Yahoo Pays $15M For Nebraska Building

Suppose you're going to start a diet on Sunday.  That means a fill-the-trunk trip to the bakery is in order on Saturday, right?  So Yahoo seems to think, as word has come that it paid about $15 million for a space in La Vista, Nebraska.

EU Aims For Broadband Access For All Europeans

The European Telecoms Commissioner Viviane Reding said today that all people in the European Union should have broadband access."High-speed Internet is the passport to the Information Society and an essential condition for economic growth. This is why it is this Commission's policy to make broadband Internet for all Europeans happen by 2010", said EU Telecoms Commissioner Viviane Reding.

Americans Anxious Over Online Privacy

The majority of Americans are concerned about what is being done with their personal information online according to a new poll from Consumer Reports.The poll found that 82 percent of people are concerned about their credit card numbers being stolen online, while 72 percent are concerned that their online activity is being tracked and profiled by companies.

Microsoft Adds Features to Live Search Maps

We often get so caught up in what Google is doing with Google Maps that we sometimes forget there are other map services out there like Microsoft's Live Search Maps. Well, they have reminded us today with the release of a bunch of new features.

Google Helps Presenters Prioritize Questions

Google has released a tool (in beta of course) called Google Moderator to help you prioritize questions for Q&A sessions. It's hosted by the Google App Engine and lets users submit questions directed toward certain people. Then others can vote on the question's worth. Google Platform Engineer Taliver Heath talks a little bit about how the tool came to fruition: