Yahoo! signs deal with HP

Internet portal Yahoo! has shaken hands on a deal with Hewlett Packard to offer it as the default search engine in the forthcoming Microsoft Internet Explorer 7. There will also be a co-branded Yahoo/HP Internet toolbar on HP computers. Yahoo! says that its home page will be featured on Compaq branded notebook and desktop PCs in Europe, while in the United States and Canada, HP consumer PCs will come with an Internet browser toolbar that features links to Yahoo! services such as search, e-mail, news and finance links. ...more

The $3 million, four-letter-word Web site

If you have a lot of cash to burn, and are looking for a Web site name that is both witty and offensive, check out this auction at eBay. The name f*ckedcompany.com is up for sale, and has just notched up $3 million in bids. ...more

Telecomms giant serves lawsuit on Microsoft

A US telecommunications giant serves Microsoft with another lawsuit. Microsoft is accused by AT&T of infringing patented technology relating to transmissions of phone calls and video over the Internet. The claims relate to Microsoft's TrueSpeech, the speech processing system, and NetMeeting software, which supports video conferencing. ...more

Google clicks video ads

In the endless search to find new ways of advertising to customers, Google is now introducing a 'click-to-play video ad format' for its properties and partners around the world, and in eighteen languages. Thankfully, 'click to play' means just that. The ads are user initiated and will not start running unless asked to. ...more

Company guarantees e-mail virus protection

Are you one of those people that are terrified of contracting a weird virus from the Internet? Do you tremble in fear every time your e-mail client completes an e-mail download? Well, if this sounds like your predicament, one company has stepped forward to play on the fears of Internet users and claims to provide total virus protection. The UK company says that its software has sufficiently developed artificial intelligence that it can spot e-mail viruses before they attack. The software re-routes the client's e-mail via their own servers where it is scanned for any suspicious attachments. ...more