Reuters' IM Tool Plays Nice

1. Reuters' IM Tool Plays Nice

Instant messaging users in the financial industry have been among the more vocal advocates for interoperability among IM networks, and this week Reuters Group plc. gave those users another glimmer of hope when it announced that Version 5.0 of the Reuters Messaging service will federate with Microsoft Corp.'s and America Online Inc.'s consumer IM services.

For more on this:
- read full story from eweek.com, Nov 25 2005


2. Big Google Becomes Big Target

In 2001, about a dozen of Google's founding employees sat in a conference room trying to come up with a set of corporate values. After a while, one of them, an engineer, Paul Buchheit, said everything they were saying could be summed up by a simple phrase: "Don't Be Evil."

For more on this:
- read full story from New York Times, Nov 26 2005


3. Switching telcos/ISPs to get easier

Switching phone and internet providers needs to be made a lot easier if consumers and businesses are to benefit from increased competition in the UK's telco sector.

For more on this:
- read full story from theregister.co.uk, Nov 25 2005


4. Ad dollars threaten bloggers' rebel reputations

When Anita Campbell started her Web log about small-business trends two years ago, she thought it would simply be a service for her clients and help her consulting business grow.

For more on this:
- read full story from CNET news.com, Nov 27 2005


5. Sweden Aims to Bring Expo to Internet

There won't be any cotton candy, but most other treats of a world fair would be available in an Internet version of the global exposition being prepared in Sweden.

For more on this:
- read full story from Yahoo! News ,Nov 25 2005


6. Swisscom's Eircom deal lies in tatters

Swisscom's plans to acquire Irish incumbent Eircom have been ripped to shreds after the Swiss government said it would not allow the telco to make overseas investments for at least the next 12 moths.

For more on this:
- read full story from theregister.co.uk, Nov 25 2005


7. Kazaa gets stay; industry sees changes

The operator of the Kazaa file-sharing network on Friday said an Australian court would hear an appeal on a copyright case in late February conditional on Kazaa making some changes to its software in the mean time.

For more on this:
- read full story from Yahoo! News, Nov 25 2005


8. One in Six U.S. Web Users Sell Online

One in six U.S. Internet users have sold goods and services online and 2 percent do so on a given day, a new study found. Sales are typically done through such online classifed ads sites as Craigslist or through an auction like eBay, the Pew Internet and American Life Project said Sunday.

For more on this:
- read full story from Yahoo! News, Nov 27 2005