An assortment of Islamist/Jihadi websites have Western ISPs hosting them, with some of them hosted by the services of major Internet players.
Microsoft Joins Ask In Call For Privacy
Search engines have faced mounting scrutiny over their data retention and privacy practices, and Microsoft and Ask likely wish to head off potential increases in federal scrutiny.
Annual Revenue Surpasses $50 Billion for Microsoft
Microsoft has now announced revenue of $13.37 billion for the fourth quarter ending on the 30th of June 2007, that is a 13% increase over the same period of the prior year.
Firefox Kicking Microsoft Tail In Europe
Though Firefox usage has reached only 18 percent of the US market (quite the rise, actually), the browser is gaining much more ground in Europe, and the latest version is outpacing Microsoft’s Internet Explorer 7.
Microsoft Gains Not Our Loss, Says Yahoo
By the raw numbers, comScore’s assessment of June’s search market share showed a 2.9 point rise for Microsoft, while Google, Yahoo, and Ask collectively lost 2.9 points. Yahoo said the reason for this isn’t a zero-sum calculation.
Does Microsoft Deserve Facebook?
First of all, think I’m the only one going gung-ho about Facebook? You’re nuts.
ReadWriteWeb is doing a week of nothing but Facebook.
Microsoft Offering Ads On MSN And Ask
Participants in the Microsoft Office Live adManager Beta can fire up their search campaigns by purchasing ads for display on MSN and Live Search, and on Ask Sponsored Listings.
Microsoft Patent App Hints At Dark Future
The ability to display advertising to a web surfer based on the contents of their local drive may have a destination in Microsoft’s patent library.
Microsoft applied for a patent that will drive ads to an even greater level of personalization. Users of the company’s software may find this peek at the future a little more foreboding than usual.
Microsoft to Buy Facebook?
Rumor is that Microsoft is looking to close a deal to buy Facebook for the amazing sum of six billion dollars. Henry Blodget says that while he can’t confirm it, he has definitely heard that Steve Ballmer is desperately trying to make a big splash play to counter Google in the internet game.
Scoble: Microsoft Is Run By Geeks
Robert Scoble earned his fame through corporate blogging, not PR blogging, where messages are always sugared up, but through saying what he wanted about Microsoft while working at Microsoft. He’s on to other things now, but is still giving the Beast of Redmond the old what-for.