Archive for May, 2006

Tie-ups between internet giants ‘likely

Wednesday, May 24th, 2006

Speculation is rife on Wall Street that a big internet deal or alliance is in the works, with Google, Yahoo, eBay or Microsoft as possible partners - and a Yahoo-eBay partnership seen as most likely.
“A partnership or merger between eBay and Yahoo! is the most strategically feasible,” a report authored by analyst Imran Khan and […]

TheBroth

Tuesday, May 23rd, 2006

I just found this site called theBroth, where you can drag colored tiles around the page, and collabote with other people online. Please visit my sproutworks room and help make a picture.

http://www.thebroth.com/sproutworks

TheBroth runs with PHP/MySQL, and AJAX for the interactive parts.

SproutZoo is now online

Monday, May 22nd, 2006

SproutZoo, the latest site from SproutWorks, is now online. SproutZoo is a photographic archive of the San Diego Zoo. It will evolve from a simple gallery to a searchable database of animal & plant information. It currently contains about 400 pictures, and more will be added periodically.

Please visit SproutZoo today :)
http://www.sproutzoo.com

Skype bug may expose user data

Saturday, May 20th, 2006

Skype Technologies has updated its popular Skype Internet telephony software to fix a security bug that could expose sensitive data.
The flaw could let an attacker construct a Skype hyperlink which, when clicked on by the target, sends a file from the victim’s computer to another Skype user, the company said in a security alert published […]

Symantec, McAfee join effort to trap pirates on eBay

Thursday, May 18th, 2006

Auction Info
Two of the world’s largest antivirus software vendors are launching legal action against software pirates selling illegal versions of well-known security products on eBay.

Skype launches free call promotion in US and Canada

Monday, May 15th, 2006

Skype, the Web telephone company, on Monday announced a marketing promotion that will allow its users in the United States and Canada to make free calls to conventional wireline and mobile phones.
Previously, users of Skype, a unit of online auctioneer eBay Inc., in both countries were required to pay for calls from their PCs to […]

Top Small Business Blogs

Friday, May 12th, 2006

Escape Velocity – (http://301url.com/Escape-Velocity) - Owner Flemming Funch has posts and links to excellent articles about home-based Internet business, website traffic building, success and motivation. Recent posts include Highest Paying Google AdWords, The Surprising Truth About Ugly Websites, and The Entrepreneurial Game. .
The Entrepreneurial Mind -(http://301url.com/Entrepreneurial-Mind) - Written by the Director of Belmont University’s […]

Skype Probed for Unregistered Marketing

Monday, May 8th, 2006

Skype, the world’s primary Web-based telephony service provider, is accused of illegally drawing subscribers in South Korea without registering with the government.
An industry source Monday claimed that Skype and its Korean partner Auction have violated domestic regulations by going ahead with their Internet phone business without the government’s approval.
Skype and Auction are not eligible to […]

Vonage Partners With The Cloud To Enable Wi-Fi Handsets In Hotspots Across The UK

Friday, May 5th, 2006

Full Story Vonage UK
Press Release
Vonage, the pioneering Internet telephone company, and The Cloud, Europe’s leading Wi-Fi network operator, today announce a partnership which will give Vonage customers access to its VoIP service over The Cloud’s UK wireless broadband network. Vonage customers equipped with its Wi-Fi handset will be able to make VoIP calls from […]

Skype plans web-phone conversations for big groups - Skypecasting

Thursday, May 4th, 2006

Web phone-calling company Skype is bringing social networking to crowds as it unveils a service for groups of up to 100 people to hold spontaneous conversations online.
The international phone-calling service, which has signed up 100 million users is adding 200,000 new users a day, said on Tuesday it is previewing a shared communications service […]