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.
Ten Internet firms, including Google, Yahoo and AOL, are accused of knowingly overcharging for pay-per-click online advertising.
Yahoo Australia will today launch a local commercial search directory, a sign that the battle for the local Internet audience and advertising dollar is intensifying.
Online ad company DoubleClick said on Monday it has bought search-engine marketing specialist Performics for US$58 million in cash, in a bid to profit from the fast-growing sector.
Yahoo is shutting down PayDirect, an online payment service similar to eBay's PayPal.
Channel 10's threadbare online presence stands out among the other TV networks' swish Web sites. But why?
Will aggregation replace search when it comes to finding useful content on the Web? I reckon so.
The acceptance and encouragement of online communities can have a profound effect -- for better or for worse.
This week Australia's Federal Government announced it had allocated $3.6 million in funding to 57 local research projects so that they could be commercialised, with many of them being web or IT-related start-ups.
Victorian Web start-up My Perfect has a strong story and rationale for why it will succeed. But it has to overcome some challenges and design flaws first.
Discovering how your favourite search engine protects your privacy is not an easy task, despite recent moves from the major players to make policies more transparent.
Australia's ongoing PayPal saga has taken another turn today with the news that an anonymous submission sent to the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) opposing eBay's exclusive deal with the payment provider was authored by Google.
Nobody, least of all Yahoo and Google, doubted that the two companies' search-advertising deal would escape any antitrust scrutiny.
Chris Vulovic, CIO of realestate.com.au, explains how technology is changing the site, and what we can expect to see in the future.
By now, the regulatory, cultural, practical and financial problems in Microsoft's Yahoo acquisition have been well aired. Let's skip forward to 2009, when they've all been solved and Yahoo is now a Microsoft brand.
ZDNet Editor in Chief Dan Farber talks about Microsoft's $44.6 billion cash-and-stock bid to acquire Yahoo. He analyses Microsoft's strategy in search, the potential impact on chief rival Google, and what it would mean, overall, in the competitive online-search market.
Google Apps for Your Domain lets you brand online services with your own URL, but it doesn't eat the costs of domain registration as Microsoft Office Live does.
PC-cillin Internet Security 2006 has a few shortcomings, but overall it's an affordable and feature-packed security suite that reliably defends against online threats.
Internet Explorer is broken, and the bad guys know it. As you type, criminal hackers could be recording your bank login and password information. Robert offers some tips for staying safe online.
Unless you need library-accurate file searches, DtSearch has perhaps too much power for the average desktop.
MoodLogic 2.0 is an ingenious piece of software that analyses and sorts music files by mood.
Visa CIO touts new transaction technologies
Michael Dreyer, CIO of Visa, expresses what innovation means to him in different areas, such as their PayWave … Watch it now
Australian Govt funds IT start-ups
Google should come clean on datacentres
US shows what OPEL could have been
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