Yahoo reaches out beyond browser

1. Yahoo reaches out beyond browser

Web giant Yahoo has taken the first steps towards moving beyond the browser. It has announced plans to allow people to use Yahoo e-mail, messaging and other services on mobile phones and via the TV.

For more on this:
- read full story from BBC News, Jan 6 2006


2. Microsoft downplays Google threat

Bill Gates has played down the threat posed to Microsoft by competition from internet search giant Google. Google's meteoric rise and rivalry with Microsoft has increasingly become a fixation of the press, Mr Gates said.

For more on this:
- read full story from BBC News, Jan 6 2006


3. Google and Yahoo Aim at Another Screen

Two ascending Internet giants, Google and Yahoo, are to make plain today that they intend to move aggressively beyond the Internet browser and onto the television screen.

For more on this:
- read full story from The New York Times, Jan 6 2006


4. Yahoo expanding Web on TV, phones with Go service

Yahoo Inc. the world's largest Internet media company, on Friday unveiled a new service that will make using its Web, media and personal services as easy to use on mobile phones and TVs as on computers.

For more on this:
- read full story from reuters.com, Jan 6 2006


5. Cell Phone Includes Internet Telephony Capability

A new cell phone about to debut could drastically reduce your cell phone bill by splitting calls between cell networks and less-expensive VoIP over WiFi. UTStarcom's new GF200 cell phone, previewed here at CES, combines GSM and VoIP over WiFi. GSM is one of two main types of cell networks used in the U.S., while VoIP is Voice over IP or Internet telephony.

For more on this:
- read full story from Yahoo! News, Jan 7 2006


6. Yahoo CEO sees easier Internet access in '06

Yahoo CEO Terry Semel is intent on expanding the reach of the $58 billion Internet juggernaut to handheld devices and TVs. Friday at the Consumer Electronics Show, Semel will deliver a speech in which he shares details about plans and partners to extend Yahoo's many services, including search, instant messaging, photo sharing and Internet phone services.

For more on this:
- read full story from Yahoo! News, Jan 6 2006


7. Microsoft faces backlash after blocking Chinese blogger

Microsoft is under the spotlight over its blocking of a prominent Chinese Internet blogger, in the latest case of a major Western technology firm helping Beijing curtail free speech. The MSN Spaces-hosted web log, or blog, belonging to Beijing-based media researcher Zhao Jing was closed down this week after he posted articles critical of a management purge at the Beijing News daily.

For more on this:
- read full story from Yahoo! News, Jan 6 2006


8. EBay, PayPal Rank High on Phish Lists

If you've been receiving suspicious and likely phished e-mails purporting to be from eBay or PayPal, you're not alone. According to year-end 2005 data from research firm Netcraft, eBay and PayPal were the top phishing targets representing 62 percent of attacks.

For more on this:
- read full story from internetnews.com, Jan 6 2006


9. IM Security Is One Tough Sell

Each day, hundreds of millions of people communicate via instant messaging, a tool that lets users swap brief, chatty dispatches in a fraction of the time it takes to exchange e-mail. In the U.S. alone, 12% of the population is hooked. And legions are doing it on the clock.

For more on this:
- read full story from businessweek online, Jan 5 2006