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Thursday, May 8, 2008 Daily News Tracker
Welcome to the Thursday, May 8, 2008 Daily News Tracker, with news of Yahoo testing new combination search "Glue Pages" in India, Google's WiMAX ambitions, Truveo video search engine, Piwik free Web analytics software, and more.


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new post indicator3:14 pm on May 8, 2008 (utc 0)

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Yahoo Glue Pages Beta, Search Results Combining Text, Video, and Images Debut in India

http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/145626/yahoo_india_search_results_combine_text_video_and_images.html
http://www.paidcontent.org/entry/419-yahoo-india-adds-content-to-search-results-with-glue-page/
http://www.business-standard.com/common/storypage_c_online.php?leftnm=10&bKeyFlag=IN&autono=37091
http://news.idg.no/cw/art.cfm?id=C7A7B13E-17A4-0F78-31FB2DECA6114FE1
http://www.littleabout.com/2008/05/08/glue-pages-beta-the-three-in-one-search-by-yahoo-india/
http://www.techshout.com/internet/2008/08/glue-pages-beta-search-now-available-on-yahoo-india/
http://www.cxotoday.com/India/News/Yahoo_India_introduces_Glue_Pages_Beta/551-89169-913.html
http://uk.webhostdir.com/news/articles/shownews.asp?id=25669
http://www.techtree.com/India/News/Glue_Pages_Beta_for_Yahoo_India_Search/551-89156-643.html
http://www.webpronews.com/topnews/2008/05/08/yahoo-tries-glue-pages-in-india
http://in.yahoo.com/

Google Gets Closer to a Mobile Future / WiMAX Plans

http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/05/07/google-gets-closer-to-a-mobile-future/index.html
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121015567027273579.html
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121020680968275507.html
http://www.webmasterworld.com/goog/3644572.htm
http://money.cnn.com/2008/05/07/technology/wimax.fortune/index.htm
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/wireless/2008-05-07-clearwire-wimax_N.htm
http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/05/07/why-google-invested-in-clearwire/

Microsoft Made Eyes At Facebook as Talks With Yahoo Waned

http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/industry_sectors/technology/article3890497.ece
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121017846020274243.html
http://www.reuters.com/article/technologyNews/idUSN0730765420080507
http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080507-microsoft-is-probing-facebooks-merger-interest.html
http://www.vnunet.com/vnunet/news/2216137/microsoft-turns-facebook

Google denies staff 'brain drain'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7389179.stm

Google looks golden again after riding out tough stretch

http://www.usatoday.com/tech/techinvestor/corporatenews/2008-05-07-google_N.htm
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080508/ap_on_hi_te/golden_google

After Google Urging, Verizon: We promise to honor the Block C open access rules

http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080507-verizon-we-promise-to-honor-the-block-c-open-access-rules.html

Viacom, Google set for fight to bitter end over Safe Harbor

http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080507-viacom-google-set-for-fight-to-bitter-end-over-safe-harbor.html

Truveo Spreads World Love with Tweaked Video Search Algorithms

http://mashable.com/2008/05/07/truveo-spreads-world-love-with-tweaked-search-algorithms/

News Corp.: We're out of the Microsoft-Yahoo-AOL fray

http://www.news.com/8301-10784_3-9939070-7.html

News Corp sees economy hurting advertising / Murdoch sees MySpace miss targets

http://www.reuters.com/article/businessNews/idUSWNAS255720080508
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/05/08/myspace_missed_targets/
http://www.informationweek.com/news/internet/social_network/showArticle.jhtml;jsessionid=5YIVW0MME1BN0QSNDLPSKHSCJUNN2JVN?articleID=207600449
http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2008/may/08/newscorporationbusiness.rupertmurdoch

Piwik: Open Source Google Analytics Alternative

http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/piwik_google_analytics_alternative.php

Sprint and Google Expand Relationship to Enable Richer Mobile Experience and more Choices for Sprint Customers

http://www.google.com/intl/en/press/pressrel/20080507_sprint_mobile.html

Microsoft to show new search tech this month

http://www.news.com/8301-13860_3-9938511-56.html

WEB / OTHER

Microsoft Underwriting Online Movie-makeing Contest

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/08/business/media/08adco.html

Dizzywood Virtual World For 8-12 Year Old Crowd

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/08/fashion/08Cyber.html

America Movil to sell iPhone across Latin America

http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSN0719056820080507
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5ib_mby2IMFOPdMOn0_qVZodMoDVQD90H4RGG0
http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/08/05/07/america_movil_to_sell_apples_next_gen_iphone_in_mexico.html
http://www.macworld.com/article/133349/2008/05/movil.html

Academic says gadgets threaten Internet's future

http://www.reuters.com/article/technologyNews/idUSL0875110620080508

Domize: Fast Domain Name Searching

http://mashable.com/2008/05/07/domize/

Malcomn Gladwell New Yorker Article "In the Air"

http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2008/05/12/080512fa_fact_gladwell/

AOL tunes-in to Last.fm

http://www.vnunet.com/vnunet/news/2216182/aol-users-lastfm

Hackers Join Social Network Craze With 'House Of Hackers'

http://www.informationweek.com/news/internet/social_network/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=207600657

 


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