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Ask Jeeves launches advertising network
Jul 31 2005 11:20PM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Backed by a new owner known for shaking up the status quo, Ask Jeeves Inc. is launching an upstart advertising network powered by its own search engine _ a move likely to rankle its longtime business partner, Google Inc.
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China search engine Baidu.com set for IPO
Jul 31 2005 10:25PM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - Baidu.com takes its name from a 900-year-old poem but its ambitions are ultramodern _ to become the Chinese-language equivalent of Internet search giant Google Inc.
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Internet ad pioneer now shunning pop-ups
Jul 31 2005 5:57PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - A pioneer of software that tailors pop-up ads to Internet users' browsing habits is beginning to shun a practice that has invited much derision and plenty of lawsuits. A new service Claria Corp. is launching this month will still deliver advertising to the computer desktops of Web surfers. Only this time, they won't be annoying pop-ups.
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Web audio book leader faces competition
Jul 31 2005 5:16PM (CT)
NEWARK, N.J. (AP) - Mary Lou Kalbow started listening to books while driving a five-hour rural postal route in Minnesota about five years ago. Now she downloads titles by Janet Evanovich, Jonathan Kellerman and James Patterson to her portable MP3 player and listens all day while she works as a massage therapist.
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