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AOL, Others Consider Bidding on Yahoo: WSJ Report

October 14, 2010 — Global Internet services and media company AOL and a handful of private-equity firms are considering proposing an offer to buy search engine and other Internet services firm Yahoo, according to a report from the Wall Street Journal that cites unnamed sources familiar with the matter.

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AOL Acquires Blog TechCrunch in Showy On-Stage Deal

September 29, 2010 — In an effort to expand its audience-specific content offerings, global Internet services and media company AOL has signed an agreement to buy technology news heavyweight Tech Crunch.

Microsoft Co-Founder Sues 11 Online Brands for Patent Infringement

August 30, 2010 — Personal computer software pioneer Paul Allen, one of the founders of technology giant Microsoft, is suing nearly a dozen major technology companies that have allegedly infringed on patents held by his company Interval Licensing.

Yahoo! Asking $500 M For Hosting Business

September 22, 2009 — After putting it on the market for several months, web search provider Yahoo has put a price sticker as high as $500 million on its business unit that hosts websites for small companies, two unnamed sources told Reuters.

Former AOL CEO Eyes Yahoo!

December, 3 2008 — According to The Wall Street Journal on Tuesday, former AOL chief executive Jonathan Miller is reportedly trying to raise money to buy part or all of Yahoo!.

Spam Conviction Overturned

March 4, 2005 — (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — One of the US’s first felony spam convictions has been overturned after a judge ruled that the jury had been misled by the case’s technological terms.

Terremark to Host Peering Forum

February 16, 2005 — (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Internet exchange and network service provider Terremark Worldwide Inc. (terremark.com), the London Internet Network Exchange and Lucent Technologies announced on Tuesday that they will host more than 125 global peering experts from around the globe at the annual TerreBit Peering Forum. The conference will be held in Miami and the Bahamas from March 4 to March 7.

Security Firms Dispute Spamhaus Claims

February 10, 2005 — (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — According to reports, several security vendors say anti-spam organization Spamhaus (spamhaus.org) is exaggerating the threat of a new spamming technique, which some analysts believe could lead to a surge in spam around the world.

VFM Picks Web Host Q9 Networks

February 2, 2005 — (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Web hosting provider Q9 Networks (q9.com) announced on Wednesday that it has signed VFM Interactive, a producer and distributor of online marketing content for the lodging and travel industry, as a new managed hosting customer. Under the terms of the agreement, Q9 will provide physical space, servers, firewalls, load balancers and Internet bandwidth.

Red Hat Opens Netscape Directory Server

January 10, 2005 — (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — According to reports released Monday, Linux vendor Red Hat (redhat.com) is planning to release Netscape’s Directory Server to the open source community, which may improve scalability to current open source lightweight directory access protocol offerings, according to a developer for the Linux distributor.