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Researchers propose TLS extension to detect rogue SSL certificates

A pair of security researchers have proposed an extension to the Transport Layer Security (TLS) protocol that would allow browsers to detect and block fraudulently-issued SSL certificates.

By Lucian Constantin | 24 May, 2012 20:35

Tags: pki, privacy, online safety, security, Web servers, software, Internet Engineering Task Force

Yahoo Axis may be game changer for search and the troubled company

With Axis, Yahoo is trying to change the search game, while also trying to change its image as a troubled company.

By Sharon Gaudin | 24 May, 2012 20:08

Tags: Yahoo, software, search engines, Microsoft, IT industry, Internet Search, internet, Google, browsers, applications

European privacy regulators want more detail on Google's policy changes

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By Peter Sayer | 24 May, 2012 17:42

Tags: privacy, security, search engines, internet, Google

Yahoo leaks private key, allows anyone to build Yahoo-signed Chrome extensions

Yahoo was forced to release a new version of its Axis extension for Google Chrome after the original one contained a private key that allowed anyone to digitally sign extensions in Yahoo's name.

By Lucian Constantin | 24 May, 2012 16:41

Tags: encryption, security, browsers, applications, software, search engines, internet, Yahoo

Yahoo launches stand-alone mobile search app

Yahoo beefed up its search offerings on Wednesday when it launched Axis, an HTML5-based browser app that delivers search results as page previews rather than as links.

By Cameron Scott | 24 May, 2012 00:01

Tags: mobile applications, mobile, search engines, internet, browsers, applications, software, Yahoo

Microsoft takes Bing Streetside offline in Germany after privacy complaints

Microsoft has taken its Google Street View-like service Bing Streetside offline in Germany after German citizens expressed their worries about how Microsoft handles requests for blurring of images, the company said on Tuesday.

By Loek Essers | 23 May, 2012 10:31

Tags: Streetside Street View, Maps, Internet-based applications and services, privacy, security, search engines, internet, Microsoft, Google

EU offers Google a chance to avoid fines over four antitrust concerns

Google has "a matter of weeks" to address four antitrust issues identified by European Union antitrust regulators. If Google addresses these issues the case can be solved by a so-called "commitment decision" instead of formal antitrust proceedings resulting in a fine, said Joaquín Almunia, Vice President of the European Commission responsible for Competition Policy.

By Loek Essers | 21 May, 2012 14:36

Tags: antitrust, legal, Regulation, government, search engines, internet, european commission, Google

Yahoo agrees to sell back partial stake to Alibaba

Yahoo has agreed to sell off about half of its stake in Alibaba Group back to the Chinese e-commerce giant as part of a US$7.1 billion deal, the two companies jointly announced on Monday.

By Michael Kan and Chris Kanaracus | 21 May, 2012 14:34

Tags: Investments, business issues, internet, Alibaba Group, Yahoo

Yahoo agrees to sell back partial stake to Alibaba

Yahoo has agreed to sell off about half of its stake in Alibaba Group back to the Chinese e-commerce giant as part of a US$7.1 billion deal, the two companies jointly announced on Monday.

By Michael Kan | 21 May, 2012 13:36

Tags: Yahoo, Investments, internet, business issues, Alibaba Group

WSJ: Thompson told Yahoo board he has cancer

Scott Thompson told the Yahoo board before he was ousted as CEO over the weekend that he has thyroid cancer, The Wall Street Journal reported Monday.

Thompson revealed the diagnosis as evidence arose that seemed to contradict his story about why he was not responsible for a degree listed on his resume that he does not have, the newspaper reported, citing anonymous sources familiar with the situation.

The cancer diagnosis came while Thompson's academic record was under scrutiny by a Yahoo board committee appointed to investigate the matter. Thompson did not want his illness to be publicly disclosed, a source told the Journal, and he has begun treatment for the disease.

Thompson, who had been under increasing pressure to step down because of the resume situation, decided to resign in part because of the cancer diagnosis, one source told the newspaper. His resume listed an accounting and computer science degree from Stonehill College in Easton, Massachusetts, but his degree was in accounting only, it was discovered.

Thompson blamed the error on a head-hunting firm that had been involved when he was named president of eBay's PayPal division, but the firm, Heidrick and Struggles, publicly discounted that claim, saying that it could prove it was false.

