http://www.earthtimes.org The Earth Times online newspaper, serving the planet with Internet and web news that matters en-us PHP/4.4.4 http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/221100,microsoft-reorganizes-its-online-services.html New York - Microsoft Corp was to reorganize its online services to try to increase focus on its internet business as the head of its online division was set to leave the company, The Wall Street Journal said Thursday. Microsoft announced Wednesday th... Internet,Technology Thu, 24 Jul 2008 06:54:01 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/221100,microsoft-reorganizes-its-online-services.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/221018,report-google-to-buy-social-news-site-digg.html San Francisco - Internet search leader Google has signed a letter of intent with Digg to purchase the social news site for around 200 million dollars, the influential technology blog TechCrunch reported Tuesday. The report said the deal would be fina... Internet,Technology Wed, 23 Jul 2008 20:33:02 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/221018,report-google-to-buy-social-news-site-digg.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/220758,yahoo-earnings-drop-18-per-cent-to-131-million-dollars.html San Francisco - Yahoo reported an 18 per cent drop in second quarter profits Tuesday putting more pressure on the company in the aftermath of a shareholder revolt and the controversy over Microsoft's aborted attempt to buy the company. The Silicon Va... Internet,Technology Tue, 22 Jul 2008 21:49:01 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/220758,yahoo-earnings-drop-18-per-cent-to-131-million-dollars.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/220414,yahoo-strikes-deal-with-icahn-keeping-microsoft-in-mind--summary.html San Francisco - Internet services company Yahoo said Monday it had struck a compromise deal with rebel shareholder Carl Icahn, giving him and his associates three seats on the board. In return, billionaire corporate raider Icahn will drop his bid to ... Internet,Technology Mon, 21 Jul 2008 16:49:00 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/220414,yahoo-strikes-deal-with-icahn-keeping-microsoft-in-mind--summary.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/220388,yahoo-strikes-compromise-deal-with-shareholder-icahn--update.html San Francisco - Internet services company Yahoo said Monday it had struck a compromise deal with rebel shareholder Carl Icahn, giving him and his associates three seats on the board. In return, billionaire corporate raider Icahn will drop his bid to ... Internet,Technology Mon, 21 Jul 2008 15:38:08 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/220388,yahoo-strikes-compromise-deal-with-shareholder-icahn--update.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/220096,new-options-for-web-addresses-soon-to-be-available.html Berlin - Internet users will soon have more options for selecting the name of their web site. Traditional endings like .com or . org will soon be supplemented with many new ones, such as .sports, .perfume, or .paris. Companies or individuals... Internet,Technology Sun, 20 Jul 2008 03:11:01 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/220096,new-options-for-web-addresses-soon-to-be-available.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/219944,major-shareholder-backs-yahoo-board.html San Francisco - Yahoo's board received a major boost Friday in its effort to resist Carl Icahn's rebellion, as Legg Mason Capital Management, one of the company's largest shareholders, announced its support for the current leadership. We believe the... Internet,Technology Fri, 18 Jul 2008 16:31:01 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/219944,major-shareholder-backs-yahoo-board.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/219659,yahoo-microsoft-plan-would-destroy-value.html San Francisco - In a sharp letter to stockholders Yahoo chairman Roy Bostock and CEO Jerry Yang said that the alliance between investor Carl Icahn and Microsoft would destroy shareholder value with a plan that they called stupefying. The letter ca... Internet,Technology Thu, 17 Jul 2008 14:52:01 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/219659,yahoo-microsoft-plan-would-destroy-value.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/219505,fashion-blogs-turn-internet-into-catwalk.html Düsseldorf - Glossy fashion magazines are getting competition from internet fashion blogs that are not only cheaper but also faster. Before new trends from the catwalks and the streets arrive on the pages of the fashion magazines, they already are po... Internet,Technology Thu, 17 Jul 2008 03:13:03 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/219505,fashion-blogs-turn-internet-into-catwalk.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/219043,online-advertising-surpasses-radio-commercials-in-germany.html Hamburg - Online advertising revenue surpassed radio commercials sales in Germany this year for the first time, according to Nielsen Media Research figures Tuesday that underlined the growing importance of the internet. Nielsen assessed German spendi... Internet,Technology Tue, 15 Jul 2008 12:08:08 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/219043,online-advertising-surpasses-radio-commercials-in-germany.