Yahoo! merges email and IM into one client

Yahoo! is integrating instant messaging into its popular Yahoo! Mail, providing the ability to switch a real-time IM conversation into an email should the recipient go offline, and vice-versa should the need arise. As well as providing extra functionality to the core webmail client, the change is intended to lead more people towards the Yahoo! Messenger platform. One practical example, say, is that an informal meeting conducted via IM could be summarised by an email, containing the full text from all parties. ...more

HP says consumers won't swallow its tablets

No sooner had HP finished presenting its new business tablet, the Compaq 2710p, than Alberto Bozzo, HP's Vice President and General Manager for commercial products, poured cold water on the company's consumer tablets. There is 'no horizontal usage' for tablet PCs, he said, referring to tablet PCs in the home - a surprise declaration given that the company launched its Pavilion tx1080ea consumer tablet just two months ago. Bozzo went on to claim the tx1080 was 'for early adopters. ...more

EU to make its mark on the Internet

YAID! - yet another Internet domain. This time one representing the European Union. The idea of having a distinctive European - as opposed to nationalistic - Internet domain name has been formally agreed by the EU. ...more

Dell reports industry-record shipments of PCs

Dell has cemented its place as the world's largest PC manufacturer as earnings rose 28 per cent in the last financial quarter. However, the Texas company disappointed investors by failing to grow revenues as much as expected. CEO Kevin Rollins put the shortfall down to 'over-aggressive' price cuts, saying that it has offered customers too good a deal. ...more

Yahoo! baby revealed as hoax

An off-beat news story that did the rounds recently was a Romanian couple naming their child 'Yahoo!' to express their joy at having first met over the Internet. It would have been a good story, if it was true. Reuters now reports that the story was fictitious and the reporter responsible - working for a Romanian tabloid - has been fired. ...more