Searching for Flash files (CNET)

July 1, 2008
CNET - Flash has not been easily searchable until now, but Adobe Systems is working with leading search engines Google and Yahoo to solve the problem. CNET News.com Editor in Chief Dan Farber and reporter Elinor Mills discuss the impact of making Flash pages more visible to search engines. One question is whether Microsoft, which developed Silverlight, a competitor to Flash, will also index Flash files in its search engine.No tag for this post.













>Microsoft’s Ballmer In Firing Line As Gates Departs (TechWeb)

July 1, 2008
TechWeb - A finance company is arguing in court that it had a right to read an ex-employee's personal e-mail. Sounds crazy, right? And yet, in this world where we carry BlackBerrys to access work e-mail from home, and handle personal business over the company Internet connection, it takes a crazy person to figure out where personal life ends and work begins.No tag for this post.













Orbitz travel sites replace Expedia at MSN (Reuters)

July 1, 2008

A screenshot of Orbitz.com, taken on July 1, 2008. (www.orbitz.com/Reuters)Reuters - Orbitz Worldwide Inc said on Tuesday its Orbitz.com and ebookers.com websites have replaced Expedia Inc as the travel agencies for Microsoft Corp's Internet arm MSN.com in the United States and the United Kingdom.


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