Yahoo announced Sunday that Thompson had left the company and that Ross Levinsohn, who had been in charge of the company's media websites, would step in as interim CEO while the board searches for a replacement. Fred Amoroso was also named chairman of the board, replacing non-executive Chairman Roy Bostock. The board also announced it had settled a proxy fight by activist shareholder Daniel Loeb, who leads the Third Point investment fund, which owns about 5.8 percent of Yahoo. Loeb brought to light the discrepancy in Thompson's academic record, which played a central role in plunging the company into the latest of what has been a long series of controversies and missteps by Yahoo management.

Soon after Yahoo announced that Thompson had left the company -- it did not call his departure a "resignation" -- Kara Swisher, the reporter who broke the news that Thompson was out as CEO on the All Things D blog Sunday, posted Levinsohn's first memo to employees in which he sought to offer encouragement.

By Nancy Weil | 15 May, 2012 00:07

Tags: Yahoo, search engines, Scott Thompson, personnel, internet, business issues

Scott Thompson out as Yahoo CEO

Embattled Yahoo CEO Scott Thompson has left the company, Yahoo has announced, after more than a week of controversy over questions about embellishments to his resume.

By Nancy Weil | 14 May, 2012 05:54

Tags: Yahoo, Scott Thompson, Ross Levinsohn, personnel, internet, Daniel Loeb, business issues

Thompson reportedly out as Yahoo CEO

Yahoo CEO Scott Thompson, who's been under fire amid questions about whether he padded his resume, plans to step down from his job, according to a report today by All Things D.

By Ken Mingis | 14 May, 2012 03:05

Tags: Yahoo, personnel, internet, business issues

Yahoo board reportedly investigating CEO hiring process

A panel of Yahoo board members has begun investigating the hiring of CEO Scott Thompson in the wake of revelations that his resume's listing of computer science as a second undergraduate major was false, according to the Wall Street Journal.

By Cameron Scott | 09 May, 2012 02:57

Tags: Yahoo, Scott Thompson, personnel, Patti Hart, business issues

Will Yahoo CEO's misstep kill company momentum?

All the momentum and vision that Yahoo CEO Scott Thompson has been building for the struggling company may have been thrown off course.

By Sharon Gaudin | 05 May, 2012 06:28

Tags: Yahoo, search engines, paypal, Management and Careers, it management, IT Leadership, IT industry, Internet Search, internet, IDC, CIO role

Yahoo CEO's resume overstated his technology background

Yahoo acknowledged on Thursday that its new CEO, Scott Thompson, does not hold a degree in "accounting and computer science" as his resume and the company's financial filings claimed, and instead majored only in accounting.

By Cameron Scott | 04 May, 2012 09:54

Tags: Yahoo, Scott Thompson, personnel, governance, Business Management, business issues

Yahoo makes a play for small business ad dollars, dives into proxy fight

Yahoo launched a free marketing dashboard on Wednesday to boost its advertising appeal for small and midsized businesses by simplifying digital marketing for them.

By Cameron Scott | 03 May, 2012 05:17

Tags: advertising, business issues, Business Management, governance, internet, restructuring, search engines, Yahoo

Top Chinese Twitter-like site shuts down user accounts for political rumors

A top Chinese microblogging site has closed several user accounts for allegedly spreading political rumors, part of an ongoing government-backed campaign to scrub social networking sites of sensitive political talk.

By Michael Kan | 25 April, 2012 18:45

Tags: government, internet, Internet-based applications and services, Regulation, search engines, Sina, social networking

Japan's Rakuten to end Chinese e-commerce services under JV with Baidu

Japanese Internet giant Rakuten announced on Friday it would end a major e-commerce business in China with local search company Baidu, citing its failure to meet expectations in the midst of intense market competition.

By Michael Kan | 20 April, 2012 21:15

Tags: baidu, e-commerce, internet, Rakuten, search engines

Yahoo's new CEO lays out strategy for smaller, more focused company

Yahoo plans to cut about 50 properties and refocus on its core business, CEO Scott Thompson said in an earnings call on Tuesday.

By Cameron Scott | 18 April, 2012 11:19

Tags: business issues, Business Management, financial results, internet, Internet-based applications and services, layoffs, mail, Reporting, restructuring, search engines, Yahoo

Yahoo earnings rise, but revenue treads water

Yahoo reported Tuesday that its first-quarter profit came to US$286 million, up 28 percent from the same quarter last year, but the company's total revenue revealed much more modest gains.

By Cameron Scott | 18 April, 2012 07:30

Tags: business issues, financial results, Yahoo