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Wall Street Beat: After Facebook fiasco, don't write off tech IPOs

The Facebook IPO may have been a fiasco, but don't put the nail in the coffin just yet for other tech offerings this year.

By Marc Ferranti | 25 May, 2012 22:22

Tags: Investments, business issues, Morgan Stanley, Facebook, workday, Eloqua, palo alto networks, sap, Ariba

Oracle NetBeans 7.2 supports the latest PHP, C++

The newest version of the Oracle NetBeans IDE (integrated developer environment) will come with support for the latest versions of PHP and C++.

By Joab Jackson | 25 May, 2012 18:34

Tags: Development tools, application development, software, oracle

China's Sina Weibo targeting Japanese advertisers

One of China's top Twitter-like sites, Sina Weibo, is working to attract Japanese companies to advertise on its platform by helping the firms open and use accounts on the microblogging service.

By Michael Kan | 25 May, 2012 05:42

Tags: social networking, social media, Internet-based applications and services, internet, Sina

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

Facebook beefs up mobile photo sharing with Camera

Facebook introduced its own mobile photo app, Camera, on Thursday, bringing richer photo-sharing features to the platform even before the company closes its deal to acquire the popular photo-sharing app Instagram.

By Cameron Scott | 24 May, 2012 18:56

Tags: social networking, Internet-based applications and services, internet, Facebook

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

Are CEOs getting the social media thing?

IBM says a study it did of some 1700 Chief Executive Officers worldwide found that many indeed - or should be - grasping social media as a key enabler of collaboration and innovation.

By Michael Cooney | 24 May, 2012 13:33

Tags: web 2.0, unified communications, software, social media, networking, Internet-based applications and services, internet, IBM, collaboration, ceo, applications

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

Facebook to settle class-action suit over Sponsored Stories

Facebook is to settle a class-action lawsuit in California that accused it of appropriating its users' likenesses for its Sponsored Stories advertising feature, according to a court document filed Tuesday.

By Cameron Scott | 23 May, 2012 10:47

Tags: social networking, legal, Internet-based applications and services, internet, Facebook, Civil lawsuits

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

Facebook stock slumps for third day

In its third day of trading, Facebook's stock is still in a slump, taking the shine off the frenzy that led up to the company's initial public offering (IPO) last week.

By Sharon Gaudin | 23 May, 2012 05:55

Tags: Web 2.0 and Web Apps, social networking, Internet-based applications and services, internet, Groupon, Financial IT, Facebook, business issues

Nasdaq's Facebook glitch came from race conditions

The Nasdaq computer system that delayed trade notices of the Facebook IPO on Friday was plagued by race conditions, the stock exchange announced Monday. As a result of this technical glitch in its Nasdaq OMX system, the market expects to pay out US$13 million or even more to traders.

By Joab Jackson | 22 May, 2012 05:18

Tags: Zynga, software, Nasdaq OMX, Facebook

Yahoo's Genome highlights hosted big data analytics trend

Yahoo has joined a growing list of companies offering big data analytics as a service with its Genome offering this week.

By Jaikumar Vijayan | 21 May, 2012 20:11

Tags: Yahoo, software, internet, databases, BI and Analytics, applications

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

Pakistan's block on Twitter over blasphemous content reversed

Pakistan late Sunday reversed a block on Twitter in the country over material it considered anti-Islam, the country's interior minister said.

By John Ribeiro | 21 May, 2012 13:50

Tags: twitter, Regulation, Internet-based applications and services, internet, government, Facebook

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

Reports: Nasdaq admits technical bugs affected Facebook IPO trading

Technical problems at the Nasdaq exchange affected the trading of Facebook shares on Friday, the much-anticipated day of its IPO (initial public offering), Robert Greifeld, chief executive of Nasdaq OMX Group Inc., told reporters on Sunday, according to published reports.

By Juan Carlos Perez | 21 May, 2012 09:07

Tags: software, social networking, Nasdaq OMX Group, Internet-based applications and services, internet, Facebook, business issues

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