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Yahoo! to expand data sharing among friends online

Yahoo! is working to rewire the dozens of services across its site so that users can manage all information about themselves in a single place and share it with friends across…

Putting customers to work, Nokia takes on the web

As the internet goes mobile and companies such as Apple and Google find cool ways to embrace the trend, mobile market leader Nokia is rewriting its product development rulebook.…

Who needs IT experts? Workers take control

Savvy office workers frustrated that their on-the-job computer tools don’t function as smoothly as, say, an Apple iPod are taking matters into their own hands. No longer are they…

Ask.com abandons pursuit of Google

In a dramatic about-face, Ask.com is abandoning its effort to outshine internet search leader Google and will instead focus on a narrower market consisting of married women…

Microsoft launches new version of server tools

Microsoft launched a new version of its server operating system with great fanfare on Wednesday, but analysts said Windows Server 2008 is an incremental update rather than a…

The year of social networking

Online social-networking websites saw their ranks swell and values soar in 2007 as everyone from moody teenagers and mellow music lovers to mate-seeking seniors joined online…

Social networking frenzy points to web’s future

Social networking websites saw their ranks swell and values soar this year as everyone from moody teenagers and mellow music lovers to mate-seeking seniors joined online…

New search start-up hopes to rival Google

The dozens of entrepreneurs gathered for an exclusive high-tech conference in San Francisco this week all hoped to dazzle the crowd with their ingenuity. But one start-up,…