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Wednesday, March 5, 2008 Daily News Tracker
Ask.com restructuring and job cuts, Yahoo postpones annual board meeting to fend off Microsoft, Demand Media buys Pluck, and more.


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Ask.com to cut jobs, rethink product strategy / Targeting Married Women

http://www.reuters.com/article/reutersEdge/idUSN0448954820080305
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/03/05/AR2008030500982.html
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/03/04/AR2008030402487.html
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB120465683155910833.html
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/webguide/internetlife/2008-03-05-ask-married-women_N.htm
http://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/03/05/ask.makeover/index.html
http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/03/04/ask-trims-headcount-goes-after-women-searchers/
http://www.news.com/8301-10784_3-9885850-7.html
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/03/05/BUT5VDRGM.DTL
http://www.marinij.com/stocks/ci_8460315
http://www.resourceshelf.com/2008/03/05/all-things-must-pass/
http://www.bruceclay.com/blog/archives/2008/03/goodbye_askcom.html

Yahoo extends deadline for board nominations

http://www.reuters.com/article/technologyNews/idUSWNAS364520080305
http://www.mercurynews.com/breakingnews/ci_8461645
http://www.news.com/8301-10784_3-9886254-7.html
http://www.foxbusiness.com/markets/article/report-yahoo-heats-talks-time-warner-stave-microsoft_506598_2.html
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB120472835995813707.html
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080305/ap_on_hi_te/yahoo_board
http://money.cnn.com/news/newsfeeds/articles/djf500/200803050944DOWJONESDJONLINE000783_FORTUNE5.htm
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/05/technology/05cnd-yahoo.html
http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/03/05/yahoo-is-still-looking-for-a-white-knight%e2%80%94news-corps-offer-does-not-pencil-out-neither-does-aols/

Yahoo Steps Up Talks With Time Warner

http://www.reuters.com/article/technologyNews/idUSN0555400320080305
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB120468830515212763.html
http://www.news.com/8301-10784_3-9886157-7.html
http://www.forbes.com/markets/feeds/afx/2008/03/05/afx4733226.html

Stock Sales at Google Send Shivers (Google Insiders sold billions in stock)

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB120467785976911887.html
http://www.latimes.com/technology/la-fi-google5mar05,1,5341811.story

Google's Iowa Data Center Emerges

http://www.informationweek.com/blog/main/archives/2008/03/googles_iowa_da.html
http://www.businessweek.com/ap/financialnews/D8UQB9181.htm

Microsoft Won't Consider A Breakup, CFO Says

http://www.informationweek.com/news/showArticle.jhtml;jsessionid=1W500AOG1KR2CQSNDLPSKH0CJUNN2JVN?articleID=206901816

WEB / OTHER

Facebook Hires a Google Executive as No. 2 (Sheryl Sandberg)

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/05/technology/05facebook.html
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/03/04/AR2008030402766.html
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB120465155439210627.html
http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/03/04/facebook-finds-the-un-zuckerberg/
http://www.forbes.com/technology/2008/03/04/google-facebook-sandberg-tech-enter-cx_wt_0304facebook.html
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/techinvestor/corporatenews/2008-03-04-facebook-google-coo_N.htm
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080305/tc_afp/lifestyleusgermanyitinternetcompanyfacebook
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20080304/tc_pcworld/143120
http://www.latimes.com/technology/la-fi-facebook5mar05,1,1578729.story

Mobile Device Updates From Cebit (Google Android, Microsoft Silverlight, Google Gears, Symbian, iPhone, .etc)

http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/03/04/the-battle-today-for-what-you-can-do-on-your-phone-tomorrow/index.html
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7276907.stm
http://bigtech.blogs.fortune.cnn.com/2008/03/05/making-the-iphone-work-for-business/
http://www.informationweek.com/blog/main/archives/2008/03/android_is_or_w.html
http://www.informationweek.com/blog/main/archives/2008/03/android_sdk_not.html

Richard Rosenblatt's Domain Firm Demand Media Buys Pluck for $75 million

http://www.reuters.com/article/technologyNews/idUSWEN431620080305
http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/03/04/demand-media-buys-pluck-for-50-million-to-60-million/

Tata Rolling Out Large WiMax Network in India / AT&T Plans to Investment $1 Billion
In International Network

http://www.nytimes.com/idg/IDG_002570DE00740E18482574020038E227.html
http://www.forbes.com/technology/2008/03/04/india-wimax-mobile-tech-wire-cx_ew_0304india.html
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB120471665116813469.html

Finland's GeoSentric puts social networking service on iPhone

http://www.reuters.com/article/technologyNews/idUSL055078020080305

Facebook in talks with major music labels: report

http://www.reuters.com/article/technologyNews/idUSN0555492820080305

Nielsen says mobile ads growing, consumers respond

http://www.reuters.com/article/technologyNews/idUSL0516426520080305

The revolution of live video - CamTwist Studio 1.7 (Third TV revolution after 1956 Ampex, 1990 Amiga Video Toaster)

http://www.reuters.com/article/blogBurst/technology?type=technologyNews&w1=B7ovpm21IaDoL40ZFnNfGe&w2=B82x9Ksc5UNVzDjpITcIrRbi&src=blogBurst_technologyNews&bbPostId=AiN6ASlVqUQCz7ZDENe9o8H5B9AgDmYwqspJAE89Ew1dYBq&bbParentWidgetId=B82x9Ksc5UNVzDjpITcIrRbi

Akamai Shuts Off the Limelight

http://www.fool.com/investing/high-growth/2008/03/04/akamai-shuts-off-the-limelight.aspx

EU Approves IBM's Purchase Of Swedish Telelogic

http://www.reuters.com/article/companyNews/idUSBFA00057020080305

AOL Gets It Right With Open AIM 2.0 - Embraces Meebo and eBuddy

http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/03/05/aol-gets-it-right-with-open-aim-20-embraces-meebo-and-ebuddy/
http://dev.aol.com/aim

 


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