Gates: Microsoft shifts focus after Yahoo deal collapses
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) -- Microsoft Corp. will focus on growing its own advertising and Internet search business after it withdrew its takeover offer for Yahoo Inc., Chairman Bill Gates said Friday....
Facebook, states set bullying, predator safeguards
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) -- Facebook, the world's second-largest social networking Web site, is adding more than 40 new safeguards to protect young users from sexual predators and cyberbullies under an agreement with officials nationwide that was announced Thursday....
Google execs hope for long-term ad deal with Yahoo
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. (AP) -- Google Inc.'s top executives expressed hope Thursday that the Internet search leader will be able to form a potentially lucrative advertising partnership with Yahoo Inc. - a deal that would lower the odds of Microsoft Corp. renewing its attempts to buy Yahoo....
With Microsoft mum, analysts mull next moves for Live Search
SEATTLE (AP) -- Without the influx of Web traffic that Microsoft bet would quickly follow a Yahoo buyout, the software maker is facing a long slog if it wants to turn its money-losing online services business into a Google-killer....
Cablevision plans wireless broadband network
NEW YORK (AP) -- Cable TV provider Cablevision Systems Corp. disclosed plans Thursday to offer high-speed wireless Internet service across its coverage area in the New York region....
MySpace to allow users to share data with Yahoo, others
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Social networking site MySpace said Thursday it will soon enable users to quickly share profile data with Web sites operated by Yahoo Inc., eBay Inc. and others....
Papa John's surpasses $1 billion in online pizza sales
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) -- Sometimes during peak hours, the phones are silent in Andy Freitas' pizza restaurants, yet the cooks are busy keeping pace with hungry customers....
Joint Sprint, Clearwire network could boost consumer power
NEW YORK (AP) -- Sprint Nextel Corp. has finally rounded up the financial backing it needs to build a faster wireless network. But for consumers and the electronics industry, speed may be the least important thing about the new network....
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Podcast - CBS News Interviews: 08/16/07
'Chick lit' of the political kind. Kristin Gore caught the attention of Hollywood with her first book" Sammy's Hill" but says the sequel " Sammy's House" is likely to be the last of her "Sammy" novels. She is ready to move on with her career as a noveli
Podcast - CBS News Interviews: 08/15/07
A cousin shares memories of Elvis from inside Graceland where she says ---alone in his room reading--- the King of Rock and Roll was most himself.NOTE: This conversation was recorded for "The World According to Giles and Moriarty" produced by CBS News fo
Podcast - CBS News Interviews: 08/14/07
Phil Rizzuto, the Hall of Fame shortstop who died Tuesday at the age of 89, spent 40 years as a Yankee broadcaster after his playing days ended in 1956. He also worked as a sportscaster for the CBS Radio Network, where he hosted "It's Sports Time with P
Podcast - CBS News Interviews: 08/13/07
The steroid controversy that shadows Barry Bonds is largely the fault of Major League Baseball and the Players Union in the view of veteran New York Daily News sports columnist and cartoonist Bill Gallo.NOTE: This interview was recorded for "The World Ac
Podcast - CBS News Interviews: 08/06/07
A levee in New Orleans, a pipe in New York , a bridge in Minneapolis, wake up calls all, but is anyone listening? Not closely enough according to the American Society of Civil Engineers.NOTE: CBS News Correspondent Erin Moriarty. CBS Sunday Morning Commen
Podcast - CBS News Interviews: 08/01/07
Congressional Correspondent Sharyl Attkisson interviews presidential candidate, Sen. Barack Obama (D.-IL.), who today proposed a new policy on American forces entering Pakistan to look for Al Qaeda leaders ...
Science News
Oldest gorilla in captivity turns 55 at Dallas Zoo
DALLAS (AP) -- A gorilla recognized as the world's oldest in captivity celebrated her 55th birthday by munching down a four-layer frozen fruit cake and banana leaf wrapped treats....
New idea in mortuary science: Dissolving bodies with lye
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) -- Since they first walked the planet, humans have either buried or burned their dead. Now a new option is generating interest - dissolving bodies in lye and flushing the brownish, syrupy residue down the drain....
Seaweed provides clues to earliest inhabitants of Americas
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Remains of meals that included seaweed are helping confirm the date of a settlement in southern Chile that may offer the earliest evidence of humans in the Americas....
Conservationists, developer reach major Calif. land deal
LEBEC, Calif. (AP) -- A group of environmentalists and the owners of a large stretch of wilderness have reached a deal that would set aside the largest parcel of land for conservation in California history....
Spain claims $500 million in sunken treasure
MADRID, Spain (AP) -- Spain formally laid claim Thursday to a shipwreck that yielded a $500 million treasure, saying it has proof the vessel was Spanish....
Western states rebuff plan for Italian nuclear waste in Utah
BOISE, Idaho (AP) -- Eight Western states on Thursday rejected a company's plan to ship tons of radioactive waste from Italy for disposal in Utah, saying importing foreign loads would violate the group's rules....
Internet News
Report: US lacks plan to counter terrorist messages
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The United States must develop a communications plan to counter radical Islamic messages on the Internet, according to a Congressional report released Thursday....
Comcast mulling Net usage cap to discourage 'excessive' use
PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- Comcast Corp., the nation's second-largest Internet service provider, is considering setting an official limit on the amount of data that subscribers can download per month and charging a fee for those who go over....
Colbert, will.i.am among special Webby award recipients
NEW YORK (AP) -- Stephen Colbert's use of the Internet to connect with fans earned the Comedy Central host special recognition as recipients of the annual Webby awards for Web sites and online achievements were announced Tuesday....
Amazon sues NY over Internet sales tax collection
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) -- Amazon.com is suing New York over a new law that requires out-of-state online companies to collect sales tax from shoppers in New York....
