In an effort to compete against Google (NSDQ: GOOG) and hoping other developers can help it get some search mojo back, Yahoo will let developers, general users (and even rivals) build customized search services on top of its core engine. The new service is called "Build Your Own Search," or BOSS. Besides search, Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO) is also unlocking its image and news databases to let outsiders ...

In a major step forward in search technology, Adobe (NSDQ: ADBE) is working with Google (NSDQ: GOOG) and Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO) to make Flash files searchable in online search. The project will enable searches on Flash content to return text and links, which can then be indexed, and hence available in search results for the users. Content from a Flash application or even a game or advertisement will ...

In a major step forward in search technology, Adobe (NSDQ: ADBE) is working with Google (NSDQ: GOOG) and Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO) to make Flash files searchable in online search. The project will enable searches on Flash content to return text and links, which can then be indexed, and hence available in search results for the users. Content from a Flash application or even a game or advertisement will ...

As Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO) prepares for its August 1 board election, the company is once again repeating an the argument: it handled the Microsoft negotiations as best it could, and the new deal with Google (NSDQ: GOOG) is better than any partial one with Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT). As for Carl Icahn, Yahoo is taking the opportunity to trash his track record. The presentation can be seen here, in a ...

Is YouTube a bottomless money pit? Or is the world's dominant video site an asset that might eventually contribute real revenue for Google (GOOG)?

Recap of CNBC's Fast Money, Friday June 13. Market Overview: Burlington Northern Santa Fe (BNI), Google (GOOG)

It takes just seconds to download anything from newspapers to best-sellers. Subscribe to papers such as News Corp.'s NWS The Wall Street Journal or The New York Times Company's GOOG International Herald Tribune , and they'll arrive wirelessly ...

Sunday Funnies: Big Brown a sure thing at Belmont Posted by: in Companies Competitive Strategy Filed under: Rants and raves, Competitive strategy, Google (GOOG), Apple Inc (AAPL), Books, Sunday Funnies, Headline news, DJIA The outcome of the Belmont Stakes where Big Brown came in last instead of first is just one more example of the

The old wisdom: YouTube (GOOG) dominates Web video but can't make any money from it. Forbes' wisdom: YouTube still doesn't make much money, but a bit more than people think. The mag says YouTube will make $200 million in revenue in 2008 ...

...wisdom: YouTube (GOOG) dominates Web video but can't make any money from it. Forbes' wisdom: YouTube still doesn't make much money, but a bit...