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Nokia Maps and Messenger services upgraded

Crave Nokia also announced it is upgrading its Nokia Messaging client so that it integrates e-mail and instant messaging from Yahoo Mail, Yahoo Messenger, Windows Live Hotmail, Gmail, Google Talk, AOL Mail and thousands of international ISPs.

Tags: nokia, maps, messaging, gps

3 December 2008, 9:19

Nokia N97: Back once again with the messaging master

Crave But it's not just another N-series phone crammed with features -- the N97 also boasts integration with messaging clients such as Windows Live and Yahoo, and gives you fast access to Facebook and MySpace, among others, with just a few clicks.

Tags: nokia, gps, friends, messaging

2 December 2008, 9:41

CNET UK Podcast 113: The end of the world will be lovely

Crave There was also some discussion about YouTube going widescreen, Yahoo selling its price comparison site Kelkoo for a fraction of what it paid and musicians and their salaries. This week Ian, Nate and Andrew are back in the studio to cast a critical...

28 November 2008, 14:17

CNET UK Podcast 112: We know where the BNP lives

Crave In other news, Yahoo chairman Jerry Yang stepped down as head of the company, after his shareholders pelted him with rotten fruit (this may not have happened). It's episode 112 of CNET UK's beloved podcast and we've lined up a cracker.

21 November 2008, 9:42

iTunes to get DRM-free songs from all labels?

Crave This year, MSN, Yahoo and Wal-Mart outraged some customers and consumer groups by announcing they would stop issuing keys for their DRM-protected songs. A year after iTunes began offering music without copy-protection software from EMI, Apple is in...

Tags: itunes, universal, labels, songs

20 November 2008, 11:06

Yahoo CEO says 'time is right' for new leader

Crave And, so, it should come as no surprise that Yahoo chief executive Jerry Two weeks ago, Yahoo's proposed search advertising partnership with Google was abandoned, after federal antitrust regulators indicated they would challenge the deal.

Tags: yahoo, continue, deal, advertising

19 November 2008, 10:12

CNET UK Podcast 110: Yahoo goes begging to Microsoft

Crave In this week's news, we laughed at the misfortune of Yahoo, which not so very long ago was rejecting a very generous Microsoft bid, but is now suggesting that Redmond might like to consider another offer.

7 November 2008, 14:58

Google dumps Yahoo ad deal

Crave Google has pulled the plug on a search-ad partnership with Yahoo that would have given Yahoo major new revenue but that raised monopoly concerns. Yahoo isn't happy with the outcome. The company said in a statement: "Yahoo continues to believe in...

Tags: yahoo, deal, ads, ad

6 November 2008, 9:34

Flickr reaches 3 billion photographs

Crave At the Yahoo site, many join groups of like-minded photographers, comment on each other's shots and share advice on forums. We've always been annoyed by the significance we humans attach to numeric milestones just because they happen to involve a...

Tags: shot, share, smith, flickr

4 November 2008, 9:33

What to expect from Fennec, Firefox's mobile browser

Crave It seems convenient enough to type in your term than to click the engine you prefer to search with -- Google, Yahoo, Amazon or Answers.com. How would you like to be among the first to get touchy-feely with the next mobile browser everyone's talking...

Tags: mobile phones, extensions, ons, add ons

20 October 2008, 10:12

Samsung LE40A856: Size 14 features in a size 8 case

Crave Also included are Samsung's most recent revisions of WiseLink -- the photo, video and music playback system -- and InfoLive, which displays news, weather and stock market data, based on RSS feeds from Yahoo, so you can keep an eye on the global...

Tags: samsung, eye, depth, sockets

14 October 2008, 11:26

Doomed tech: Calacanis talks 'Recession 2.0'

Crave Despite the vast recession the US and UK is fast plummeting into, Yahoo, whose stock this week hit a five-year low of little over $12 per share, is rumoured to be looking not to shed unprofitable little companies from its portfolio, but acquire a...

Tags: ups, employees, cash, aol

13 October 2008, 17:34

Opinion: Why Yahoo Buzz will benefit Digg

Crave Who was it who said, "Yahoo Buzz could drive millions of visitors to anyone's site, thousands of stories to peoples' parents, and hordes of spammers away from Digg"? And we're going to tell you why we think we're right.Yahoo Buzz is a huge social...

Tags: visitors, tech, story, scene

29 September 2008, 16:50

Google Android: Beyond the mobile phone

Crave Which is why Yahoo, Microsoft, and Nokia probably shouldn't be too complacent about the possibility of Android spreading beyond phones. But some Android partners say the software will use more broadly than just phones.

Tags: computing, embedded, river, operating system

23 September 2008, 9:59

Crave Podcast 99: Game pirates must pay up

Crave Elsewhere, Yahoo is planning a push for Net-enabled TVs, Microsoft has launched the amazing Photosynth for consumers, US police are inadvertently killing trees with their radio equipment, and Jeremy Clarkson is causing a YouTube-style kerfuffle...

Tags: cent, kids, crave podcast lounge, forums

22 August 2008, 11:00