Reports Of New Microsoft-Yahoo Search Deal Hard To Believe (TechCrunch)
The UK's Times Online is reporting that "Microsoft is in talks to acquire Yahoo’s online search business for $20 billion." The report is filled with lots of juicy, specific details that lend it credence, but don't make a lot of sense when you drill down into them. The new deal, according to the Times Online, is a complex transaction that involves Microsoft supporting a new management team ...
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Media briefs: AAP wields the axe, UK papers unite (Crikey)
The Vine goes out on a limb ... local content king ... Microsoft/Yahoo deal a dud
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(AFX UK Focus) 2008-12-01 05:00 Glance-PRESS DIGEST - British business - Dec 1 (Interactive Investor)
The Guardian
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(AFX UK Focus) 2008-12-01 08:46 Glance-UPDATE 1-Market Chatter -- Corporate finance press digest (Interactive Investor)
LONDON, Dec 1 (Reuters) - The following corporate finance-related stories involving U.S. and European companies were reported by media on Sunday and Monday:
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The Times Gets Pwnd (TechCrunch)
We were doubtful last night when the story first broke . There were just too many oddities to The Times' tale about a complicated Yahoo/Microsoft search arrangement that would guarantee billions to Yahoo in exchange for a ten year search deal. We've checked with our sources - all of them - and we can't verify a single fact in the story. The first part of the story: "Microsoft is in talks to ...
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Nokia World 2008 - Messaging Service Updated for Consumers and Corporates (All About Symbian)
The Nokia Messaging Service, announced this morning at Nokia World in Barcelona, will open up popular email and instant messaging services and make them easily accessible both on your handset and via the Ovi web site.
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Virgin Mobile Lets You Pocket The Web For 30p Per Day (BIOS)
From December 8th, Virgin Mobile customers can sleep well with the knowledge that they can explore the world of the mobile Web for just 30p a day (that's cheaper than a bag of polo mints!). Virgin Mobile's new unlimited mobile Internet access rate coincides with...
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BBC Local postscript: We never wanted to do hyperlocal anyway (Guardian Unlimited)
It's a sad mark of the misunderstanding that characterised the BBC's local video proposal that Auntie is only now able to be understood on what was known all along by anyone who read the original proposal - there was never significant overlap with local newspapers' own initiatives
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Antispam weapon recaptures lost text (Guardian Unlimited)
As well as being easier for humans and harder for bots, a version of Captcha technology is also helping to digitise text archives
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Growth Of Mobile Internet Outpacing PC-based Surfing In UK (paidContent.org via Yahoo! Finance)
The use of the mobile internet in Britain grew eight times as fast as the growth of the wired internet, according to the latest study from research firm Nielsen Online. Of course, the actual number of Britons surfing the wired internet is still overwhelmingly higher.
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