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March 26, 2008 – 12:56 pm
Yahoo will support Google's OpenSocial software, which allows developers to put their programs on more social-networking sites.
Yahoo, Google and News Corp.'s MySpace said yesterday that they were forming the nonprofit OpenSocial Foundation to promote the technology. OpenSocial, introduced in October, may save developers time and money by letting them ...
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March 12, 2008 – 5:31 pm
The long-awaited completion of Google's $3.1 billion purchase of DoubleClick will kick off a new online advertising battle that may rage for years to come. Yet it may also take years for the search giant to gain a foothold in what's shaping up as the next front in the $20 ...
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March 7, 2008 – 6:01 pm
The hot rumor of the day, brought to us by the inquisitive lads at the Financial Times of London, says that Sony has been in heavy talks with Microsoft to bring the Blu-ray player device to the Xbox 360.
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February 24, 2008 – 1:37 pm
Wall Street staged a dramatic turnaround Friday, shooting higher in the last half-hour of trading after word that a bailout plan for troubled bond insurer Ambac Financial could be announced next week. The major indexes ended a week of choppy trading mixed.
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February 24, 2008 – 1:36 pm
"In bringing the companies together, we would be committed to maintaining Yahoo's significant presence in Silicon Valley," wrote Kevin Johnson, president of Microsoft's platforms and services division, in an e-mail to employees. Johnson noted that Microsoft employs 1,800 people in nearby Mountain View.
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