WebmasterWorldNews and Discussion for the Web ProfessionalEBay to end "Live Auctions" December 31st 2008- (Found June 18, 2008 ) "Live Auctions represent a throwback to traditional open outcry auctions by linking eBay users remotely to auctions moderated by live auctioneers, both in physical locations or online."http://www.webmasterworld.com/ecommerce/3628034.htm Google, And Others, Invests $130Million In ESolar- (Found June 18, 2008 ) "Solar thermal company eSolar said on Monday it closed $130 million in funding from Google Inc's philanthropy arm and other investors."http://www.webmasterworld.com/goog/3631663.htm Writers Want Laws To Maintain Internet Freedom- (Found June 18, 2008 ) "Writers are pushing for legislation to guarantee the Internet's status as an open forum for communication."http://www.webmasterworld.com/content_copywriting/3632393.htm Mechanical Zoo Social Search (Beta)- (Found June 18, 2008 ) "Nathan Stoll, former product lead of Google News, has been quietly working on a new social search service he started with the help of two other Google refugees,..."http://www.webmasterworld.com/alternative_search_engines/3632287.htm Yahoo Q1 Net Income Up To $542.2 million- (Found June 18, 2008 ) "Yahoo Inc on Tuesday posted quarterly profit, excluding one-time items, at the top end of Wall Street's range of lowered forecasts, as it sought to bolster its case that Microsoft Corp's takeover bid undervalues it. "http://www.webmasterworld.com/yahoo-corp/3632710.htm Microsoft Finalizes Windows XP Service Pack 3- (Found June 18, 2008 ) "Windows XP Service Pack 3 (SP3) has released to manufacturing (RTM). Windows XP SP3 bits are now working their way through our manufacturing channels to be available to OEM and Enterprise customers."http://www.webmasterworld.com/microsoft_windows_os/3632784.htm Microsoft Unveils Live Mesh Web Service- (Found June 18, 2008 ) "This new software-plus-services platform enables PCs and other devices to 'come alive' by making them aware of each other through the internet,"http://www.webmasterworld.com/msft/3633093.htm eBay Sues Craigslist- (Found June 18, 2008 ) "eBay is suing Craig Newmark and Craigslist's chief executive Jim Buckmaster for "unfairly diluting" eBay's interest in the popular classifieds site..."http://www.webmasterworld.com/foo/3632751.htm Ambiguity Of Blank AdWords Input Box Gets Google A Lawsuit- (Found June 18, 2008 ) "A lawsuit filed against Google on Tuesday alleges that Google has been defrauding its AdWords customers by charging them for ads they don't want."http://www.webmasterworld.com/google_adwords/3633067.htm Google Proxy Hijacking: Major Vulnerability Possibly Fixed- (Found June 18, 2008 )http://www.webmasterworld.com/google/3633626.htm |