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ICANN: Start planning for IPv6 Video icon

ICANN: Start planning for IPv6

Video Paul Twomey, president and chief executive of ICANN, advises chief executives to start discussions with ISPs on moving to systems compatible with IPv6 [09 May 2008]


ICANN attacks 'fat and happy' IPv4 users

News Businesses need to begin thinking now beyond having IPv4 address space, says ICANN's president, or risk losing online customers [09 May 2008]

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Auction site QXL going, going, gone

News Customers have been informed by email that the QXL.co.uk site will close down by the end of this month [07 May 2008]

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Microsoft and Yahoo: The next step Video icon

Microsoft and Yahoo: The next step

Video CNET News.com's Dan Farber and Ina Fried discuss how a potential deal between the two companies fell apart and how they may now proceed [07 May 2008]


Verizon funds undersea internet cable network

News The company has joined a consortium of 16 companies aiming to build a £356m cable system connecting Europe, the Middle East and India [07 May 2008]

Yang: Yahoo open to renewed Microsoft talks

News Chief executive Jerry Yang says his company is still open to negotiations with Microsoft, as Yahoo shares suffer in the aftermath of failed takeover talks [06 May 2008]

Microsoft may seek other deals as Yahoo bid fails

Analysis The software giant may strike a partnership with AOL or News Corp to combat Google, after a potential deal with Yahoo foundered [06 May 2008]

192.com unveils mapping app for business websites

News The business and residential listings specialist has unveiled Local Search Solutions for integration into businesses' websites [01 May 2008]

Craigslist spurns eBay's buyout advances

News The online-auction giant's offer of increasing its stake in Craigslist met with a solid rebuff last year, according to papers filed in a lawsuit between the two [01 May 2008]

EC gives go-ahead to Oracle's BEA acquisition

News The European Commission has said it has no competition concerns over the takeover of systems software company BEA Systems by Oracle [30 Apr 2008]

Google expects regulators to permit Yahoo ad deal

News Despite the number-one search giant's confidence, Microsoft argues a deal between Yahoo and Google would be anti-competitive [28 Apr 2008]

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Businesses probe benefits of Second Life

News Organisations are still experimenting with the virtual world, with some now seeing it as a place to collaborate rather than a virtual shop front to do business [28 Apr 2008]

Yahoo talks up Open Strategy Video icon

Yahoo talks up Open Strategy

Video At the Web 2.0 Expo in San Francisco, CTO Ari Balogh says he's 'rewiring Yahoo from the inside out' through the company's new developer platform [25 Apr 2008]


Yahoo introduces Open Strategy

News The company's strategy seeks to unify Yahoo user profiles and make it easier to share information with contacts [25 Apr 2008]

Microsoft warns Yahoo over 'unrealistic expectations'

News The software giant has reiterated its threat to launch a proxy battle or drop its bid altogether if Yahoo holds out for a better deal [25 Apr 2008]

Ballmer: Microsoft may give up on Yahoo bid

News Microsoft chief executive Steve Ballmer has said the company may drop its bid for Yahoo if the companies cannot agree on a price [24 Apr 2008]

Google launches image ads for mobile phones

News Extending into the emerging mobile-ad market, the company has designed mobile images to look like standard graphical display ads for desktop PC web pages [24 Apr 2008]

Microsoft shrugs off 'solid' Yahoo results

News The software giant is not expected to raise its bid for Yahoo after the latter's better-than-expected but not outstanding first-quarter results [23 Apr 2008]

News Corp still open to joint Yahoo bid

News As Yahoo prepares to release its first-quarter results, Rupert Murdoch has said News Corp may make a joint bid with Microsoft, depending on the deal [22 Apr 2008]

Google results may prove boon for Yahoo

Analysis Google's recent results show the online-ad market is robust despite a weakening US economy, enabling Yahoo to hold out for a higher offer from Microsoft, say investors [21 Apr 2008]

Socitm calls on councils for web-accessibility checks

News The local government IT body says the outlook for council-website accessibility is 'getting bleaker' [21 Apr 2008]

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I wonder, who needs .asia domain? I cannot imagine, what would be useful for Microsoft.asia? Toyota.asia? Then let's register .europe (if .eu is too short). Or perhaps Microsoft.southamerica, Dell.australiaandnewzealand, Coca-Cola.africa... Sound funny? Then why not just use the global and country domains? Or perhaps it is time to drop the domains at all?

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Businesses advised to register .asia domains