, while still others used GroupWise or GoldMine. Many NFP firms were operating with different versions of Microsoft Outlook. Others relied on Yahoo! NFP was determined to reduce the cost of doing business for its...

Tags: email

[02 Apr 2008]

IT chiefs cutting back on contractors

News Steve Clarke, director of systems and operations, at ISP AOL Broadband said: "We have significant downward pressure on contract costs but it's going to be more likely we will replace contractors with permanent heads than cutting those heads...

Tags: credit crunch, skills, contractors

[28 Mar 2008]

The Weekly Round-Up: 14.03.08

Round-Up It's difficult to know what to make of AOL these days. The impressively monikered chairman and CEO of AOL, Randy Falco, said in a statement: "Rock me, Amadeus. The 1990s internet fireball responsible for millions of annoying CDs tucked inside...

Tags: web 2.0, iphone, airport, data breach

[14 Mar 2008]

Microsoft and Yahoo! in 'informal' merger talks

News And on Tuesday, Time Warner's CEO noted he wouldn't rule out a deal with the company's AOL operations and Yahoo! noting in sweeping terms that Time Warner would consider anything that would make AOL stronger.

Tags: microsoft, yahoo!, aol, ceo

[14 Mar 2008]

AOL snaps up Bebo for $850m

News In an unexpected move, AOL has acquired social-networking site Bebo. AOL said buying Bebo is a move geared toward international growth, as the youth-oriented social network is wildly popular in the UK, Ireland and New Zealand.

Tags: bebo, acquisition, social networks, aol

[13 Mar 2008]

iPhone SDK downloaded by 100,000 developers

News During the launch event, AOL, EA, Epocrates, Sega and Salesforce.com showed off preliminary versions of their iPhone applications. Despite some early problems managing the flood of developers seeking access to the iPhone software development kit...

Tags: iphone, sdk, developers, party

[13 Mar 2008]

Photos: Behind the scenes at the iPhone SDK launch

Photo AOL's Rizwan Sattar demonstrates his company's Instant Messenger for the iPhone. Here are some photos from the official launch of Apple's iPhone software development kit. The SDK gives the hot-shot gadget its way into the corporate - and even the...

Tags: iphone, apple, steve jobs, business

[07 Mar 2008]

Time Warner talks to thwart Microsoft bid?

News would acquire Time Warner's AOL in exchange for Time taking a large minority stake in the combined company, according to unidentified sources familiar with the matter. Yahoo! and Time Warner have held talks on a deal designed to thwart Microsoft's...

Tags: microsoft, time warner, aol, yahoo

[05 Mar 2008]

Symantec Security Response: Top Five Instant Messaging Security Risks for 2006

whitepaper Global services such as AOL Instant Messenger, MSN Messenger, and Yahoo! Instant Messaging (IM) continues to be the fastest growing communications medium, with an estimated 390 million consumer and enterprise IM users by the end of 2006.

Tags: network security

[29 Feb 2008]

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