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/219035,romania-arrests-24-in-internet-crime-sweep.html Bucharest - Romanian authorities Tuesday arrested 24 people suspected of bilking people in the United States with computer crimes including credit card fraud, news reports said. The suspects were arrested in raids across the country after a six-month... Internet,Technology Tue, 15 Jul 2008 11:47:00 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/219035,romania-arrests-24-in-internet-crime-sweep.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/218589,only-13-per-cent-of-internet-users-employ-vista-online.html Hamburg - Windows XP remains the most common computer operating system among internet users, according to a survey conducted by a German marketing firm. According to a survey by Fittkau & Maass, 75.8 per cent of internet surfers use Windows XP while ... Internet,Technology Sun, 13 Jul 2008 03:13:00 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/218589,only-13-per-cent-of-internet-users-employ-vista-online.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/217619,russian-judiciary-classifies-negative-blog-comments-as-crime.html Moscow - The Russian judicial authorities have classified negative comments about the police on the internet as a crime for the first time, prompting protests from human rights groups, according to a report in Tuesday's Kommersant newspaper. A court ... Internet,Technology Tue, 08 Jul 2008 15:14:00 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/217619,russian-judiciary-classifies-negative-blog-comments-as-crime.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/217240,malaysia-to-enforce-strict-guidelines-on-internet-cafes.html Kuala Lumpur - Malaysia has announced plans to enforce strict guidelines on all shops offering internet services, or cyber cafes, in a move to cut-down on rising crime rates, official reports said Monday. All cyber cafes would have to close by midnig... Internet,Technology Mon, 07 Jul 2008 10:07:03 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/217240,malaysia-to-enforce-strict-guidelines-on-internet-cafes.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/216794,microsoft-and-yahoo-still-pursue-deal.html San Francisco - Yahoo is holding separate talks with the same business partners courted by Microsoft in its takeover bid of the company, the Wall Street Journal reported Thursday. The talks come amid a flurry of activity ahead of a proxy shareholder ... Internet,Technology Thu, 03 Jul 2008 18:49:05 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/216794,microsoft-and-yahoo-still-pursue-deal.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/216500,microsoft-and-yahoo-still-pursue-deal.html San Francisco - Microsoft and Yahoo are still actively pursuing a deal, but current discussions involve the participation of partners like News Corp and Time Warner that could lead to the break-up of Yahoo, the Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday.... Internet,Technology Wed, 02 Jul 2008 17:01:05 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/216500,microsoft-and-yahoo-still-pursue-deal.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/215959,cyber-attack-on-lithuanian-websites.html Vilnius - Some 300 websites in the Baltic nation of Lithuania were targetted in a cyber assault reminiscent of attacks on computer networks in Estonia in 2007, local media reported on Monday. The sites' regular content was blocked out by a red backgr... Internet,Technology Mon, 30 Jun 2008 16:27:00 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/215959,cyber-attack-on-lithuanian-websites.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/215547,auctioneer-ebay-shelves-controversial-paypal-policy.html Sydney - The Australian affiliate of internet auctioneer eBay announced Saturday it would postpone the implementation of its controversial PayPal- or cash-only policy, pending the outcome of an inquiry by the country's consumer watchdog. The Australi... Internet,Technology Sat, 28 Jun 2008 07:11:05 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/215547,auctioneer-ebay-shelves-controversial-paypal-policy.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/215035,singapore-pc-penetration-likely-to-be-tops-in-asia-pacific-by.html Singapore - Singapore is forecast to have the highest number of personal computers (PCs) per 1,000 people in the Asia-Pacific region by 2012, an information-technology research firm said Friday. Gartner Inc projected the city-state would have 4.5 mil... Internet,Technology Thu, 26 Jun 2008 05:37:02 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/215035,singapore-pc-penetration-likely-to-be-tops-in-asia-pacific-by.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/214869,belarus-internet-news-sites-shut-down-to-protest-new-press.html Minsk - A group of independent Belarusian Internet news sites shut down Wednesday to protest new laws tightening government control over the media. More than a dozen websites - one of the few sources of independently-reported news in the authoritaria... Internet,Technology Wed, 25 Jun 2008 14:27:01 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/214869,belarus-internet-news-sites-shut-down-to-protest-new-press.html