Archive for January 8th, 2009

CES: Verizon picks Microsoft search over Google, Yahoo (Reuters)

NEW YORK/LAS VEGAS (Reuters) - Verizon Communications Inc picked Microsoft Corp to provide Internet search services for cell phones, in what is seen as a blow to rivals Google Inc and Yahoo Inc.

Thursday, January 8th, 2009

Virus peddlers set up shop on Google code project (The Register)

Skin-flick codec scams follow MSN Spaces abuse Internet scoundrels have begun abusing Google code hosting projects to distribute malware and promote smut. The assault follows a bout of the same kind of abuse against Microsoft's comparable MSN Spaces beta site dating back a year, net security firm McAfee reports.…

Thursday, January 8th, 2009

Google quietly ices contractors (The Register)

Keeps hush-hush SEC filing off the interwebs Internet giant Google quietly got rid of an unspecified number of contract workers late last year.…

Thursday, January 8th, 2009

Verizon picks Microsoft search over Google, Yahoo (Reuters)

NEW YORK/LAS VEGAS (Reuters) - Verizon Communications Inc picked Microsoft Corp to provide Internet search services for cell phones, in what is seen as a blow to rivals Google Inc and Yahoo Inc.

Thursday, January 8th, 2009

Google Maps for Mobile encompasses business directory (All About Symbian)

Ooh, you all know how much I love Google Maps for Mobile (e.g. for S60, but also for other platforms). It just got itself a 'server-side' upgrade, adding in a full business directory.

Thursday, January 8th, 2009