Internet news
| Closer ties with Facebook seeked by Microsoft | 25 Jul 08 |
| Microsoft, having but all but abandoned any hopes of tying up a deal with Yahoo!, is looking to Facebook to boost its search business as the two sign a deal. | |
| Intel revamps its system-on-a-chip designs | 24 Jul 08 |
| Intel on Thursday is expected to introduce the first products of a new generation of system-on-a-chip designs that will target several markets, including consumer electronics, mobile Internet devices, and embedded systems. | |
| Online woes for Microsoft hint at larger vulnerability | 24 Jul 08 |
| Microsoft has built its massive software business by watching other companies take the lead in emerging technology markets and then following fast with competitive products that eventually become dominant once those markets begin to pay out. | |
| Parents will be targeted in internet piracy deal | 24 Jul 08 |
| Six of the biggest Internet providers have agreed a plan to tackle piracy within the music and film industries, pledging to send warning letters to users suspected of illegal file-sharing. | |
