14th April 2007 Archive

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Google buys DoubleClick for $3.1bn cash

Fiscal sense still in beta

Internet text-ad broker Google has purchased leading computer-tracking cookie provider DoubleClick for $3.1bn cash, the two companies announced today. The acquisition is Google's largest to date, just six months after purchasing YouTube for $1.65bn in stock. The move wraps Google's e-tendrils around DoubleClick's extensive …

Financial News 14 Apr 2007, 00:30
IRS warns late tax filers of scam sites

Use Free File, not DeFile

The IRS issued an alert late today, warning of a "new tax scam... that lures taxpayers into filing tax information on a site masquerading as a member of the Free File Alliance". Stay well away: the only place for US taxpayers to access the Free File program is through the official IRS.gov website. According to the IRS, the …

Government 14 Apr 2007, 00:37
ICANN board member berates 'woefully unprepared' DHS

New entity needed for cybersecurity, she argues

Amid the outcry over allegations that the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) wants the security keys to the DNSSEC encryption technology slowly – very slowly – being adopted by internet overlord ICANN, one ICANN board member, the refreshingly candid Susan Crawford, has recently taken her own swipe at security standards in …

Security 14 Apr 2007, 00:53
Salesforce.com broadens Apex to Web 2.0

Embraces on-demand content

Software as a Service (SaaS) pioneer salesforce.com plans to expand its Apex development platform to embrace the emerging world of enterprise Web 2.0 applications. Following the acquisition of Web 2.0 tool developer Koral last month and this week's announcement of of Apex Content, salesforce.com's chief technology officer …

Developer 14 Apr 2007, 09:02
Microsoft mugged over VC-1 codec patent terms

Comment Self-inflicted victory

We meet people on the various IPTV, mobile TV and web video circuits who always comment that VC-1, after a flying start, has fallen back and that pretty much these days the codec of choice is either VP6 from On2 Technologies for web video and H.264 for everything else, with no VC-1 in sight. Just over three weeks ago the MPGE …

Broadband 14 Apr 2007, 12:02
Moniker.com to auction gambling domains at Casino Affiliate Convention

House of Cards Domain tasting 101

Moniker.com , the ICANN accredited registrar will hold the first silent auction of premium online gambling domains at the Casino Affiliate Convention in Amsterdam. All attendees at the convention, which takes place the first week of May, will be provided with a password to allow them to bid on the available domains, according to …

Financial News 14 Apr 2007, 13:02