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Can Yahoo steal the search throne from Google with Search Pad?

Yahoo is set to launch a new search feature this week that could give the embattled company an opportunity to do what it - as well as others - have been able to do in recent years: truly challenge Google in the search business. I know. It's...

Tags: Google Inc., Search Business, Yahoo! Inc., Search Pad, Search, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-07-06

Microsoft’s Ballmer on buying the New York Times: "No. Not 'no comment.' No."

[caption id="attachment_14943" align="alignnone" width="475" caption="Source: Pentagram"][/caption] The chief executive of the world’s largest personal computer software firm and sixth most visited site on the Web said he had no interest in acquiring The New York Times or other leading print brands, as a way of distinguishing either...

Tags: Search Business, Steve Ballmer, New York Times Co., Microsoft Corp., Web Portal, Portals, Web Technology, Search, Internet, Tom Steinert-Threlkeld

Blog posts 2009-03-19

Yahoo shareholder pushes for Microsoft search deal; Assumptions too optimistic

Updated: Ivory Investment Management, a hedge fund that owns about 1.5 percent of Yahoo, is pushing the company to do a search deal with Microsoft, but the sticking point is valuation. Analysts say that Ivory's assumptions sound optimistic. In a letter reported earlier by CNBC, Ivory urges...

Tags: Revenue, Shareholder, EBITDA, Search Business, Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., Ivory Investment Management, Corporate Governance, Financial Accounting, Search, Operational Accounting, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Finance, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-12-10

Microsoft buy a 'good idea' for Yahoo, not Microsoft

So Yahoo's back with a revised version of history. And we're back to the same questions we were had this year. Do you think Microsoft should buy Yahoo and/or its search business at this point? What would the Redmondians get by doing so by Mary Jo Foley

Tags: Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., Search, Mary Jo Foley, Jerry Yang, Search Business

Blog posts 2008-11-06

Alexa turned into web service - Amazon back to its innovative best

Alexa turned into web service - Amazon back to its innovative bestOops, you are confusing AWIS with ASWP...The new service is called the Alexa Web Search Platform, websearch.alexa.com, not to be confused with the Alexa Web Information Service, aws.amazon.co/awis. The former provides developers programmatic access to Alexa Crawl and Infrastructure,...

Tags: Channel management, Web services, SEARCH, Amazon.com Inc., search business, Alexa Internet Inc., Web, Web service

Discussion threads 2005-12-12

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Will Microsoft's Silverlight dampen the appeal of Google's Chrome OS?

MS is the past Google is the future so NopeGoogle is the old MS, MS is the old IBM. PC_DOS never made it, MS_DOS did. The driving factor was openness and innovation.Today and in the near future, Google has bothToday MS sees profit only and based on thatdrives...

Tags: Operating systems, Leadership, BOOT UP TIMES, Google Chrome, Google Inc., Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Silverlight, Chrome OS, Chrome, operating system

Discussion threads 2009-11-20

Salesforce Chatter: Facebook for the Enterprise

Salesforce is announcing today a Salesforce Chatter, an enteprise collaboration application akin to Facebook. The move puts SalesForce in competition with offerings from other providers, including IBM Lotus. Here's what's being delivered. Features: Profiles: Just like profiles on popular consumer-oriented social networking sites, Salesforce Chatter profiles include...

Tags: Salesforce.com Inc., Facebook, Platform, App, Force.com, Sales Force Management, Sales, Dave Greenfield

Blog posts 2009-11-18

Rumored HTC 'Dragon' Google phone to spar with iPhone, Droid

The problem for competitors is that Google could throw a billion or more atmobile OS market including Android and ChromeOS. They just want a flood of cheap, very functional, very powerful mobile internet devices. They do not need ANY profits on the OS itself.Hardware manufactures like Palm, Blackberry, and Nokia...

Tags: Keyboards, Telecom & Utilities, Smart phones, Handhelds, phone, keyboard, Google Inc., physical keyboard, High Tech Computer Corp., iPhone Droid, Apple iPhone

Discussion threads 2009-11-18

Yahoo's dwindling search share: Time to panic?

Typical MicrosoftThis is normal business practice for MS. Partner up with someone, take what they need, then discard them.Ask anyone from RealNetworks how their partnership went.It's about search.Wow, it looks like the volume of search users use the search engine that delivers better results.Google search is better than Bing...

Tags: E-mail, SEARCH, Google Inc., Yahoo! Inc., Bing

Discussion threads 2009-11-18

Office 2010 Beta 2: More than just a bunch of pretty icons

Of course its better, they stole ideas fromOf course 2010 is better, they stole (oops, innovated) most of the new ideas from Office MVPs that built add ins to previous versions. (There is a very silent revolt going on in the MVP ranks over it and many long term...

