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Yahoo attempts to quell shareholder rebellion
The drama continues... 7 July 2008 14:12 GMT
Are the talks between Yahoo on or off? Is there anything to the rumours that both parties are consulting with Time Warner's AOL?

So many questions and yet more rumours today.

Yahoo is apparently currently trying to come up with an appeasement package...
AOL completes Bebo buy-out
AIM to be incorporated into social networking site 19 May 2008 14:56 GMT
AOL has just completed its $850 million acquisition of social networking website Bebo.

The site, statistically one of the most popular such properties in the UK, will become part of AOL's new People Networks business unit that also incorporates AIM, ICQ and...
Carphone Warehouse makes bid for Tiscali
£550m offer for UK ops 12 May 2008 17:46 GMT
The world wide web is awash with rumours today, notably the whispers that US retailer Best Buy could be after a whole host of UK electronics chains including Dixons, Currys and Comet.

And it seems the British company it already half owns,
The Carphone...
Best Buy stores coming to Europe
Following on from £1bn deal with Carphone Warehouse 8 May 2008 9:54 GMT
Carphone Warehouse is going to take on the consumer electronics world.

The British company, which has stores in eight European countries including France, Germany, Spain and Portugal as well as the UK, has signed a deal with American retail giant, Best Buy.
AOL teams up with Last.fm in Europe
Targets 21 million global visitors 7 May 2008 17:24 GMT
AOL Radio is now going to be available in Europe through Last.fm, the free global music site.

Following on from a recent deal between AOL and CBS Radio in the US, the company has now opted to target Last.fm's 21 million global visitors.

The service...
Time Warner to spin off cable TV biz
Bows to shareholder pressure 30 April 2008 16:40 GMT
Time Warner has announced that it is to spin off its cable TV business.

The announcement was made as the company published its quarterly results and admitted that its net profit has fallen 36% to $771m (£390m).

This indicates a continuing slide...
Microsoft ready to walk away from Yahoo
Ballmer says enough is enough 24 April 2008 10:32 GMT
Just days ago, Microsoft said it would continue to pursue Yahoo whatever its quarterly results (which were good) as the deadline for its $43.6 billion bid creeps ever closer.

But chief executive Steve Ballmer has now told a press conference packed with journalists...
Is Yahoo and AOL merger back on the table?
Rumours circulate web as Microsoft gets more frustrated 11 April 2008 16:58 GMT
So far this week, Microsoft's execs have given Yahoo a 3 week ultimatum to accept their takeover bid; Yahoo responded with a curt "Go away!"; then announced an ad-sharing deal with none other than its rival Google, which has stated firming that a Microsoft deal would be...
Google and Yahoo announce ad-sharing deal
Two-week trial to unsettle Microsoft? 10 April 2008 8:12 GMT
Yahoo and Google have announced a surprise deal that will see the two search engine giants sharing advertising space.

A 2-week "pilot" will see Google placing adverts along 3% of search results on Yahoo's US site.

Skeptics are suggesting the deal...
Microsoft could raise stakes in Yahoo takeover bid
Rumours that offer is to be increased 26 March 2008 12:07 GMT
It may have insisted time and time again that its $41.7 billion buyout bid for Yahoo is "fair"; but it seems Microsoft may soon be upping its offer.

Citigroup has reported that Microsoft is likely to raise its $31-per-share offer for Yahoo.

It added...
Today's Megawhat TV NEWS
Catch up with the tech news web tv show 14 March 2008 19:20 GMT
Switch on Megawhat TV now for our roundup of the biggest stories of the week from the world of gadgets and technology ... and what we think about them.

In the headlines this week - Katzenburg says Dreamworks' future is 3D; Bebo's buyout - what other implications...
Today's big stories on Megawhat TV NEWS
Catch up with the tech news web tv show 13 March 2008 19:20 GMT
Switch on Megawhat TV now for the biggest stories of the day from the world of gadgets and technology.

In the headlines today - Bebo is bought by AOL; EA Games is on the hunt; the Guitar Hero team faces a lawsuit as does Apple; and Canon launches a trio of compacts....
AOL buys Bebo for $850 million
Social networking firm snapped up 13 March 2008 12:49 GMT
It looks as if the rumours were true, although not quite on the money, so to speak, with Bebo's rumoured billion-dollar-buy-out just announced - but for a mere $850 million.

