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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 »
Alliance turns up heat on spam
Yahoo, Microsoft, Comcast and others announced a proposal of best practices for filtering and sending e-mail. Read more »
Palin ordered to save e-mails
Alaska Governor Sarah Palin must save any emails she sent from private accounts regarding state business, a US judge ordered late last week. Read more »
Alleged Palin hacker indicted
A 20-year-old college student suspected of hacking into one of US vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin's email accounts was indicted Tuesday in the US, a district court announced. Read more »
Gmail gets free Yahoo phishing protection
Google on Tuesday said it is now using an email authentication technology to keep phishers from luring Gmail users to fake eBay and PayPal Web pages in order to steal usernames and passwords. Read more »
Yahoo buys e-mail software firm Zimbra
Yahoo is buying e-mail software provider Zimbra for about $350 million, the companies announced on Monday. Read more »
Microsoft moves on after Yahoo break-up
In the wake of Microsoft's decision to pull its Yahoo offer, executives are trying to make the case that Redmond's online business can go it alone. Read more »
Microsoft resumes bashing open source
Will Microsoft lay down its arms, embrace open source and help Thunderbird programmers get their software working with Microsoft's Exchange e-mail server software, or fight them on the beaches? Read more »
Yahoo to launch 100MB free e-mail
Yahoo this week will begin offering 100MB of extra storage for users of its free e-mail service as part of an overall redesign of its mail service. Read more »
Microsoft denies flaw in Vista
Microsoft has confirmed that Vista can be affected by malware from 2004, but argues this is not a flaw in the operating system. Read more »
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Yahoo to expose its wiring to developers
-- Phase one came last week, when Yahoo launched its new profiles site. Phase two begins next week, when web developers can start sinking their teeth into Yahoo's attempt to replace its present static design with one that's customisable, application-rich, socially connected, and woven into other parts of the Internet. Read more »
Hack attack week
-- It wasn't a good week to be an Alaskan vice-presidential candidate, an online publication or even a multinational science project -- as all were compromised by hackers this week. Read more »
XP stays on life support for longer
-- This week's Roundup looks at Microsoft's decision to extend the life of Windows XP, the release of Microsoft Surface SDK, Firefox's new Geode plug-in, Yahoo's new tool -- Smush It and more. Read more »
The Portal of the Future
-- 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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If you are looking to make some money in these troubled times, perhaps importing copies of Windows 7 could be for you. Read more »
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Firefox: Greens want it, 3.5rc2 not up to par
This week's roundup looks at the situation surrounding a campaign to change Outlook HTML renderer, a Greens MP wants to install Firefox but is restricted and all the photos from the iPhone 3GS launch. Read more »
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Microsoft misses the Outlook pointAsk designers which mail program is the bane of their existence, and you'll find that Outlook tops the list. The reason why the most popular email reader is also the most painful is simple: it uses Word to render HTML emails. Read more »
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Space pr0n, patent karma and Yang out -- Club Builder
On Club Builder this week: how NASA plans to get the Internet into space, Jerry Yang is out the door at Yahoo and Brendan Eich discusses javascript engine competition.