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Archive for September 2007

September 25th, 2007

Hidden Agenda for Yahoo’s Zimbra Deal?

Last week Yahoo announced the acquisition of Zimbra, a web based email collaboration tool for organizations, ISPs, universities and more. Zimbra’s powerfool platform was chosen as a leading tool for the development of Comcast’s SmartZone (review) which should allow Comcast’s clients to manage their phone, email and intrernet accounts from a central area.

Maurene Caplan Grey […]

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September 25th, 2007

Google to Power Anti-Malware Tool in Firefox 3.0

Firefox 3.0 is almost out the oven and the word on the street says that it includes an anti-malware tool. Such a tool requires reporting to “base” of all visited URL’s and verification of each URL against existing database and it appears as if Google is going to be the beneficiary of this “feature”.
If […]

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September 20th, 2007

Yahoo Continues to “Rule” The Net

comScore released its August “Web Ranking” report and Yahoo continues to rule the net when it comes to overall U.S. Traffic.
The top 10 properties remained unchanged in August, as Yahoo! Sites topped the ranking with more than 135 million visitors. CBS Corporation experienced a 16-percent gain, lifting it 6 spots to number 24. Comcast […]

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September 18th, 2007

Google Webmaster Central adds Subscription Data

Google announced last week the addition of subscriber stats to its Google Webmaster Central:
First of all, subscriber stats are now available. Webmaster Tools now show feed publishers the number of aggregated subscribers you have from Google services such as Google Reader, iGoogle, and Orkut. We hope this will make it easier to track subscriber statistics […]

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September 18th, 2007

Yahoo Presents Yahoo Teachers

Yahoo announced yesterday Yahoo Teachers, an online clipping service, part lesson planner, and part collaboration tool. The service is currently in closed beta.
Here’s a quick introductory video off Yahoo Teachers:

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September 17th, 2007

Yahoo Acquire Open-Source Email Solution Zimbra

Yahoo announced today the acquizition Zimbra, an open-source email solotions & collaboration solutions provider, for $350 million in cash.
Zimbra develops email servers as well as hosted solutions for organizations, businesses and universities. This purchase was meant in order to expand Yahoo’s capabilities to offer services “in universities, businesses and through ISPs by enabling organizations to […]

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September 10th, 2007

Google Adds “Libraries” to Book Search

Several new features added to Google’s Book Search now allow people to build their own book libraries. You can simply search for books that you own by title or ISBN and then “Add to Library”. Once in your library is built, you can share it via URL, subscribe to ir via RSS, and most importantly, […]

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September 10th, 2007

Google to Start Publishing eBooks

Google’s Book Search feature haas been criticized for a few years now. In fact the whole initiative to scan books and make them public had earned Google enemies all around the place, but what was once a reason to complain may become another source of income for these publishers and authors.
According to the New […]

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