Time Warner's AOL has announced it will buy the social network for $850 million in...
Top 10 ISPs ranked
Does yours come out on top? 6 March 2008 10:18 GMT
An independent survey of 4000 UK households has ranked the top ten UK ISPs.

Broadband Choices asked customers to rate their internet service provider for quality and reliability, download time, clarity of billing and pricing, after sales support, value for...
Yahoo buys time in Microsoft wrangle
Postpones decision deadline 5 March 2008 17:34 GMT
Yahoo is using delay tactics in a bid to gain more time to either fight off Microsoft's $41.7 billion buyout bid or to get the computing giant to give it better terms.

Reuters is reporting that Yahoo has extended its deadline for nominating board directors.
AOL offers "Flexi" no-ties broadband packages
No contract, no cancellation fee 5 March 2008 12:08 GMT
AOL Broadband has launched wireless "Flexi" broadband that they claim is the first true no-ties broadband package with no cancellation fee.

The no-contract broadband offer means there's no minimum timescale to sign up to, users can cancel their broadband
AOL pulls plug on Netscape Navigator
Browser will no longer be supported come March 29 February 2008 14:26 GMT
AOL has confirmed that its browser, Netscape Navigator, will no longer be supported after 1 March 2008.

When the Internet took off, Navigator was the browser of choice used by more than 90% of people online.

But since the mid-1990s, its market...
Yahoo seeks merger with AOL
After rejecting Microsoft's hostile bid 12 February 2008 9:39 GMT
The Times is reporting that Yahoo is going to revive merger talks with AOL just 1 day after it rejected a hostile takeover bid by Microsoft.

The move is reported to be a bid to protect itself from the computing giant whose $45 billion (£23 billion) hostile bid...
AOL buys online marketing business
Plan to bolster online ad ops 7 February 2008 10:01 GMT
AOL, which is owned by Time Warner, has announced that it has bought buy.at, an online affiliate marketing network.

According to Reuters, the move is part of a wider scheme to increase its internet advertising operations.

Buy.at is a network in...
Netscape to be discontinued
Lack of users blamed 29 December 2007 19:32 GMT
AOL, the owners of the Netscape internet browser, has said it will not be offering support for the application after 1 February 2008.

The move, according to the company that bought the browser in 1999 is due to a lack of users.

"AOL's focus on...
Google connects AIM buddies with Gmail users
More people to talk to from your web browser 5 December 2007 1:18 GMT
Google has announced that it is allowing its Gmail users the chance to chat with AIM buddies from within the Gmail service.

The move means that users AIM contacts will appear intermingled among with their Gmail contacts.

The new feature will be...
AOL Mobile launches
"Web experience closer to PC than any other mobile portal" 21 November 2007 11:53 GMT
AOL UK has today launched AOL mobile, a new mobile internet portal with the claim of offering advanced functionality and a "real" internet user experience.

The new service pulls content straight from the channels on its internet portal and offering "Web Surf",...
Truevo video search engine launches in UK
One stop shop 31 October 2007 15:27 GMT
AOL's "Truveo" has launched into the UK market.

Truevo is a video search engine lets users search and browse through tens of millions of videos from thousands of sources across the web.

Truveo, that boasts 40 million users a month, claims to be...
Carphone Warehouse's free laptops hunt attracts a crowd
"'Ello, 'ello, 'ello, what's goin' on 'ere then?" 6 September 2007 15:19 GMT
The news about Carphone Warehouse's planned laptop giveaway on Thursday 6th obviously traveled fast after we ran a news story about it on Pocket-lint.co.uk.

In Southampton, one of the four cities targeted for the giveaway, police got involved in the publicity...
Carphone Warehouse giving away 200 laptops in four cities on Thursday
Newcastle, Manchester, Birmingham and Southampton to see freebies 5 September 2007 11:54 GMT
On Thursday 6th September The Carphone Warehouse will "set free" a total of 200 brand-new Dell laptops in Newcastle, Manchester, Birmingham and Southampton.

Laptops will be dropped off at various city centre locations in bags with wings – with the fortunate...