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Microsoft-Yahoo deal: Playing the numbers game

Examined using several different metrics, Microsoft's bid for Yahoo could create one of the world's largest Web companies. Read more »

Gmail knocked offline for majority of users

Google's Gmail service was knocked offline on Tuesday in an outage that the company said affected a "majority" of its millions of email users. Read more »

Can Google break Microsoft's enterprise chokehold?

A tie-up with Saleforce.com sees Google pushing even further into Microsoft's businesss applications territory Read more »

Google: Microsoft's Yahoo bid threatens openness

A Microsoft-Yahoo merger could threaten the openness on which the Internet is based, according to a Google executive. Read more »

Google Australia continues hiring binge

Google is seeking 25 more staff in Australia and New Zealand as a lengthy local and international hiring binge shows no signs of slowing down. Read more »

IBM, Yahoo and Google target Microsoft Office

After years of watching Microsoft rake in billions of dollars from its desktop software franchise, its competitors are pouncing. Read more »

BrowserPlus escapes Yahoo walled garden

Yahoo has improved its BrowserPlus technology for more sophisticated Web applications and now lets other Web sites besides its own use it, the company said. Read more »

Yahoo announces social networking app for iPhone

Yahoo on Wednesday released a preview version of a free new iPhone application called oneConnect that can centralise communications and social-networking activity. Read more »

Flickr founder knocks Yahoo

During a visit to Australia this week, Flickr founder and former Yahoo staffer Stewart Butterfield criticised the search giant for its lack of an innovative culture compared to rival Google. Read more »

Europeans warn search engines: Delete user data sooner

A European Commission advisory body has suggested that search companies delete data collected about their users after six months — a far cry from what most companies currently do. Read more »

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The Portal of the Future

Lana Kovacevic [blogs:webanatomy] -- At this year's Gartner Application Development, Integration and Web Services Summit, I attended Gene Phifer talk: "Portal of the Future: What's Beyond Web 2.0?". Read more »

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  • Staff Microsoft shows off IE9 preview

    This week, highlights from Microsoft's MIX10 conference and more in the Roundup. Read more »

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  • Chris Duckett IE9's H.264 vote killed Ogg

    In a split decision by the judges, the winner of the W3C/WHATWG video codec consensus is H.264, taking home the future of video playback on the internet while loser Ogg goes home with nothing but thoughts of what might have been. Read more »

    -- posted by Chris Duckett

  • Staff Google launches Apps Marketplace

    Google launches and app store, while Mozilla plans to re-write its open-source license. More of this week's news in the Roundup. Read more »

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