JibJab takes aim at outsourcing

1. JibJab takes aim at outsourcing

JibJab is moving its satirical sights from presidential politics to retail mega-stores and the outsourcing of U.S. jobs.

The latest Web animation from the Spiridellis brothers also marks a switch in online allies for JibJab, from Yahoo to Microsoft's MSN.

For more on this:
- read full story from CNET News.com, Oct 13 2005


2. A Google Wallet Tale Unfolds

There are fresh signs that Google is preparing an online payment service, code-named Google Wallet, that would compete with Internet stalwarts eBay and PayPal.

For more on this Google:
- read full story from eweek.com, Oct 13 2005


3. Google To Host Home-Video Uploads

Move over blogging -- here comes Internet-based home video, to a Google server near you.

While there’s no formal announcement yet, Google co-founder Larry Page said Monday that the well-known search engine concern would soon let the general public upload self-produced videos to Google’s servers, partly in an effort to learn more about how to more efficiently search and display information about video-based data.

For more information on this:
- read full story from Yahoo! News, Oct 14 2005


4. Japan to Offer VoIP for Cell Phones

Japan is readying a new network for cell phones that will allow people to connect to the Internet to talk over the phone more cheaply and transmit data more quickly.

The government plans to introduce mobile Voice over Internet telephony by 2007, officials said Thursday.

For more on this:
- read full story from Yahoo! News, Oct 13 2005


5. 'Be' Broadband updates on 24 meg service

Broadband ISP "Be There" has issued an update on the progress it's made so far in providing unbundled broadband in London.

For more on this:
- read full story from thregister.co.uk, Oct 14 2005


6. Nokia E-phones might finally mean business

When Nokia launched its most serious business phone yet, the 9210 Communicator four years ago, TV adverts to promote the device showed executives in suits doing stunts on pedal scooters.

For more on this:
- read full story from theregister.co.uk, Oct 13 2005


7. Sky plans broadband assault

BSkyB is considering plans to buy a broadband telco so that it can go head-to-head with BT and NTL/Telewest.

The Rupert Murdoch-owned satellite broadcaster is also prepared to invest up to £200m in local loop unbundling in a bid to provide phone and broadband services direct to end users, reports The Guardian.

For more on this:
- read full story from theregister.co.uk, Oct 13 2005


8. Yahoo Bars Illicit Chat Rooms

Yahoo is slamming the doors to chat rooms with names that may promote sex between adults and minors as part of an agreement with law enforcement agencies.

For more on this:
- read full story from internetnews.com, Oct 13 2005

AMD's Q3 Profit Jumps 73%

1. AMD's Q3 Profit Jumps 73%

Advanced Micro Devices said Tuesday it posted 73 percent higher third-quarter profits that topped Wall Street expectations thanks to strong computer chip sales.

For more on AMD:
- read full story from redherring.com, Oct 11 2005


2. United States of Spam

The United States is still the superpower of spam, beating China and South Korea to reclaim the dubious honour in the latest survey of the origin of unwanted e-mail clogging the world's inboxes.

For more on this:
- read full story from scmp.com, Oct 13 2005


3. Instant message providers hook up

Microsoft and Yahoo are linking up their free instant messaging services, giving the two extra muscle to compete against market leader AOL.

For more on this:
- read full story from BBC News, Oct 12 2005


4. Spam or reward? Software lets you decide

One person's junk mail is another person's discount offer. Boston-based Compete this week launched software that allows consumers to give permission to marketers to target them in exchange for special offers and other information.

For more on this:
- read full story from CNET News.com, Oct 12 2005


5. Microsoft, Yahoo Reach IM Partnership

Microsoft Corp. and Yahoo Inc. (Nasdaq:YHOO - news)'s move to make their instant messaging programs work together comes just as the popular communications tool is beginning to expand into such fields as video chatting and Internet telephone functions.

For more on this:
- read full story from Yahoo! News, Oct 12 2005

6. Microsoft, Yahoo Reach IM Partnership Akonix Launches IM Security And Compliance Agent For Remote Users

Akonix Systems Inc., San Diego, has launched L7 Remote User Agent, providing instant messaging security and logging capabilities for mobile workforces.

For more on this:
- read full story from messagingpipeline.com, Oct 12 2005


7. Bacon Raton keeps US at top of spam charts

The US has yet again topped a list of spam producing countries. One in four (26.4 per cent) of the spam messages intercepted by security firm Sophos's global network of spam traps between April - September, 2005 came from the USA.

For more on this:
- read full story from theregister.co.uk, Oct 12 2005


8. Skype Makes USB Phone Push

Skype wants to build up support for its VoIP service on phones so its bringing one of its Asian partners in to fill the gap, officials announced Wednesday.

For more on Skype:
- read full story from theinternetnews.com, Oct 12 2005


9. AOL Wooed By Comcast, Google

Search giant Google and cable giant Comcast are reportedly negotiating to purchase a stake in Time Warner's America Online unit, according to the Wall Street Journal. This follows on the heels of recent reports that Microsoft was interested in investing in AOL in a deal that would merge the MSN Internet portal with AOL. Those talks reportedly stalled in late summer.

