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Article | 22/09/2008 Google boosts search lead over Yahoo, Microsoft
Google continued to bolster its hold on the US search market in August when it captured 63 percent of 11 billion searches, according to data released ...
Article | 19/09/2008 Yahoo tests home page that adds outside services like e-mail
Yahoo has begun testing a new home page that will allow users to check for new e-mail from multiple accounts and add more content from the Web.
Article | 19/09/2008 Facebook's Beacon 'returns' for some bloggers
Facebook's Beacon advertising system found itself in the midst of a blogosphere brouhaha Thursday after two Facebook developers posted about Beacon "r...
Article | 17/09/2008 Target pact won't lead to Web access standards
The settlement signed last month by Target to resolve a class-action lawsuit charging that its Web site isn't fully accessible by blind persons won't ...
Article | 17/09/2008 Google pipes up to defend search advertising deal with Yahoo
Google Tuesday ramped up its defense of a proposed search advertising deal with Yahoo by moving to debunk the assertions of some critics that the join...
Article | 16/09/2008 Big advertisers protest Google-Yahoo search deal
The Association of National Advertisers has called on the US Department of Justice to reject a planned point search advertising program by Google and ...
Article | 15/09/2008 One in five employers uses social networks in hiring process
More than one in five US employers search social networking sites to screen job candidates, according to a survey of more than 31,000 employers releas...
Article | 11/09/2008 Obama campaign unveils online tool to help canvass neighbors
Barack Obama's campaign has rolled out a new online voter contact tool aimed at providing supporters with a virtual peek into the campaign's voter reg...
Article | 9/09/2008 Google expands effort to digitize newspaper archives
Google this week launched an effort to digitize millions of pages of news archives, making millions of old newspaper articles accessible and searchabl...
Article | 9/09/2008 Advertisers protest Google-Yahoo search advertising deal
A trade group that represents large national advertisers like Ford Motor Co., Sara Lee, Wal-Mart and PepsiCo has sent a letter to the US Department of...
Article | 9/09/2008 Google Chrome set to take on Windows
Last week's unveiling of a new browser is the latest in a series of moves by Google to rid the world of Microsoft Windows, according to analysts.
Article | 8/09/2008 Twitter helps Republican Convention protestors organize, elude police
"City is on lockdown. Go to 14th and Jackson if you need help from tear gas pepper spray," read a Twitter post Thursday night. "Explosions all around....
Article | 8/09/2008 Amazon launches video on demand service
Amazon.com has rolled out a video on demand service that offers users ad-free movies and television shows on Macintoshes or PCs.
Article | 5/09/2008 Facebook tests icon for reporting predators, pornography
Facebook has started testing a safety icon developed by the state of New Jersey to allow users of the social networking site to report potential sexua...
Article | 4/09/2008 EBay launches 'green' online marketplace
EBay this week rolled out WorldofGood.com, a new online Green marketplace offering products that are made from recycled or natural materials.

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