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Report: Microsoft's Bing overtakes Yahoo

A report by StatCounter says that Microsoft's new Bing search engine has overtaken Yahoo's market share within the first week of release. As of June 4, StatCounter noted that Bing had a 16.28 percent... Read more...

Russia launches antitrust lawsuit at Microsoft

Microsoft is suddenly finding itself embroiled in another potential antitrust case, as Russian antitrust regulators investigate Microsoft's retirement plans for the venerable Windows XP operating... Read more...

Yahoo on the lookout for social networking site

Yahoo is looking to become a social networking player and the easiest way to do that is to buy a company that is already up and running. "I can guarantee you there will be some acquisitions, and we... Read more...

Disaster hits when online storage sites close

Online storage sites, which emerged as a hot service just a few years ago, are shutting down in droves. The big question is: Can your data be saved before it is lost? In the last year, a number of... Read more...

AVG LinkScanner now available as a free browser plug-in

AVG Technologies has launched AVG LinkScanner as a free, stand-alone product. LinkScanner can operate independently with other competing software and works by looking at the webpage behind a link or... Read more...

Yahoo down but not out

Yahoo Inc. reported a fourth quarter loss this week. However, the company's earnings beat analysts' expectations. The company reported a net loss of $303 million, or 22 cents per share, in the three... Read more...

The top picks of CES 2009

Dean Takahashi of VentureBeat walked the halls of CES 2009 and came back with a list of his top 10 favorite gadgets/technologies. While I am highly skeptical of his claims that he "saw every one of"... Read more...

Former AOL chief raising money to buy Yahoo

If you thought you had heard it all about the fate of Yahoo, think again. The Wall Street Journal is reporting that former AOL chief executive Jonathan Miller, even in these tough economic times, is... Read more...

Jerry Yang to step down from Yahoo

Jerry Yang, the embattled co-founder of Yahoo will be stepping down from his position as the chief executive officer once a replacement is appointed, said the troubled Internet company on Monday.... Read more...

Yahoo left hanging after Google pulls out of ad deal

Regulatory objections have resulted in Google pulling out of a search advertising partnership that would have allowed it to monetize some aspects of Yahoo's search advertising program. Yahoo's stock... Read more...