| Business/Tech How fake sites trick search engines to hit the top
The Associated Press reports: SAN FRANCISCO – Even search engines can get suckered by Internet scams. With a little sleight of hand, con artists can dupe them into giving top billing to fraudulent Web sites that prey on consumers, making unwitting accomplices of companies such as Google, Yahoo and Microsoft. Feds investigate Internet posting of security manual
The Department of Homeland Security has put five Transportation Security Administration employees on administrative leave pending an investigation into how sensitive airport passenger screening guidelines ended up on the Internet, The Associated Press reported Wednesday. Hitwise: Google's share grows, Bing's shrinks
Google's share of the search-engine market continued to grow in November as both Yahoo's and Bing's shrank, according to numbers released Wednesday by Experian Hitwise. More on Boeing 787 gauntlet testing
Following earlier reports, Boeing Commercial Airplanes marketing chief Randy Tinseth confirmed Tuesday that the company has started final gauntlet testing of the first flight-test 787 Dreamliner. Is Ex-Im Bank's Bob Morin Boeing's biggest booster?
Bob Morin, the vice president of transportation at the U.S. Export-Import Bank, is largely responsible for Boeing's relative success in riding out the recession, The Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday. Tech docs for U.S. antitrust case 'substantially complete'
In June, Microsoft delivered the final technical documentation required in a long-running U.S. antitrust case, marking the process "substantially complete," according to court documents. United will invite Embraer to bid on order
United Airlines will invite Brazil's Embraer to bid on an order next year for narrow-body aircraft, Reuters reported Wednesday. Apparent rocket spirals out of control over Norway
There are several accounts out there of this strange light show over Norway overnight. I'll go with a possible explanation from astronomer Phil Plait, author of "Death from the Skies!" Boeing officials talk tanker with Air Force
A Boeing team met with Air Force officials Tuesday to discuss the aerial refueling tanker request for proposals. First Boeing 787 engines "ready to fly"
The Rolls-Royce Trent 1000 engines of the first flight-test Boeing 787 Dreamliner are "absolutely ready to fly," the chief engineer for the engine program told Flightblogger in a Wednesday report. Video: Exploring Microsoft's licensing taxes
Jeff Reifman is back, this time on SometimesDaily with Amanda Congdon. The former Microsoft employee, who has been writing about the company's software-licensing taxes, appeared on the popular Web show's "Internet Justice" segment. Boeing completes first engine runs on 747-8 Freighter
Boeing successfully completed the first engine runs for the 747-8 Freighter, the company announced Wednesday. Google's personlized results deserve extraordinary attention
Search Engine Land reports: On Friday afternoon, Google made the biggest change that has ever happened in search engines, and the world largely yawned. ... Whatever the reason, it was a huge development and deserves much more attention than it has received so far. Microsoft begins work on next version of Office
Microsoft released the Office 2010 beta in October and the productivity suite is set to officially launch in June 2010. But the company already is starting to work on the next version of Office. Could Dec. 1 Air France incident shed light on June crash?
An incident involving an Air France A330-200 airliner over the South Atlantic on Dec. 1 could provide clues into what happened to the June Air France A330 crash that killed all 228 people on board, Creamer Media reported Tuesday. Analyst: Tanker contest never has been a "competition"
The Air Force's quest to replace its aerial refueling tankers never really has been a "competition," an analyst wrote Tuesday. Iowa schools get $60M from Microsoft settlement
From The Associated Press: DES MOINES, Iowa – Gov. Chet Culver says Iowa schools will get more than $60 million from the settlement of a lawsuit against Microsoft Corp. Culver says more than 1,000 schools will be eligible to apply for some of the money. FAA names panel to review Nov. 19 outage
The Federal Aviation Administration has formed an independent review panel to look into the Nov. 19 software problem that disrupted air traffic management causing flight delays and cancellations. Microsoft consolidates Azure, WinServer into new division
Microsoft has consolidated its Windows Azure and Windows Server & Solutions groups into a new Server & Cloud Division under the Server & Tools Business. 
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