For more on AOL:
- read full story from theinternetnews.com, Oct 12 2005

Microsoft Opens Hotmail Kahuna Beta

1. Microsoft Opens Hotmail Kahuna Beta

Microsoft on Monday expanded the beta test program for its revamped Hotmail service, code named "Kahuna," to the general public.

For more on this:
- read full story from messagingpipeline.com, Oct 10 2005


2. Sources: Microsoft, Yahoo Reach IM Deal

Microsoft Corp. and Yahoo Inc. (Nasdaq:YHOO - news) have agreed to make their two instant-messaging programs work together, a partnership that could threaten market leader America Online, people familiar with the situation said.

For more on this:
- read full story from Yahoo! News, Oct 11 2005


3. AT&T Internet call service to require location

AT&T Corp. said on Tuesday it would suspend Internet phone service for subscribers who fail to keep their location up to date when they move around with the mobile service.

For more on AT&T:
- read full story from Yahoo! News, Oct 11 2005


4. Yahoo expands news searches to include blogs

Yahoo Inc. (Nasdaq:YHOO - news) said on Monday it will begin featuring the work of self-published Web bloggers side-by-side with the work of professional journalists, leveling distinctions between the two.

For more on this:
- read full story from Yahoo! News, Oct 11 2005


5. Oracle buys open-source database firm

Database heavyweight Oracle has acquired Innobase Oy, a privately held Finnish company with close ties to open-source database company MySQL.

For more on this:
- read full story from Yahoo! News, Oct 10 2005


6. CipherTrust Tackles IM Security

As IT administrators start to pay more heed to instant messaging usage in the enterprise, vendors in the e-mail security space are extending their technologies to IM.

For more on this:
- read full story from eweek.com, Oct 10 2005


7. Data on Billions of Web Pages Made Available

Amazon.com's Alexa Internet division has launched a service for developers today that offers over a hundred terabytes (define) of Web site information. Alexa Internet, which has been crawling the Web since 1996, said it has data on some 4.5 billion Web pages covering 16 million sites.

For more on this:
- read full story from internetnews.com, Oct 11 2005


8. Cyber-Catharsis: Bloggers Use Web Sites as Therapy

Walker White never kept a diary, but when his wife, Lindsay, was diagnosed with lymphoma in April, he started a Web log.

For more on this:
- read full story from washingtonpost.com, Oct 12 2005

Agency Deploys IM Service For Emergency Response

1. Agency Deploys IM Service For Emergency Response

For secure instant messaging and to quickly locate personnel to respond to county emergencies, the state of Minnesota’s Ramsey County Division of Emergency Management and Homeland Security (EMHS)has implemented Ominpod's Professional Online Desktop (POD) hosted IM service to better deploy volunteers when disaster strikes.

For more on this:
- read full story from messagingpipeline.com, Oct 7 2005


2. AOL Offers AIM License To Bloggers, Podcasters

America Online Inc. on Thursday started offering at no charge a license that allows non-commercial use of its popular instant messaging service, a move meant to attract bloggers, podcasters and other Web site operators.

For more on this:
- read full story from messagingpipeline.com, Oct 6 2005


3. MSN Opens U.S. adCenter Pilot

MSN quietly put out a call for U.S. testers of adCenter, its new pay-per-click advertising platform, on Thursday.
The team sent private e-mail invitations to selected companies and asked them to spread the word.

For more on this:
- read full story from internetnews.com, Oct 7 2005


4. ISP should not identify blogger - court

In a victory for free speech on the internet, the Delaware Supreme Court on Wednesday reversed a lower court ruling that a council official, suing over remarks posted online by an unknown blogger, could force the blogger’s ISP to reveal his identity.

For more on this:
- read full story from theregister.co.uk, Oct 7 2005


5. Yahoo to launch podcast search site

Yahoo is expected to launch on Monday a podcast service that offers access to much of the streaming audio on the Web and features user reviews and other information about the programming.

For more on this:
- read full story from CNET news.com, Oct 9 2005


6. Microsoft Revamps, Rebrands Sybari Anti-Virus

Less than a year after its acquisition of enterprise anti-virus vendor Sybari Software Inc., Microsoft Corp. is revamping and rebranding the flagship Antigen product line.

For more on this:
- read full story from eweek.com, Oct 6 2005


7. Connection restored between feuding Net providers

Traffic resumed between two feuding Internet access providers on Friday, mending a rift that had blocked off portions of the Internet for thousands of users over the past two days.

For more on this:
- read full story from Yahoo! News, Oct 7 2005


8. Hackers jailed over global virus

Two hackers have been jailed for helping to create a virus that infected thousands of computers worldwide.
Andrew Harvey, 24, of Sherburn Village, Co Durham, was jailed for six months, and Jordan Bradley, 22, of Darlington, was jailed for three months, on Friday.

For more on this:
- read full story from BBC News, Oct 7 2005