Tags: Numbering, Microsoft Office, Office MVP, ribbon, Microsoft Word

Discussion threads 2009-11-18

Poshier 3.0.10 (Mac)

Poshier is designed for small retail business looking for truly affordable and full function point of sale POS solution for Mac OS X and Windows. Featuring inventory management, supplier management, purchase order management, customer management, and the most natural and intuitive user interface design. Upgraded user interface to fit screen...

Tags: Point-of-sale, Apple Macintosh, User Interface, Search Engine, Supplier, AnotherPOS, Poshier, Channel Management, Scanners, Apple Mac OS X, Search, Marketing, Hardware, Peripherals, Operating Systems, Software, Apple Mac OS

Software downloads 2009-11-18

Call Graph 1.3 (Windows)

Call Graph Skype plugin is a desktop application. It can record your conversations and save them in an mp3 or a wav file. Its completely free for personal and business use. It can record all kinds of Skype calls, Skype P2P, SkypeIn and SkypeOut. There are no time limits or...

Tags: Skype Technologies S.A., Microsoft Windows, WAV, MP3, Sedna Wireless, Digital Music, Digital Media, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics

Software downloads 2009-11-18

Google Image Swirl: Looks neat, but useless

I have a problem with things like Google Image Swirl. Not the offering itself, just the strange notion that somehow cool design equals usefulness. There are tons of examples floating around that have the exact same problem -- things like Bing's "Visual Search". I'm the...

Tags: Software, Google Inc., Grid, Wireless, Tools & Techniques, Retail, Wi-Fi, Wireless And Mobility, Management, Garett Rogers

Blog posts 2009-11-17

The most successful Web scam ever?

what about the banking scam?the feds always go after the little guy... why is there no investigation in the banking crisis!?Windows BOT Network soon to be CLOUDWindows BOT networks & now the Windows CLOUD BOTnetwork!The wonders never end with 'Wind-ows'!!!;)since when has it been ok to use generic titles for...

Tags: Channel management, successful Web, Web, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2009-11-17

PersonalBrain 5.5.1.9 (Mac)

Dynamic mind mapping software that lets you work the way you think. See and do more with PersonalBrain's dynamic user interface and advanced linking software. Organize ideas, projects, contacts, files, and Web pages associatively to capture your thinking and perspective. Use PersonalBrain for business projects or as an "everything in...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Idea, Web Page, TheBrain Technologies, Channel Management, Operational Planning, Tools & Techniques, Marketing, Business Operations, Management

Software downloads 2009-11-17

Microsoft search share continues its slow upward crawl

Google is impossible to beatAt this point, unless something absolutely traumatic was to happen to Google, I dont see any change from the status quo for a while.It will certainly take much more than a Yahoo/MSFT combo thats for sure...Onuorahttp://www.windows7update.comhttp://www.windows8update.comMS is grasping at straws & patentsOnce they lose patents it...

Tags: Workforce management, Bing, Google Inc., Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-11-16

Netbooks dead? Not when sales are up 264% percent

My prediction:Intel and MS and the major brands are trying to drag the market upwards in size and cost to maintain their margins. They will shortly face a barrage of products based on ARM class processors and Linux (Chrome?), which will cost much less and have much better battery lives....

Tags: Netbooks, nettops & MIDs, sales, netbook

Discussion threads 2009-11-16

GOOG could lose more than Murdoch

Thanks, this was insightfulWhat if Murdoch and minions stroke a deal with a more desperate Google competitor - and blocked Google. That would be a very real threat. If users suddenly finds that Google returns fewer quality results than competitors, Google could lose search share, fast. That would strike directly...

Tags: Operational accounting, TVs, TV & Home Theater, Google Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-11-16

SmartCode VNC Manager Enterprise Edition 5.0.14 (Windows)

SmartCode VNC Manager is a powerful yet easy to use remote administration and monitoring software application for both the business and home network environments. It is typically used for remote network management, remote system administration and in helpdesk environments. Its features include but are not limited to: Built-in VNC, RDP,...

Tags: Software, VNC, SSH, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Server Hyper-V, Computer, SmartCode Solutions, SmartCode VNC Manager, Productivity

Software downloads 2009-11-15

Identity Finder Free Edition 4.1 (Windows)

Let us prove to you the power of our search capabilities for free. Simply download, install, and run the search. It will detect unprotected credit cards and passwords on your computer that are vulnerable to identity theft or fraud. Once found, you can permanently shred or encrypt the information with...

Tags: Password, Identity Theft, Microsoft Windows, Security, Operating Systems, Software

Software downloads 2009-11-14