Google has responded to a chorus of criticism over its Yahoo search advertising deal by launching YahooGoogleFacts.com, a site that spins Google’s side on the contentious deal.
The site includes slides, videos and details on why Google believes that the deal should be allowed to proceed without Government interference.
Google’s main line of defense is that the [...]

Yahoo is teaming up with RealNetworks to put music into search. Starting today, Yahoo will provide playable buttons right within its results when you search for artists who have streamable content available. The setup uses the in-browser FoxyTunes Player, which comes from RealNetworks/MTV-owned Rhapsody.
The service isn’t limitless, though: You’ll be able to listen [...]

With all the talk about Google Chrome traffic and the future of the Web, we thought we’d take a look back at the past and just how far some online services have evolved.
Our first Q-Rewind stop is in November of 1998, when a couple of dudes from Stanford set up a small search [...]

Yahoo has announced that it will be shutting Yahoo Mash, a little known Facebook competitor which apparently launched last year.
According to Mashable, users of Mash were sent a notice saying that the service would shut September 29. From what I can gather trying to login to the site, Mash never left closed invite only beta, [...]

Samsung will announce at the IFA industry fair in Germany this week that it will start offering internet access in its Series 7, 8 and 9 televisions in Canada, Australia, and Singapore and in selected countries in Europe this year. No word yet on availability in the United States.
The announcement includes Samsung’s inclusion in the [...]

Celebrity gossip TMZ is reporting that Terry Semel’s daughter Courtenay, formerly linked with actress Lindsay Lohan and currently dating MySpace and reality show star Tila Tequila, was arrested in Las Vegas last night.
The incident occurred at the club Pure at Caesars Palace, and Courtenay is alleged to have hit a Pure security guard in the [...]

Intel and Yahoo have just announced plans to create an interactive, Internet-based widget system for the TV.
The Widget Channel will use Intel’s new Media Processor CE 3100 along with Yahoo’s Widget Engine to bring Web content to a television platform. The technology will essentially deliver a degree of Web 2.0-type service to the TV, [...]

Yahoo has launched a new location-based platform for Web users and developers.
Fire Eagle lets users either manually enter their location throughout the day or authorize their cell phones or computer applications to do it for them. They can also set privacy preferences to determine who can access that information. Developers can then use [...]

Yahoo! Inc. will offer users greater choice in how they manage their privacy online by enabling them to opt-out of customized advertising on Yahoo.com.
This move came as Yahoo’s response to a letter sent by congressmen from the House Committee on Energy and Commerce asking 33 Internet ad telecommunications companies to detail their privacy policies. [...]

The cat’s out of the bag: HP, Intel, and Yahoo are teaming up to create a new testing center for cloud computing research.
The three companies announced the news this morning. They’re working with the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, along with research centers in Singapore and Germany, to create six “centers of excellence.” [...]

Yahoo has decided to challenge Microsoft on its home turf, with the new version of Zimbra taking the good fight to Microsoft Outlook.
Originial image credit: Wikimedia Commons. More on the new Zimbra here at The Inquisitr.

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Microsoft has now officially announced a new search and advertising deal with Facebook. Senior VP Satya Nadella revealed the development at the company’s annual financial meeting Thursday.
Under the arrangement, first reported by Reuters, Microsoft will provide all search functions and search advertising for the social network site via its Live utility. Microsoft [...]

Yahoo has a new plan to seemingly lure AOL and Gmail users into its service.
The company has released the beta version of Zimbra Desktop, an offline mail client marketed specifically to users of Yahoo Mail, AOL Mail, and Gmail. The utility offers POP and IMAP access as well as offline access to the iCal [...]