An investigation has been opened by the US Department of Justice into a possible breach of antitrust laws after Yahoo! announced Google Adsense would be implemented in limited trials on Yahoo! search results, in an effort to scupper Microsofts hostile ultimatum to accept a $44.6bn takeover bid.
Concerns were raised by regulators after a telephone call [...]

After Microsoft recently threatened Yahoo! with a 3-week ultimatum to “accept our offer or else” (the ‘or else’ being a hostile take-over), Yahoo! have responded with a bewidlering tactic to try and gain leverage in the bitter talks. For two weeks, Yahoo! will be implementing Google Adsense into Yahoo! search.
The move is said by a [...]

A court has ruled that a lawsuit brought against Yahoo! owned Overture for displaying ads for competitors when a trademark was entered as a search-term is “totally without merit”.
The case was brought when the owner of a London based catering business, Victor Wilson, sued Yahoo! UK, and Overture for trademark infringement by placing sponsored links [...]

Curious about Yahoo!’s new live webcam chat service, I sat in on a short session hosted by Digg’s Kevin Rose, hoping to find fault with the service and gather plenty of ammunition info for a review.
I wasn’t disappointed, and immediately the bugs and frustrations began to appear.
I tried to set up my camera - no [...]

Google’s Senior Vice President, David Drummond has issued a damning response to Microsoft’s bid to buy out search-rival, Yahoo! in an official statement which should serve to fan the flames, describing Microsoft’s influence as ‘Illegal’ and ‘Inappropriate’.
Using the Official Google Blog as a platform, Drummond says..
“While the Internet rewards competitive innovation, Microsoft has frequently sought [...]

As both firms struggle to compete with Google’s stranglehold on the web, Microsoft has made an offer of $44.6bn in cash and shares to buy out Yahoo! in a bid to compete with Google and restore it’s failing monopoly.
Yahoo! are said to be taking the offer seriously, after announcing a $300m spend this year to [...]

I don’t mean to be alarmist, but I do love a catchy headline, and nothing beats scaring the crap out of your readers. I enjoy it.
But on a serious note, these dangers are real - and they’re approaching fast, so if you want to avoid the top 5 web startup hazards of 2008, read on.. [...]

When you sign up to a web service, do you know who you’re dealing with? A common rant of mine is when a company gets too big, they get…well… a bit evil. Here’s a quick run-down of websites that are going straight to hell…

1. Yahoo! - Search giant Yahoo! have plenty to shout about when [...]

I haven’t used MyBlogLog in a few months (previously under another account) as it was starting to turn into a giant SEO tool for bloggers, where only the most dedicated spammers and click-happy users got noticed amongst the mass of faceless self-promotion, and although my last community grew to a reasonable size, the experience was [...]