Yahoo has appointed a database guru to study links between computer and human-aided search. An ex-professor of computer sciences at UW-Madison called Raghu Ramakrishnan has been hired now in Yahoo Research assisting the company to define its social search plan. Yahoo peeps into social search as a main part of its plan against Google. Yahoo has invested profoundly in social search with the gaining of social bookmarking site del.icio.us and photo sharing site Flickr. Yahoo has also developed a service called Yahoo Answers which matches user questions with user answers.

Yahoo! the internet giant has now planned to proffer Norton Internet security software to its users to make their online practice more protected. Yahoo! will offer a package which will comprise security applications developed by Symantec. This application will save the users from cyber threats like spam, spy ware and identity theft.



Users can also avail Norton Antivirus and Norton Personal Firewall for more safety for their customers. This is an important deal for Yahoo!, because it wants to challenge Microsoft's entry in to protection application market by becoming a part of the industry themselves.

Usually, the transactions done in Taiwan are not charged. But now, there is a twist, Yahoo Taiwan Inc. plans to charge users for victorious deals on its sale or auction site. So as to carry on the improvement of service, abilities and competitiveness, we require spending much more finance and capital in the auction site. We believe users comprehend the necessity to initiate charging for this service," this was the statement made by the company on its website, for users.

This decision of the company to charge users may be quite risky, but then this may also be the right time. Because Rival eBay Inc. has set up its mind to move away its Taiwan site as it has signed the joint venture with local Internet auction operator PCHome Online Inc. in addition to it, Yahoo Taiwan also said that it’ll charge only sellers and not the buyers.

'The Pirates of the Caribbean Special' can be simply accessed by fans on MSN India for the picture memorabilia.

MSN India presents its fans a crowd of fascinating features based on the film. Fans can relate with the character Billy Bones, by adding him onto Windows Live Messenger and communicate with him while he unfurls the story in the form of an attractive game.

Fans can also win gratis movie tickets by entering into a competition featured on movie website, a series of choose the best answers will be put on.

MSN India has a crowd of other crucial thing for lovable admirers and users alike. They can download exhibit theme packs consisting of glitters based absolutely on the movie, pictures, backgrounds, soundtracks and also have contact to multimedia video games with the features from the movie.

Yahoo has decided to budge advance into the hands of mobile phone users, after signing a latest transaction with the world's number two handset maker - Motorola.

According to the internet giant's vice president of business development, Bruce Steward 'Yahoo Go for Mobile', which comprises of Yahoo email, search, and address book functions into a only wireless application, will soon be obtainable on a "broad range of (Motorola) phones", This will be the second deal of Yahoo with the second foremost mobile phone company - Motorola. At the commencement of the year, it declared a contract to pre-install the Yahoo Go software on a number of Nokia handsets in a variety of markets around the world.

SAN FRANCISCO, July 20, Google inc. has started testing a latest version of its hunt system. According to its creator "it will make finding information on the Web easier for the sightless or visually weakened".

The researcher of this project said, difficult graphical designs that crowd a lot of information onto large Web pages fare inadequately when a low vision user relies on screen enlargers that must increase small sections of a computer screen and make them colossal.

MSN Games is welcoming everyone to play Zuma, Luxor and few other web-games. More of all, it's for a good cause, too. Microsoft will donate one dollar to help YWCA programs for women and their families from every MSN Games badge you earn by gathering points during playing game.

The featured games include Zuma (July) and Luxor (August), along with Diner Dash2. Microsoft will donate another dollar if you buy the complete game during the six-week campaign period.

The cash contributed will set out towards occupation and skills training, housing and shelter aid, domestic violence revival, childcare and leadership development.

Microsoft made up a plan of changing the method of reporting financial results. The software giant will divide its results into five, rather than seven, groups. Alteration will include merging the Amusement via entertainment and mobile device units, as well as combining the unit that includes Office with the Microsoft.

Microsoft is also re-assigning the monetary results of its Exchange business, moving them from the Server and Tools unit to the Microsoft Business division, which encloses Office, Microsoft Business Solutions and other corporate software.

Its MSN unit will move to the Online Services Group, which will now comprise MSN and Windows Live.

Google has brought in click-to-play video advertisements for UK advertisers.

Promoters can now run this new set-up on the Google content network worldwide, just by uploading their preferred clip of up to two minutes length. Ads are customer-initiated, which means advertisers should draw enhanced prospects.

