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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

Additional Resources

Ares Galaxy 2.1.2 (Windows)

Ares is a peer to peer file sharing program that enables users to share any digital file including images, audio, video, software, documents. You may now easily publish your files through the Ares Network.As a member of the Ares network, you can also search and download just about any digital...

Tags: Software, P2P, Microsoft Windows, Video, File, Softgap, Ares, Corporate Communications, Peer To Peer (P2P), Tools & Techniques, Marketing, Internet, Management

Software downloads 2009-11-05

Not tolerating the intolerant

My thoughts"Most reject volunteerism in search of making money, satisfying career ambitions, relaxing or spending time with friends and family."Some volunteerism is fine, and I'm glad to help out when I can - but I don't think it can or should sustain an economy or nation. And yes, I think...

Tags: tolerance, volunteerism, apathy

Discussion threads 2009-11-04

Xobni expands to include enterprise but where are Web, Mobile and even Mac versions

Search tools more than important!!!Good that mostly everbody knows that in business life nothing works without e-mail and even that important is a reliable and fast search tool for Outlook! One of those is Lookeen It has so many features which lighten your work that is amazing. It works with...

Tags: Groupware, Microsoft Office, Mail.app, Entourage, Web, Xobni, Microsoft Outlook, Apple Macintosh, mobile

Discussion threads 2009-11-04

America Online (AOL) 9.5 (Windows)

Popular Internet service that allows you to send email, chat, and view your own personal profile. AOL email makes it easy to stay in touch with friends, family and business associates. You get unlimited storage, and it's a snap to add personality to emails with customized fonts, colors, stationery and...

Tags: America Online Inc., Microsoft Windows, E-mail, Phishing, E-mail Providers, Online Communications, Security, Spam And Phishing, Internet

Software downloads 2009-11-04

Spring Design sues Barnes & Noble over Alex, Nook

I kind of want to see barnes and noble win this one...The whole concept of a sliding image preview isn't exactly revolutionary, and it does look decidedly different from the bulky, 2003-esque block interface of the alex.On a personal note, I think the alex looks like some children's toy out...

Tags: Sales channel, E-books, NDA, Barnes & Noble Inc., B&N, credit card, patent, Nook, password

Discussion threads 2009-11-03

Is Microsoft a dinosaur to Google's mammal?

Random comments...How odd the mixed metaphors sound... "built from the ground up to work in the cloud"...The dinosaurs were around for tens of millions of years, and we mammals can barely say the same. The crown of creation can be wrested from the head of the wearer by something unforeseen--like...

Tags: Desktops, OPEN SOURCE, Ideation, Google Inc., desktop, dinosaur, Linux, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-11-02

Business Card Reader for iPhone 1.0 (Mobile)

Business Card Reader for iPhone imports contact information right from business card to your iPhone contacts. Business Card Reader for iPhone takes photo then reads it using text recognition technology made by ABBYY and enters complete and accurate contact info into appropriate fields of the iPhone address book. There is...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Card Reader, Mobile, SHAPE Services, Business Card, Smart Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology

Software downloads 2009-11-02

SnapMail 5.2.2 (Mac)

SnapMail is the cross-platform private messaging and file transfer utility for your office. Instantly send messages, files, reminders, and alerts on your network. Unlike instant messaging, SnapMail uses peer-to-peer technology and does not rely on Internet servers to send mail within your local network. This makes SnapMail a very fast...

Tags: Message, Apple Macintosh, Messaging, Mail, Glass Bead Software, SnapMail, Instant Messaging, Internet, Groupware, Online Communications, Enterprise Software, Software

Software downloads 2009-11-02

Microsoft refreshes Bing for touch phone users

but...nobody's 'touching' bing!No luck with bing for M$....even after they bribed people with cash back!Strategery"FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS!!??!!?? FULLY SUBSIDIZED WITH A PLAN! That is the most expensive phone in the world, and it doesn't appeal to business customers because it doesn't have a keyboard!"But, we'll create a customized version of...

Tags: Telecom & Utilities, Bing, touch phone user, phone, phone user, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-10-30

Spooky Halloween - scareware or crimeware?

With all the "spooky" cybercrime trends taking place on a monthly basis, such as the death of CAPTCHA, the suspicious idleness of the Conficker botnet, the clear presence of government-tolerated and upcoming government-sponsored botnets, the inevitable migration from using malicious infrastructure to entirely relying on legitimate one, followed by the...

Tags: Search Engine Optimization, Campaign, Cybercriminal, Search, Marketing Research, Strategy, Security, Marketing, Management, Dancho Danchev

Blog posts 2009-10-29

Needles and haystacks: Balancing precision and recall

Attivio's Sid Probstein says for traditional search, the conventional model is to return many results to get high recall; somewhere in there are the right answers. But what if you want a more precise answer? Commentary - These terms are bandied about in most every...

Tags: Recall, Pregnancy, Attivio, Spam Email, E-mail, Cyberthreats, Spam, Online Communications, Security, Spam And Phishing, search, Sid Probstein Attivio, Special to ZDNet, Sid Probstein Attivio, Special to ZDNet

News items 2009-10-29

Contactizer Pro 3.8.3 (Mac)

Contactizer Pro is the amazing all-in-one solution for managing, sharing and organizing your personal and business information. Following the prodigious success of it first release, Contactizer Pro 3.8 raises your contact management experience to be more efficient, productive and enjoyable. Contactizer Pro brings a wealth of powerful PIM features, an...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Objective Decision, Contactizer Pro, Fax, Apple Mac OS, Bluetooth, Desktops, Telecom & Utilities, Operating Systems, Software, Wireless And Mobility, Hardware

Software downloads 2009-10-29

FTPGetter 3 Professional 3.20 (Windows)

With FTPGetter 3 Professional, users have an simpler way to get to files from a server using an FTP/SFTP client. Normally, their only option is to manually log in and move, check, or add files. This can be time-consuming for any worker and is not the most efficient use of...

Tags: Server, Microsoft Windows, FTP, SFTP, FTPGetter

Software downloads 2009-10-29

Five interesting new details about Verizon's Moto Droid

HTML5 a "nonstandard"?Isn't HTML5 a "nonstandard", in that it hasn't been approved yet?I can't wait for my new ....... after 2 deal to arrive! Sounds like this phone rocks. That combined with Verizon Wireless coverage this should be a big winner!So the big "savings" from using a "free"...

Tags: Handhelds, GPS, HTML5, Verizon Communications Inc., Moto Droid, phone, Google Inc., Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-10-28

Revisiting the topic of Office versus OpenOffice.Org

re-visit the revisitingif you actually TRIED to use OpenOffice and TRIED to dig in deeper into it's possibilities, you would find zero compatibility issues except for base/access part. and macros, that no one even with the small brain doesn't use.but you didn't. what you did is to buy office 2008...

Tags: OOA/OOD/OOP, OpenOffice, Workforce management, OpenOffice.org, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Corp., compatibility issue

Discussion threads 2009-10-28