The California Supreme Court struck down the state’s ban on gay marriage Thursday, saying sexual orientation, like race or gender, “does not constitute a legitimate basis upon which to deny or withhold…
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CBS Acquires Online Network CNET & and Super Premium Domain Portfolio
In the second major Internet acquisition of the day, CBS Corp. agreed to buy online technology news and entertainment company CNet Networks Inc. for about $1.75 billion or $11.50 per share. The…
Ask.com goes on a .com Shopping Spree
Ask.com bought several reference sites including Dictionary.com, Thesaurus.com and Reference.com in its acquisition of Lexico Publishing Group LLC. Terms of the deal, set to be announced Thursday, aren’t being disclosed. Dictionary.com is…
Verisign Granted the Patent for Re-Directs
According to a report by the Assoicated Press,VeriSign, Inc., won a patent for its SiteFInder Service which directs users to landing pages when they mistype a web address on March 4, 2008….
Yahoo Here Comes the Fight
According to a report in the Wall Street Journal today, as we discussed yesterday, Billionaire investor Carl Icahn is launching a proxy contest to unseat Yahoo’s board of directors. Icahn plans to…
Moniker.com No Reserve/Low Reserve Auction
Moniker.com published its list for the Live No Reserve/Low Reserve Auction to be held on Tuesday May 20 at 8:00 pm EST at the TRAFFIC domain confernece in Orlando. At TRAFFIC west…
AP Launches Mobile News Service: .Mobi left out again?
According to a report today The Associated Press and 107 of its member newspapers are launching a service Monday that will make news stories available on Apple Inc.’s iPhone and other mobile…