Microsoft Ready to Throw Big Bucks at Yahoo Search?

Well, Microsoft, you just cut 5000 jobs and missed your Wall Street estimates. What are you going to do now? If you guessed they’re going to Disney World, you’re wrong. No, according to Steve Ballmer, they’re looking to drop some big bucks on Yahoo search.

Socializing Advertising

In these uncertain economic times, advertisers need to make their ads count if they don't want to throw away precious dollars on ineffective Internet advertising. Online advertising is still a great way to market your business, as it is highly targeted, and can provide both an unparalleled branding appeal and instant conversion (depending on the nature of the ad). But effective ads must be engaging.…

Mr. Cauz, Tear Down This Wall

Fans of general resource material likely had mixed emotions about Encyclopedia Britannica president Jorge Cauz’s announcement and subsequent fightin’ words this week. Adding public editing Britannica.com is an exciting step, but bloviated rips on Wikipedia was all ooh and no ahh. That’s because there’s no need after all (for us, Google, or Wikipedia) to feel defensive—any thunder Cauz could bring down is still a long…

Hate Mowing Your Lawn?

RoboLabs has introduced a handy little product that could be the salvation for all the people out there who dread mowing their lawn. SmartMow Series-1 takes the work out of cutting your lawn by autonomously mowing your yard. After installing a perimeter wire in your yard, SmartMow can be activated by using a security card. It moves in a circular pattern to detect the perimeter…

The Pope Goes YouTube

The Vatican has launched its own YouTube Channel. Now the site is the destination of choice for both the President of the United States of America and the Pope.