The charges for the ads are set on a cost-per-notion or price-per-click basis. Video ads vie in the ad auction with other text, image and flash ads for placement on a site.

Google also revealed that, both Fox and Paramount Studios have trialed with these new services.

In the first deal of its kind among internet competitors Yahoo and MSN Instant Messaging (IM) users from India and 14 other countries will be able to invite and chat with each other beginning from 13th July 2006. These 15 countries account for over 80 per cent of MSN and Yahoo's joint user base of around 350 million. The other countries will be covered in a phased way since they have language issues with IMs (for instance, Japan) that need to be sorted out.

MSN has about 240 million users while Yahoo has approximately 110 million. In India, MSN and Yahoo jointly are said to account for over 70 per cent of all IM users. Some experts foresee that IM traffic will surpass email traffic over the next one year.

Yahoo! encouraged users to create blogs and photo pages with text and pictures. Now, it wants users to make advertisements too.

On Monday, Yahoo advertises a new look for its facade by asking people to pull out the video camera, open up the editing software and create 12-second commercials for Yahoo. There'll be no prizes for this event. But Yahoo hopes the keenness of its customers will result in great work. The ads will be shown at video.yahoo.com.

"Advertisement by users is just enthusiastic alternative of having customers do testimonial for the site" said Yahoo Vice President Allen Olivo.

San Jose (US), July 17: Yahoo Inc is bringing up the finance section of its website with more interactive stock charts and other features to help it maintain its longtime lead over competitor financial information sites.

Peggy White, General Manager of Yahoo Finance said, "The redesigned web page commences today after being in progress for more than 18 months". She also added that "It's about laying more power in the hands of the user".

Gone is the static, two-dimensional stock chart where scrolling elsewhere on the page was required for getting supplementary data or a diverse timeline view. Instead, users can stay on the chart itself to sight main events such as splits or dividends or drag the timeline to a preferred period. Users can also type in specific dates to create a chart and contrast the presentation of multiple equities within the same graph. They can then easily print the modified chart or send it to others via e-mail.

Google has signed up a few partners who will supply clips for its hatchling Video Service.

The deals mean that visitors will be able to watch Wimbledon matches, documentaries and sitcoms via the Google video site. The partners have been signed up as Google starts on eight new versions of the clip-sharing site. France, Germany, Italy, Poland, the Netherlands, Spain, the UK and Canada now have national versions.

The deals with the series of partners are planned to entice people to visit the Google site and get them watching. Those posting video to the site, whether they are movie makers or amateurs, can make a decision whether to charge for the clips. To help pay for the site Google runs adverts beside videos that is posted.

A recent survey done in India showed that Yahoo! has emerged India's leading online brand in communication, 35% of the respondents evoke it as the initial website that comes to their intellect. This survey was done on the basis of 20,000 responses from the internet users and 5,500 responses from a land survey to make the findings more representative and interesting. Yahoo! was placed on the top as 'Communication Portal' and Google as 'King Of Information'.

Two new and forthcoming categories in which sustained growth is expected are mobile content and financial content. In this, Yahoo! and Google are second and third with 11 per cent and 10 percent share.

Google Maps received a set of glossy new features today, accessible to both Google Maps and the API users. Updates to the service comprise double-click to zoom, incessant zoom and some latest tabs below the search box.

There have been three tabs updated.The three tabs are "Search the map", "Find businesses" and "Get directions" are in a new tab format as seen in the picture above.

Google has been ordered to reveal the identity of one of its advertisers. The High Court has issued the decision to assist a potential copyright breach case.

Google had refused to reveal the identity of the advertiser to Helen Grant, who had protested that a Google advert led to a service which she claimed desecrated her copyright in an impending book. Google did not give the information, but the firm did counsel Grant to look for the High Court order forcing it to obey.

Rimer the Justice never heard the reason behind google refusing and made a statement that "it was because of an apparent duty of privacy to advertisers".

Very rapidly the term "google" has entered in common dialect. The word is so widely used that the Oxford English Dictionary added Google as a verb to its online edition. Few days before even Merriam-Webster added "google" (without the capital "G") as a general term, meaning "to use the Google search engine to get information on the World Wide Web".

When Editor Peter Sokolowski of Merriam Webster Associate was asked the reason behind adding this word he said "It's a consequence of us finding the word used in print so frequently that we feel it's appropriate to add it in our dictionary".

