The company framed the move in the context of its ever-present top priority of improving search. How does Google Profiles do that, exactly? The company offered two reasons to me: First, it lets people control their own presentation on the Web better–something that could well appeal to those who aren’t happy that a vanity search [...]

On this week’s EIC Squared podcast, ZDNet’s Larry Dignan and I discuss Yahoo’s new CEO vacancy and the newly launched BlackBerry Storm. We also talk about the grim economic outlook for the holiday shopping season, which will be great for bargain hunters online and offline.

(Editor’s note: Due to production issues, some readers may not [...]

“Brands realize that creating a loyal, active online community to engage their customers is critical to marketing in the 21st century, and all the more so in a tough economic climate,” Peter Friedman, LiveWorld’s Chairman and CEO, said in a statement. “That’s why we’ve created ProEdition. It lets businesses deploy social networks based on LiveWorld’s…platform, [...]

MS08-056: Moderate
Exploitability index: 1-3.
Microsoft recommends that customers apply this update immediately. Titled “Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer (956390),” this bulletin affects Internet Explorer 5.01 and Internet Explorer 6 Service Pack 1, running on all supported editions of Microsoft Windows 2000, and for Internet Explorer 6 running on all supported editions of Windows [...]

Amazon’s revenues jumped 18 percent to $6.7 billion for the quarter compared with the same period a year earlier. Wall Street had been expecting Amazon to generate sales of $6.4 billion for the quarter, according to Thomson Reuters.

During the fourth quarter, Amazon reported an 18 percent increase in U.S. and Canadian sales, compared to the [...]

Yotify has some social broadcast features as well: It will send queries to your Facebook or FriendFeed networks, and then collect the results for you.
The upshot: I’d give this utility a grade of B- or B. It would be far more useful if its Scouts were multiple-site.

Yotify just launched its Web [...]

You can now get YouTube video search as a part of Cooliris' iPhone application.

You might be asking yourself how this is helpful since the
iPhone comes with an official YouTube application. The answer to that is that Cooliris’ presentation is slightly more appealing. Where the official YouTube app forces you to scroll down a long list, with Cooliris you can simply rock your phone back and forth an endless array of thumbnails until you find something you like. Videos play ba

Analysis from CNET News:
Sony switches gears at this year’s line show

Photos: Sony hauls cameras, electronics to Vegas

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Television
Sony wings ‘W’ LCDs with Yahoo widgets
Eco-friendly Sony HDTVs sense your presence (CES)
Sony’s Z-series of LCDs gets widgets, 240Hz (CES)
Sony XBR9 HDTVs up interactive ante with widgets (CES)
Photos: Sony 2009 HDTVs (CES)