A merger or sale of AOL may be under wraps, according to Reuters. New York — Having been rejected by Yahoo, Microsoft Corp., under pressure to seek an alternative to buying part or all of Yahoo Inc., is pushing forward discussions over a deal with Time Warner Inc.’s AOL. Time Warner Inc. is in separate […]

New York — Oft-rumored acquisition target, video search provider Blinkx, sharpened its defense and offense against a possible buyout from Google or Yahoo, on Wednesday said it has signed new pacts with several major online partners, one of which happens to be owned by Microsoft. Blinkx launched its latest video search service in the form […]

“Lawsuit claims ads on parked domains are low quality and unlikely to convert.” San Jose, Calif., — A legal attorney has sued Google alleging that none of his ads on parked domain names yielded any fruitful results, and that Google did not provide an easy way to opt out of domain parking, quoted Information Week. […]

“Legal fighters agree on deal to shield user IDs in video logging database with other values.” San Francisco — Apparently submitting to privacy complaints, Viacom Inc. would not be given the identities of users who watch video clips on the popular video-sharing site YouTube. A deal reached Tuesday allows Google to cloak identities of YouTube […]

New York — Internet radio attained a bigger boost Monday as nine more radio groups joined TargetSpot, an ad sales network serving online radio broadcasters. TargetSpot, Inc. recently made addition to its nationwide portfolio of top nine radio and internet broadcasters and shows seeking to garner into the streaming media advertising market.

New York — AOL, a unit of Time Warner Inc., continues its quest to spread out their network of dedicated sites with new avenues to generate more advertising revenues, on Tuesday launched two new sites — one geared toward personal money management and the other focused on photography as part of its bid to en-cash […]

Bangalore, India — Intel India on Monday introduced an online storefront and business solution Web portal (http://bxindia.intel.com), designed to cater the needs for small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs). According to the company, The Intel Business Exchange (Intel BX) collectively provide resources and platform solutions built on Intel technology, such as bundled software and hardware, stand-alone […]

“Witnesses include execs from rival Microsoft, as well as Yahoo and Google.” San Francisco — An antitrust official at the U.S. Department of Justice has ordered an inquiry to review the search advertising deal between Google Inc. and Yahoo Inc., and the company will take a couple of jibes at Microsoft Corp. in the process, […]

“The Deal Represents U.S. Introduction of Leading European Ad Serving Technology.” New York — Struggling to tap the growing ad revenue, AOL today said that Gannett Co., Inc. has chosen ADTECH as its online digital advertising partner. ADTECH is part of Platform-A, http://www.platform-a.com, AOL’s digital advertising business.

San Francisco — Yahoo Inc. late Saturday night irritably rejected a “ludicrous” joint takeover proposal from Microsoft Corp. and billionaire investor Carl Icahn that called for a restructuring and the sale of Yahoo’s search business to Microsoft. Microsoft and corporate raider Carl Icahn, who are bent on overthrowing the struggling Internet search pioneer’s board, seeking […]