Comments on: Monday morning wrap-up: Flipt, Facebook, MySpace’s unnecessary clicks & more http://venturebeat.com/2006/05/01/monday-morning-wrap-up-flipt-facebook-myspaces-unnecessary-clicks-more/ News About Tech, Money and Innovation Wed, 25 Nov 2009 12:19:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: FireEye raises $14.5M for botnet protection - codon5 http://venturebeat.com/2006/05/01/monday-morning-wrap-up-flipt-facebook-myspaces-unnecessary-clicks-more/comment-page-1/#comment-812732 FireEye raises $14.5M for botnet protection - codon5 Mon, 12 May 2008 16:36:04 +0000 http://venturebeat.com/vc/?p=1321#comment-812732 [...] will bring total financing for the company, which was founded in 2004, to $34.5 million, including $6.45 million raised in 2006. Aziz says FireEye will use the money to expand the sales and marketing team and release new [...] [...] will bring total financing for the company, which was founded in 2004, to $34.5 million, including $6.45 million raised in 2006. Aziz says FireEye will use the money to expand the sales and marketing team and release new [...]

]]> By: FireEye raises $14.5M for botnet protection » VentureBeat http://venturebeat.com/2006/05/01/monday-morning-wrap-up-flipt-facebook-myspaces-unnecessary-clicks-more/comment-page-1/#comment-812674 FireEye raises $14.5M for botnet protection » VentureBeat Mon, 12 May 2008 12:01:02 +0000 http://venturebeat.com/vc/?p=1321#comment-812674 [...] will bring total financing for the company, which was founded in 2004, to $34.5 million, including $6.45 million raised in 2006. Aziz says FireEye will use the money to expand the sales and marketing team and release new [...] [...] will bring total financing for the company, which was founded in 2004, to $34.5 million, including $6.45 million raised in 2006. Aziz says FireEye will use the money to expand the sales and marketing team and release new [...]

]]> By: SiliconBeat http://venturebeat.com/2006/05/01/monday-morning-wrap-up-flipt-facebook-myspaces-unnecessary-clicks-more/comment-page-1/#comment-4110 SiliconBeat Fri, 05 May 2006 15:59:36 +0000 http://venturebeat.com/vc/?p=1321#comment-4110 <strong>Friday roundup: Radar, Google Health, Blogcheese, SkyBlue, and Microsoft's gloves</strong> The rumor mill at Yahoo, Microsoft, eBay, Palm & Dell -- You've probably read the WSJ news about how Yahoo and Microsoft are talking. This is getting a bit silly, because companies talk with each other all the time, about all kinds of things. Yahoo and... Friday roundup: Radar, Google Health, Blogcheese, SkyBlue, and Microsoft’s gloves

The rumor mill at Yahoo, Microsoft, eBay, Palm & Dell — You’ve probably read the WSJ news about how Yahoo and Microsoft are talking. This is getting a bit silly, because companies talk with each other all the time, about all kinds of things. Yahoo and…

]]> By: Matt Marshall http://venturebeat.com/2006/05/01/monday-morning-wrap-up-flipt-facebook-myspaces-unnecessary-clicks-more/comment-page-1/#comment-4109 Matt Marshall Tue, 02 May 2006 05:14:12 +0000 http://venturebeat.com/vc/?p=1321#comment-4109 Actually, this IE thing may not be as bad as it seems. I downloaded IE 7 beta yesterday, and it defaulted to Google's search (probably because i was already using Google search). And another reader mentioned that if you hadn't been using Google before, and you download IE 7, then Google gives you a link on the top-right hand corner that encourages you to change your settinng on IE 7. Below is a link to a Mercury News piece on some of this, including a mention of how Google enjoys the same default on Firefox (significant, even if Firefox's usage is nowhere as large as IE) and even on some pre-loads on some PCs. <a href="http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/business/14479439.htm" rel="nofollow">http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/business/14479439.htm</a> Actually, this IE thing may not be as bad as it seems. I downloaded IE 7 beta yesterday, and it defaulted to Google’s search (probably because i was already using Google search). And another reader mentioned that if you hadn’t been using Google before, and you download IE 7, then Google gives you a link on the top-right hand corner that encourages you to change your settinng on IE 7. Below is a link to a Mercury News piece on some of this, including a mention of how Google enjoys the same default on Firefox (significant, even if Firefox’s usage is nowhere as large as IE) and even on some pre-loads on some PCs.

http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/business/14479439.htm

]]> By: Joe Schmoe http://venturebeat.com/2006/05/01/monday-morning-wrap-up-flipt-facebook-myspaces-unnecessary-clicks-more/comment-page-1/#comment-4108 Joe Schmoe Mon, 01 May 2006 11:16:33 +0000 http://venturebeat.com/vc/?p=1321#comment-4108 Wow, the hypocrisy coming out of Google on the browser seach bar issue is amazing. Google has benefitted *hugely* as the default search engine in both the Firefox and Safari browsers. Never have I been prompted to choose a search provider while setting up my browser. It's Google out of the box. And now Microsoft wants to level the playing field a bit by making its *own* search the default on its *own* browser. Well, duh! Granted Google doesn't control the development of the Firefox and Safari browsers (Or do they, considering their cozy relationship with Mozilla?). But I haven't seen them complaining about their favored status in those browsers. What this reveals more than anything is just how important those little search boxes are, and the lengths Google will go to try to protect its lead there. Feh! Wow, the hypocrisy coming out of Google on the browser seach bar issue is amazing. Google has benefitted *hugely* as the default search engine in both the Firefox and Safari browsers. Never have I been prompted to choose a search provider while setting up my browser. It’s Google out of the box. And now Microsoft wants to level the playing field a bit by making its *own* search the default on its *own* browser. Well, duh!

Granted Google doesn’t control the development of the Firefox and Safari browsers (Or do they, considering their cozy relationship with Mozilla?). But I haven’t seen them complaining about their favored status in those browsers.

What this reveals more than anything is just how important those little search boxes are, and the lengths Google will go to try to protect its lead there.

Feh!

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