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Microsoft and Yahoo Still Pursue Deal

Microsoft and Yahoo Still Pursue Deal

Microsoft and Yahoo are still actively pursuing a deal, but current discussions involve the participation of partners like News Corp and Time Warner that could lead to the break-up of Yahoo, the Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday. ...continue


Gripe About your Neighbor on RottenNeighbor.com

Finally, a Web site tailor-made to address those pesky neighbors that you just can't seem to do anything about: RottenNeighbor.com. The site founded last July is part online therapy, part trashy paperback novel. It singles out neighbors for offenses ranging from shoddy lawn upkeep to alleged violence ...continue


Microsoft and Yahoo May Begin Acquisition Talks Again

U.S. software giant Microsoft and major Internet search engine Yahoo may begin new talks about Microsoft's proposal to buy out the Internet company or at least take over its online search business, according to a report Tuesday. ...continue


Kiva: Anyone Can Give Micro-Loans to Tiny Businesses

A carpenter in Cambodia gets wood and better tools. A sewing collective in Peru gets materials it otherwise couldn't afford. The secret? Kiva, a website that allows anyone to lend money to entrepreneurs in some of the poorest places on the planet. ...continue


MSN Flips Off Switch on Pandora

After a year and a half, MSN and Pandora, the free Internet radio service, have parted ways. Since November 2006, MSN Radio was "powered by Pandora," which lets users build and share Internet radio stations based on their own musical tastes. Pandora, run by an Oakland, Calif., company of the same name, remains available at its own Web site, www.pandora.com. ...continue


LinkedIn Linked Up With More Capital, to the Tune of $53M

LinkedIn, the buttoned-down online network tailored for business professionals, has raised $53 million in a deal that placed the value of the company slightly above $1 billion, the company announced late Tuesday. The $1 billion valuation for LinkedIn is the latest in a series of deals that have placed price tags on the bustling online networking sector, largely centered in Silicon Valley. ...continue


Amazon.com unveils 'Daily Deals,' 'Friday Five' MP3 promotions

Amazon.com Inc. Tuesday unveiled two ongoing promotions that offer customers discounts on select newly released and catalog albums from best-selling artists on Amazon MP3, the online retailer's digital music download store. ...continue


Yahoo Announces New Latin American Sites

Imagine a Chilean-born American citizen, sharing photos in his native language with friends in the U.S., Mexico, and his home country -- via home PC or mobile phone. Yahoo is closing the gap between native Spanish speakers worldwide, regardless of locale, with the introduction of several new initiatives. ...continue


Tech Giants Team Up to Foster Use of WiMax

Six global technology companies said Monday that they had formed an alliance to pool patents in a bid to encourage the expansion of WiMax, an emerging high-speed wireless technology. ...continue


Web Site Aims to Help Drivers Skirt Traffic Jams

A new Web site aimed at helping drivers prevent gasoline waste by avoiding traffic tie-ups debuted Monday at the Oklahoma Department of Transportation. The Web site provides up-to-the-minute pictures of 12 of Tulsa's heaviest traffic spots and 17 more in the Oklahoma City metro area. Is something similar headed to your area? ...continue


Micro-Blogging a Hit with Web 2.0 Crowd

Micro-blogging is a new way to spread ideas and thoughts to many in a quick-hit blast. Techies, NASA already know this. Will you start, too? There. That's it. That's would be the beginning and end of this story if you were reading it online, on a micro-blog. It is 140 characters long, three short sentences and straight to the point. Call micro-blogging fluff for short attention spans, call it useless chatter. But Veronica McGregor, news service manager for NASA's Jet Propulsion Lab, isn't laughing it off. ...continue


BeRuby Wants to Put Cash Back in Your Pocket via the Web

BeRuby.com is a personalized portal wants to pay you cash back for using its site as a starting point for your daily Internet use. The Santa Cruz, Calif-based company's press release announcing its goals and recent strategies follows. ...continue


Betting on Love

QuieroLatino.com, a new online dating Web site for U.S. Hispanics, is hoping to lure single Hispanics away from mainstream dating sites by offering what it says is a "culturally friendly" environment for meeting other Hispanic singles. The San Francisco-based company is targeting Hispanics, both bilingual and English-only speakers, between the ages of 21 and 45. ...continue


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