Yahoo's revenue dropped slightly but earnings rose during the third quarter, the first complete one under the helm of new CEO Marissa Mayer. Revenue came in at $1.2 billion in the quarter ended Sept. 30, down 1% year on year. Subtracting ...
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When it comes to consumers' rights to control their own browsers, everybody wants to sound like they're pro-choice. But with many millions of advertising dollars on the line, the definition of pro-choice tends to align with the financial ...
Google yesterday made good on a promise from earlier this year and shipped Chrome 23 with the "Do Not Track" privacy feature. In September, Google added a Do Not Track (DNT) option to Chrome's precursor, the open-source Chromium, and ...
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Yahoo has appointed Henrique de Castro as chief operating officer (COO), just three months after appointing another Google executive, Marissa Mayer as chief executive officer (CEO). De Castro is to oversee global sales, operations, media ...
Customers of British internet service provider (ISP) UK2 have been unable to receive emails from any Yahoo/BT Internet accounts for the past week, due to the two firms blocking their IP addresses. Computer Weekly has seen an email from ...
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This is the third in a series of interviews with C-level executives responsible for cyber security and privacy in business and government, who also happen to be thought leaders. (Remember, as I mentioned previously, "C-level executive" and ...
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SQL injection (SQLi) attacks rose 69% in the second quarter of 2012 compared with the previous quarter, according to the latest report from secure cloud hosting firm FireHost. FireHost said that, between April and June, it blocked nearly ...
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Yahoo has acquired a video chat startup OnTheAir as the company focuses on mobile applications and services. "When we first met with the team at Yahoo!, it was clear that everybody there is committed to making mobile products the backbone ...
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Infoworld - Google's Dart programming language, envisioned as a JavaScript rival, has for the first time cracked a monthly Top 50 list of the most popular programming languages. Launched in late-2011, Google has intended for Dart to be a ...
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IDG News Service - Google on Thursday dismissed the possibility that a new wave of pharmacy, penny stock and e-card spam emails are being sent by Android spam botnets. "Our analysis suggests that spammers are using infected computers and ...
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Yahoo today said it has fixed the flaw that allowed hackers to steal more than 450,000 passwords from one of its many services. The company also provided more information about whose passwords had been pilfered. "We have...now fixed ...
Windows malware slipped past Apple's eye and has been found tucked into software available on the company's iOS App Store. Although the malware, labeled a worm by Microsoft and tagged as "Win32/VB.CB" by the company, is ineffective ...
Yahoo has partnered with Media.net to launch an ad network for Web publishers that will compete against Google's AdSense and similar services. The service, called Yahoo Bing Network Contextual Ads, will place ads on the websites of ...
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Microsoft has bought multi-factor authentication specialist PhoneFactor with the goal of integrating the company's technology into its cloud services and on-premises applications. PhoneFactor, based in Overland Park, Kan., sells ...
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Yahoo's new CEO, Marissa Mayer, is expected to unveil her plan to turn around the ailing Internet company on Tuesday. Industry analysts say it's time for Mayer, who joined Yahoo in July, to lay out a vision for the company's future that ...
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