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Start-up promises to turn data into revenue booster
CIOs looking for a way to turn their massive warehouses of data into a greater asset for the business might be interested in a new venture with the odd name of nPario Inc. The start-up, created by... Read more...
Microsoft and Yahoo deal gets stamp of approval
Competition in the search engine world is about to get steeper and it may result in better, faster searches for users under a new agreement with Microsoft and Yahoo. The two companies received a... Read more...
To cut costs, companies buy directly from Seagate
As companies with large data centers step up their efforts to cut costs, hard disk maker Seagate is finding itself in the position of selling its products directly to these companies. In fact, chief... Read more...
Some users affected by brief Yahoo Mail outage
Some Yahoo email users experienced a brief outage with the most widely used web e-ail service in the world yesterday. The problem with the service was confirmed by in a statement, though Yahoo... Read more...
Botnet implicated in sophisticated click fraud operation
An extraordinarily sophisticated operation has been found riding on top of the Bahama Botnet. Previously implicated in ads involving rogue antivirus software, researchers studying the botnet have... Read more...
Microsoft captures 11 percent of search market with Bing
It appears that Microsoft's new Bing search engine has garnered almost 11 percent of the search market in August, going by a report by Nielsen. While Bing continues to be ranked third, the 1.1... Read more...
Ballmer surprised by market's reaction to MS-Yahoo deal
If you haven't heard by now, Microsoft and Yahoo have announced a deal that will allow them to team up on advertising and search sales. You can learn more about the deal through the... Read more...
Microsoft and Yahoo: 'We've got a deal'
Microsoft and Yahoo announced a deal on Wednesday that allows the pair to team up on search and advertising sales, reports the Wall Street Journal. The marriage of these titans makes it clear that... Read more...
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...
