Delaware Chancery Court Judge William B. Chandler III apparently doesn’t love the idea of poison pills. A settlement he approved would make it much less expensive – and therefore much more appealing – for a company to acquire Yahoo.
FCC Clears Free Wireless Broadband
Free speech issues weren’t enough to knock down FCC Chairman Kevin Martin’s push-through of a free national wireless Internet initiative, but few were talking about those free speech issues anyway. T-Mobile’s and Deutsche Telekom AG’s arguments about signal interference—which is the cry-wolf line of the wireless industry these days–weren’t either; after successful testing in Seattle, free wireless Internet is on the way.
Microsoft Clears Up Vista SP1 Issue
Installation processes for a Vista Service Pack 1 prerequisite caused some people to experience endless rebooting.
FTC Clears Fox Interactive To Buy Photobucket
The FTC has no objections; Fox Interactive Media is free to acquire Photobucket. As a result, the photo-sharing site will probably get snapped up in the near future.
Turkey Day Smoke Clears, Winners Emerge
After all is clicked and bought, Thanksgiving weekend numbers are in with clear retail sector winners. While Best Buy, eBay, Wal-Mart, and Amazon (the four horsemen?) are directing all the Web traffic, it is still unclear which day, Thanksgiving, Black Friday, or Cyber Monday, pulls in the most shoppers.
MSN Spaces Clears Space For Ads
Bloggers who use MSN Spaces for their posts can place advertising on their blogs now, with options for Amazon associates and Kanoodle ads offered.
Supreme Court Clears Arthur Andersen’s Name
Yesterday, accounting firm Arthur Andersen’s conviction was overturned by the United States Supreme Court. The conviction was for obstructing justice by destroying documents related to Enron before it fell apart.
Search Engine Wars: After the Smoke Clears Who’s Still Standing?
There have been a lot of changes on the search engine front in the past year; so many that it’s hard to keep track of who’s still a major player, and who isn’t. With so many services turning to “Pay for Submission” and “Pay per Click” models, there aren’t a lot left that still accept free submissions. And of those that do, it’s hard to tell exactly which ones are worth your time.