Posts Tagged ‘ news ’

Yahoo has moved to further strengthen its service to advertisers by buying web marketing business BlueLithium for $300m

“Set up in 2004, BlueLithium provides technology enabling websites to better match adverts with users’ interests. The purchase is the latest in a series of deals by Yahoo as it seeks to regain ground on market leader Google in the web search sector. In June, boss Terry Semel quit after concerns about the firm’s...

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US backing for two-tier internet

“The US Justice Department has said that internet service providers should be allowed to charge for priority traffic. The agency said it was opposed to “network neutrality”, the idea that all data on the net is treated equally. The comments put the agency at odds with companies such as Microsoft and Google, who have...

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Women are Ireland’s top e-shoppers

The Register reports today that research by the Dublin City University has shown that women now dominate online shopping in Ireland. For some time now the Internet has primarily been a male dominated world, with websites designed by men, for men. The most popular sites are often technical in nature, sports pages, gaming and...

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Carphone Warehouse buying AOL UK

BBC NEWS | Business | Carphone Warehouse buying AOL UK: “Carphone Warehouse has won the auction to buy the UK’s third-largest internet provider, AOL UK. BBC business editor Robert Peston said Carphone Warehouse, owner of the TalkTalk broadband and phone offering, was paying GBP370m for the operation. AOL UK has 2.1 million customers across...

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Wi-fi cuts truancy at Welsh school – Ping Wales | Welsh technology news

“Wi-fi cuts truancy at Welsh school, By Staff Writer, 6 Oct 2006, www.pingwales.co.uk Following their implementation of a £10,000 wireless network at Bryn Hafren Comprehensive in Barry, Cardiff-based IT networking company, Capital Network Solutions (CNS), and Cisco Systems will run a seminar at the school on 10 October to demonstrate the benefits of the...

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I am back

OK, been away from Webologist for a while, on other projects. I have learnt a lot more about websites over the last month or so, so will soon be ready to start providing some useful tips for all you budding web designers. I think I will try to cover the following topics (making no...

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