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Tuesday, May 6, 2008 Daily News Tracker
Welcome to the Tuesday, May 6, 2008 Daily News Tracker, covering Yahoo's SearchScan partnership with McAfee, Google keeping the pressure on Verizon for truly open 700Mhz wireless access, new features added to Google Reader and News, and more.


Lane R Ellis      
Lead Editor,
SearchEngineWorld

new post indicator2:20 pm on May 6, 2008 (utc 0)

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Yahoo search to 'battle spyware' with SearchScan, McAfee

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7385285.stm
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/computersecurity/2008-05-06-yahoo-mcafee_N.htm
http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/145517/yahoo_uses_mcafee_siteadvisor_to_filter_evil_web_sites.html
http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/05/05/yahoo-flags-malware-sites-in-search-results/
http://yhoo.client.shareholder.com/releasedetail.cfm?ReleaseID=308465
http://www.ysearchblog.com/archives/000578.html
http://tools.search.yahoo.com/newsearch/searchscan
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20080506/tc_pcworld/145517

Google holds Verizon’s feet to fire on 700MHz open access

http://www.nytimes.com/idg/IDG_852573C4006938800025744000507C0E.html
http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080505-google-holds-verizons-feet-to-fire-on-700mhz-open-access.html
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/05/06/google_renews_open_access_battle/
http://www.vnunet.com/vnunet/news/2215920/google-asks-verizon-pledge-open

Google Ends Microsoft’s Yahoo Search

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/06/technology/06google.html
http://www.latimes.com/technology/la-fi-google6-2008may06,0,3090510.story

Microsoft holds talks with Time Warner about AOL bid

http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/industry_sectors/technology/article3876643.ece

Yahoo Chief Jerry Yang Says Microsoft Was the Stubborn One / But He's Open To More Talks

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/06/technology/06yang.html
http://www.reuters.com/article/technologyNews/idUSN0228397020080506
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/techinvestor/corporatenews/2008-05-05-microsoft-ballmer-yahoo_N.htm
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601204&sid=acQU7bpC5W8I
http://www.fool.com/investing/general/2008/05/06/yahoo-to-microsoft-baby-dont-go.aspx
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/5e2ad026-1ab9-11dd-aa67-0000779fd2ac.html

Now in Play: AOL, Facebook and Many Others / Search and Display Advertisements

http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/05/05/now-in-play-aol-facebook-and-many-others/index.html

Yahoo Holders Turn Up Heat After Microsoft Deal Talks Fail / Stocks Fall, Affect Europe

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB120999265277067343.html
http://money.cnn.com/2008/05/05/technology/yahoo.fortune/index.htm
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601204&sid=arauiyIJl81o
http://www.infoworld.com/article/08/05/06/Yahoo-faces-shareholder-ire-over-Microsoft-bid_1.html
http://www.latimes.com/technology/la-fi-yahoo6-2008may06,0,7567626.story
(related) http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7383700.stm
http://www.forbes.com/technology/2008/05/05/microsoft-google-technology-markets-equity-cx_ll_0505markets07.html

Yahoo facing shareholder fireworks at July 3 annual meeting

http://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2008/05/06/ap4974218.html
http://yhoo.client.shareholder.com/releasedetail.cfm?ReleaseID=308431

Bill Gates: 'Key decisions' up to Ballmer

http://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2008/05/06/ap4974191.html

Blinkx Launches Video Search Platform for Site Publishers

http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/145516/blinkx_launches_video_search_platform_for_site_publishers.html
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20080506/tc_pcworld/145516

Google Public Relations Chief Elliot Schrage Leaves, Moves to Facebook

http://mashable.com/2008/05/06/google-pr-chief-flees-to-facebook/
http://www.news.com/8301-13577_3-9936886-36.html
http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/05/05/zuckerberg-hires-another-vp-from-google-elliot-schrage/
http://kara.allthingsd.com/20080505/googles-pr-head-elliot-schrage-heads-to-facebook/
http://valleywag.com/387224/elliot-schrage-googles-top-flack-interviewing-at-facebook

NBC using Teaser YouTube clips to drive Hulu traffic

http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080505-nbc-using-youtube-clips-to-drive-hulu-traffic.html

CoreCodec apologizes for wrongful Google DMCA takedown

http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080505-corecodec-apologizes-for-wrongful-google-dmca-takedown.html

Accenture Report: Ad-supported content will soon dominate digital media

http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080505-report-ad-support-content-will-soon-dominate-digital-media.html

Google Reader Gets Way More Social With New Sharing Features

http://mashable.com/2008/05/05/google-reader-shared-items-upgrades/

Phishers target Google AdWords users

http://www.vnunet.com/vnunet/news/2215894/scammers-aim-google-adwords
http://news.idg.no/cw/art.cfm?id=AB62831B-17A4-0F78-31F9B5BA1BB09B56

Google Reader Adds Notes Feature

http://googlereader.blogspot.com/2008/05/share-anything-anytime-anywhere.html

Google News Adds Related Searches Feature

http://googlenewsblog.blogspot.com/2008/05/related-searches-in-google-news.html

China to investigate Google for illegal maps: official media

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080506/tc_afp/chinausinternetcensorshipmapsgoogle

WEB / OTHER

Newspapers likely to be free in the future: Zogby International survey

http://www.reuters.com/article/technologyNews/idUSL0214163420080506

Google Social Network Orkut Adds Status Updates

http://tech-buzz.net/2008/05/05/orkut-adds-status-updates/

Microsoft Breaks Ground on $280M Beijing R&D Center

http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/145519/microsoft_breaks_ground_on_280m_beijing_rampd_center.html

Facebook App Platform Says No More Java Support

http://mashable.com/2008/05/05/facebook-app-platform-says-no-more-java-support/

China's Top Trading Web Site Alibaba Profit More Than Doubles on Rising Web Trades

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601204&sid=ajGUQGdB7wqs
http://www.paidcontent.org/entry/419-earnings-alibabacom-q1-revs-up-53-percent/

Associated Press and 100+ Member Newspapers launches news service geared for iPhone

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080505/ap_on_hi_te/ap_mobile_news

Monster.com Founder Starts Social Networking Site for the Dead

http://www.wired.com/techbiz/startups/news/2008/05/tributes

 


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