Yahoo and Microsoft have announced a long-rumoured internet search deal that will help the two companies take on chief rival Google.
Microsoft’s Bing search engine will power the Yahoo website and Yahoo will in turn become the advertising sales team for Microsoft’s online offering.
Yahoo has been struggling to make profits in recent years.
But last year it rebuffed several takeover bids from Microsoft in an attempt to go it alone.
Yahoo shares closed down 12.1% on the day, while Microsoft shares moved up by 1.4%.
Microsoft boss Steve Ballmer said the 10-year deal would provide Microsoft’s Bing search engine with the necessary scale to compete.
“Through this agreement with Yahoo, we will create more innovation in search, better value for advertisers, and real consumer choice in a market currently dominated by a single company,” said Mr Ballmer.
“Microsoft and Yahoo know there’s so much more that search could be. This agreement gives us the scale and resources to create the future of search,” he added.
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Gmail, i think Google’s Gmail is of the most popular and widely used email service provider. Most of the people are using Gmail for email facilities, including the website owner by using gmail’s free service called “Google Apps“. Gmail is popular because of there awesome interface, banner less presentation, very less advertisements, almost no images, huge storage space, etc etc.
Have you ever imagine how the Gmail provides 7 to 8 GB of space for free ? day by day thousands and millions of people are signing up for Gmail and billions of emails are sent and received through out. so how this is managed by Google ? Whats the secret ?
Actually Google is using a concept called “Cloud computing“. Whats that ?
Cloud computing is an umbrella term used to describe the use of computing services that are hosted on a network (typically the internet) and used by PCs (or other devices) without having to specify specific servers or systems.
Source : BPC on Cloud computing
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Microsoft has released more details about the security measures it is adding in Windows 7. The focus is on finding a balance between security and ease of use for businesses which have workers computing on the move.
Among the new or enhanced features:
Users can now use more than one set of firewall rules at once. The firm gives the example of a worker on the road who gets their Internet connection through a public network such as a wireless hotspot, but then needs to remotely connect to their corporate network. They will now be able to run different firewall set-ups for the two connections. An added benefit of this change is that firms can now set-up a standard firewall policy for all employees on the corporate network, regardless of where they are connecting from.
A DirectAccess feature automatically sets up a two way link between your computer and your corporate network whenever you are online. This also means your company can access your machine the moment you get online, allowing it to run any security checks or apply updates without having to wait for you to return to the office.
BranchCache uses cacheing to minimize the problem of workers visiting a branch office but being slowed by limited bandwidth. The goal is that accessing a corporate network from a branch office should feel as quick as if you were in the main office itself.
BitLocker To Go takes the existing hard disk encryption technology from Vista and applies it to removable media such as USB drives.
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The most awaited feature from Google Maps, enabling routing for Indian Cities has arrived silently without any major announcement!
