The Register - ManagementBiting the hand that feeds ITGoogle faces probe over Yahoo! advertising deal- June 19, 2008 How dominant is too dominant Google and Yahoo! will face a competition probe over their proposed advertising deal. The inquiry will look at whether the deal gives the already-dominant Google too much market power.http://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.co.uk/2008/06/19/google_yahoo_deal_probe/ London hospital loses 20,000 unencrypted patient files- June 18, 2008 'Nobody expects thieves to break into locked drawers' Providing proof, if it were needed, that every single piece of personal data in the UK has now been lost - probably several times over, by multiple corporations and government offices - news has just broken of another theft of laptops crammed with easily accessed info. This time the there-but-for-the-grace-of-god bonehead users were hospital staff at St George's hospital in Tooting.http://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.co.uk/2008/06/18/tooting_hospital_data_thef... Yahoo! execs! stick! it! to! the! man!- June 18, 2008 Microsoft switches on the telly Jerry Yang celebrates his first year as CEO of Yahoo! today, but with so many execs choosing to exit stage left, its not exactly an anniversary hell want to shout about.http://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.co.uk/2008/06/18/yahoo_yang_execs_exit/ Adobe frightens Wall St with on-target results- June 17, 2008 Are these guys nervous or what Adobe injected a note of nervousness into the tech investment community yesterday as it set third quarter financial targets at the lower end of some analysts estimates and its CEO said a naughty word.http://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.co.uk/2008/06/17/adobe_numbers/ Bosch, Siemens: Vorsprung durch kinder und technik- June 17, 2008 Blighty giggles, says 'I've always been hopeless at sums' Remorseless Teutonic engineering firms, already desperate for engineering talent and seeing worse times ahead, have now moved their recruitment efforts into the kindergarten. Companies such as Bosch and Siemens believe that the post-industrial rot has now gone so deep that children must be put on the hard and righteous path at the pre-school stage.http://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.co.uk/2008/06/17/german_kinder_v/ Microsoft ga ga over Goo-Hoo! deal- June 16, 2008 Software giant campaigns against Google-Yahoo! tie-up Microsoft kicked off a campaign on Friday against the advertising collaboration deal struck between Google and Yahoo!, Reuters reports.http://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.co.uk/2008/06/16/microsoft_google_yahoo_cam... Business failures to rocket as growth nosedives- June 16, 2008 Tech sector to the rescue UK economic growth will soon slow to its lowest level since 1992, while a drop in consumer confidence combined with a hike in costs could signal a near 20 per cent rise in businesses going bust, two new reports have warned.http://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.co.uk/2008/06/16/cbi_bdo_economy_gloom/ PayPal ambushes users with mystery Skype charges- June 13, 2008 Glitch or breach Vulture Central is keeping its eyes peeled for some sort of PayPal glitch or security breach, following reader reports their accounts were debited overnight to pay for Skype services they never ordered.http://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.co.uk/2008/06/13/paypal_skype_glitch_report... Yahoo! and Microsoft terminate talks, this time for good- June 12, 2008 Yahoo! falls into Google's arms, as shares swoon Microhoo! Yahoo! has terminated all acquisition talks with Microsoft, today saying Microsoft was only interested in the internet provider's search business. Yahoo! shares fell 10 per cent today to $23.52, from yesterday's closing price of $26.52.http://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.co.uk/2008/06/12/yahoo_microsoft_talks_temi... eBay told to stop forcing Aussies to use PayPal- June 12, 2008 Temporary suspension on competition grounds The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has told eBay to stop plans to force Aussie buyers to use PayPal.http://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.co.uk/2008/06/12/ebay_australia_paypal/ |