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  • Ask.com closes acquisition of Dictionary.com (Reuters)
    03.07.2008, 21:56:12
    Ask.com's former Chief Executive Jim Lanzone speaks during the Reuters Global Technology, Media and Telecoms Summit in New York, May 14, 2007. (Keith Bedford/Reuters) 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
    In this May 5, 2008 file photo,  Yahoo worker leaves Yahoo headquarters in Sunnyvale, Calif.. Shares of Yahoo Inc. and Microsoft Corp. rose Wednesday, July 2, 2008, as The Wall Street Journal reported Microsoft has talked to other media companies about teaming up to buy Yahoo's search business. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma, file) 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
    Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer speaks near Tel Aviv, May 21, 2008. (Gil Cohen Magen/Reuters) 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
    A man walks past Google Inc. headquarters in Mountain View, California, May 8, 2008. (Kimberly White/Reuters) 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
    Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer speaks near Tel Aviv, May 21, 2008. (Gil Cohen Magen/Reuters) 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
    A screenshot of Powerset.com, taken on July 1, 2008. (www.powerset.com/Reuters) 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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