Ask.com closes acquisition of Dictionary.com
(Reuters)
03.07.2008, 21:56:12
 Reuters - Ask.com, the Web search unit of
IAC/InterActiveCorp, has closed an all-cash deal to acquire
Lexico Publishing Group LLC, the owner of popular reference
sites Dictionary.com and Thesaurus.com. |
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Report: Microsoft seeks help for another Yahoo bid
(AP)
03.07.2008, 05:19:23
 AP - Unable to strike a deal on its own, Microsoft Corp. reportedly is hoping to snap up Yahoo's online search operations with the help of News Corp. and Time Warner Inc. |
Microsoft mulls media options, no new talks: source
(Reuters)
02.07.2008, 22:30:47
 Reuters - Microsoft Corp has had
no new negotiations on deals involving Yahoo Inc, but
preliminary talks with media companies continue, a source
familiar with the software giant's thinking said on Wednesday. |
Google Search Identifies Citibank PIN Number Thief
(TechWeb)
02.07.2008, 19:40:00
TechWeb - InformationWeek - FBI agents were able to cross-link surveillance video with ICQ info to arrest a man in a dark baseball cap emblazoned with the words "Top Gun" and a star and wings symbol. |
Google in deal with Brazil to fight child porn
(Reuters)
02.07.2008, 18:46:09
 Reuters - Internet search company Google signed
an agreement with Brazilian public prosecutors on Wednesday to
help combat child pornography on its social networking site
Orkut, an accord that the company believes is the first of its
kind internationally. |
Microsoft seeks allies for new Yahoo move: report
(Reuters)
02.07.2008, 06:06:12
 Reuters - Microsoft Corp is preparing a new bid for Yahoo
Inc's search business and has approached other media companies
about joining it in a deal that would effectively lead to
Yahoo's breakup, the Wall Street Journal said. |
Microsoft Buys Search Start-Up Powerset
(TechWeb)
01.07.2008, 21:32:00
TechWeb - InformationWeek - Under Powerset's hood is decades-in-the-making natural-language processing technology the company licensed from the Palo Alto Research Center, formerly of Xerox. |
Microsoft buys linguistic Web search firm Powerset
(Reuters)
01.07.2008, 20:55:09
 Reuters - Microsoft Corp said on
Tuesday it had agreed to buy Powerset, a start-up that is
working on a new class of Web search that relies on insights
from linguistics rather than simple keyword strings. |
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