Archives: 2011 September
EU probing if Google dominates Internet search (Reuters)
September 18th, 2011, No Comments
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – European regulators are still undecided if Google dominates Internet search, and if abused rivals in violation of competition rules, EU antitrust chief said Friday. The European Commission has launched an investigation into Google in November last year after rivals, including Microsoft, has accused the company of abusing its dominant position in the [...]
Dyson’s New Space Heater Is Stylish, but Expensive [VIDEO] (Mashable)
September 18th, 2011, No Comments
[More on Mashable: Razor Bombing: Latest Internet Meme Brought to you by Schick [PHOTOS]] Dyson, the company that took the empty style, is now trying to redefine the space heaters in style, but it is expensive hot Dyson. The product, which was released Thursday used the Dyson Air Multiplier technology used in the blade without [...]
PE firm Silver Lake looking to buy Yahoo: reports (Reuters)
September 18th, 2011, No Comments
Yahoo! offices are represented in Santa Monica (Reuters) – Private equity firm Silver Lake is considering a bid for Internet company Yahoo Inc., according to media reports Thursday night. As part of an agreement, Silver Lake would sell Yahoo's Asian assets and then try to turn the main activities or find a buyer for the [...]
Analysis: China seeks to tether the microblog tiger (Reuters)
September 18th, 2011, No Comments
BEIJING (Reuters) – Mao Zedong famously said a single spark could start a revolutionary prairie fire. That fear is now driving his Communist Party successors to grapple with how to tame China's expanding legions of microbloggers. A stream of warnings in state media has exposed how nervous Beijing is about the booming microblogs and their [...]
Grandparents with webcam become new online stars (AP)
September 18th, 2011, No Comments
Bruce and Esther Huffman kiss during an interview Thursday, September 15, 2011,, McMinnville McMinnville The elderly couple has been unexpectedly McMinnville, Oregon – It slowly began to dawn that perhaps Esther Huffman and Bruce was filmed. "Warning", the white-haired, bespectacled grandmother read off the screen. "You must stop recording before you try to close the [...]
Blogger says FBI wiretapped Israeli Embassy (AP)
September 8th, 2011, No Comments
WASHINGTON – A blogger told The New York Times that an FBI translator has given a transcript of conversations were recorded by FBI wiretaps on the Israeli Embassy in Washington. The translator, Shamai Leibowitz, was sentenced last year to 20 months in prison after pleading guilty to the leak of classified documents. FBI officials did [...]
Internet archive shows Sept. 11 coverage (AP)
September 8th, 2011, No Comments
FILE – In this Sept. 11, 2001 file photo, the twin towers of the World Trade Center burn behind the Empire State Building in New York. The Internet Ar NEW YORK – For many in New York and Washington, Sept. 11, 2001, was a personal experience, an attack on their cities. Most everywhere else in [...]
Iranian Internet users were victim to spying: report (Reuters)
September 8th, 2011, No Comments
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – About 300,000 Internet users in Iran have been spied last month by one or more hackers who stole the security certificates from a Dutch company, a Dutch government report said Monday. The use of a certificate or pirates pirates steal, people who have visited Google.com control, could steal your passwords and can [...]
Yahoo’s board of directors, at a glance (AP)
September 8th, 2011, No Comments
Carol Bartz, CEO of Yahoo Inc. departure suggested the Board during his term of two years, bringing in four new directors to replace the five on the left. After his departure, the board of nine members. ___ Roy Bostock, a board member since 2003 and chairman since 2008. He was CEO of advertising agency D'Arcy [...]
Yahoo’s stock rise after Bartz fired as CEO (AP)
September 8th, 2011, No Comments
Carol Bartz SAN FRANCISCO – Yahoo’s stock rose nearly 5 percent on Wednesday after the company fired its CEO following more than 2 1/2 years of financial lethargy. Tuesday’s ouster came as investors were convinced that Carol Bartz couldn’t steer the Internet company to a long-promised turnaround. To fill the void, Yahoo’s board named Tim [...]