The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO - New Delhi) head has expressed worry at high resolution satellite pictures displayed by Google and said authorities should hold a conversation with it over the display of imagery of some of the country's sensitive places. Google Earth, a website launched by the Internet search engine last year, permits users to view the satellite snaps.

When Mr. Nair was asked 'How Google can be stopped from displaying images of sensitive locations?' he said "We need to have a discussion with them, persuade them that in the global interest, particularly in the security environment we are facing today, we should not be putting fine details on a public domain."

Several governments, counting South Korea and Thailand, have expressed alike anxiety.

Stephen Hawking famous British astrophysicist and best-selling author has turned to Yahoo Answers, a new trait in which anyone can post a query for fellow Internet users and can get numerous views. By Friday afternoon, nearly 17,000 Yahoo Inc. users had responded.

Hawking's question was "In a world that is in chaos politically, socially and environmentally, how can the human race sustain another 100 years?"

Some of the answers were petite "get rid of nuclear weapons" and others vague "Somehow we will." Many were doubtful: "I don't think it is possible unless we expand into space". A number of people suggested "thinking differently, ending bickering or fostering cooperation".

Hawking is one of 10 personality questioners Yahoo has put on as part of its "Ask The Planet" campaign.

The Google AdWords blog has proclaimed latest alters that will be seen next week that will consequence in some advertisers faced with higher minimum offers to keep their campaigns running on AdWords, as a result in changes being made to the 'landing page quality score' algorithm. AdWords is aiming to bring down those landing pages that tender a poor user experience to those who click the ads.

Next week, the new algorithm for the 'landing page quality score' will be out, and affected advertisers will see their lowest offer prices changed in the AdWords account. Google stresses only a small figure of advertisers will be affected, and offers help for those advertisers who feel they have been incorrectly impacted by the new changes.

Google has launched its Google Pack service in the UK, offering Web users a free compilation of software from Google and its associate companies. Obtainable as a beta test, the bundled software is intended to assist customers handle their digital information. Along with many Google services, such as Toolbar and its desktop search tool, the pack UK comprises Realplayer, photo sharing service Picasa, screensaver software GalleryPlayer, Norton Antivirus and an anti-spyware wrap up. The set includes the Google Updater, which astutely downloads, puts in and upholds all the software in the Google Pack.

More of all users can also choose which programs they desire to put in. For programs previously installed on a computer, Google Updater will notice them and make sure whether the latest version is running. If it is not available or if the latest version is not running then it will install the newest version.

The Tour de France has developed some orderly 3d ways with Google Earth so that one can travel beside their preferred conditions. The Google Earth tool will show users stage cities, results, departures and arrival lines. People around world are in fact very astonished with the magnificent proffer availed by google.

Google said that it has fixed up a security error in Google Reader on July 5th that could have permitted a hacker to take sensitive information from web servers. Lately on the same day Google issued a statement that said: " we learned of a slight safety error today and worked rapidly to get relief from the problem, which has now been resolved, we encourage all helplessness reporters to follow responsible disclosure and notify vendors first before making the weakness public." The blog posting asked google that "what is the suggestion for this attack for google."

It was astonishing when the US search engines were dressing up on July 4th, wonder for what? It was to celebrate Independence day of United States in their own way, ASK was rejoicing by adding a fireworks wallpaper, Google Showed two bopping animals and Yahoo used elements from Lady liberty in their logo keeping the lamp high, MSN never had a interesting factor but had few wishes on the homepage.

People were truly impressed with the wonderful Logo and the diverse way of celebrations on the home page of search engines.

In its quest to "organize the world's information", Google now desires to maintain track of your credit card number and where you reside. The company last week initiated Google Checkout, a service that will permit users to purchase from online stores using imbursement and shipping information they keep on file with Google.

Ads on Google.com from companies that agree to Google Checkout will exhibit a tiny picture of a shopping cart. Clicking on the ad will take customers to the promoters Web site, as it does now. When customers make a decision to purchase something, they will be offered the option to sign into Google Checkout and use the credit card and address information on file there. Customers that do not have accounts with Google will be encouraged to set them up.

Google may get several supplementary profits from the checkout service. It will encourage more users to register and give it private data, permitting Google to display advertising based on specific quality of the spectator. More of all, the information the corporation gets from dealings could help it recover the way it chooses which advertising to show to which users.