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Report: Microsoft Bidding for Yahoo's Search Business

Iria — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 21:41:21 -0600

A little over a month ago Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer said a Yahoo! deal still "makes sense," but that same afternoon, a Microsoft press release quashed any speculation by saying there were "no discussions between the companies."

FBI Searches Apartment of Palin Hacking Suspect

Iria — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 14:42:00 -0500

FBI agents executed a search warrant Sunday at the apartment of University of Tennessee student David Kernell (pictured). Kernell has been the subject of much Internet chatter in connection with the hacking of Sarah Palin's personal Yahoo! email account. Palin has been widely criticized for using the account for government business, against disclosure rules.

Palin's Yahoo! Email Hacked

Iria — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 18:55:41 -0500

Sarah Palin, John McCain's running-mate, has come under fire for using her private Yahoo! email address for state business. The reason? As a public official she's supposed to use her official email address (which is, of course, subject to laws requiring the retention of government records). She even has a Blackberry, so why would she even need to use Yahoo! mail?

HP, Intel and Yahoo! Create Global Cloud Computing Research Test Bed

harminka — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 13:00:00 -0500

HP, Intel Corporation and Yahoo! Inc. (Nasdaq: YHOO) today announced the creation of a global, multi-data center, open source test bed for the advancement of cloud computing research and education.

MySpace Agrees to OpenID’s Idea of Sharing Log-Ins.

Odur Joe — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 19:41:39 -0500

MySpace has finally succumbed to the OpenID revolution. The Popular online social center announced on Tuesday that they will join OpenID, an internet site which allows Internet users to log on to many diverse web sites using a single digital identity.

sers of Yahoo Answers seek advice, opinion, expertise

harminka — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 00:06:07 -0500

One of the first large-scale analyses of how people share knowledge on Yahoo Answers has found that participants use the site to exchange advice and opinions, in addition to technical expertise.

Flickr (Yahoo) Finally Launches Online Video Service- But Is It Worthy Enough?

mansibshah — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 14:19:24 -0500

Today Flickr (Yahoo) introduced its online video launching service, which allows its premium users to upload video clips of up to 150MB to their Flickr portfolio. Where YouTube rules the online video world, and Hulu providing a close competition, does Flickr Video have a chance at all??

Yahoo Inc considers Time Warner’s offer

seher — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 07:18:30 -0600

Yahoo Inc and media conglomerate Time Warner Inc have stepped up talks to create an alternative to Microsoft Corp's offer to take over the Web company.

Technology Leaders Join OpenID Foundation to Promote Open Identity Management on Web

harminka — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 13:04:33 -0600

The OpenID Foundation today announced that Google (NASDAQ: GOOG), IBM (NYSE: IBM), Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT), VeriSign (NASDAQ: VRSN) and Yahoo! (NASDAQ: YHOO) have joined as its first corporate board members. With these companies' deep expertise in Internet and security technology, the OpenID Foundation strengthens the industry-wide effort to empower users with portable Web identities, or OpenIDs.

Microsoft Makes Multi-Billion Dollar Offer for Yahoo

seher — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 11:30:50 -0600

U.S.-based software giant Microsoft says it has offered to buy Internet search engine Yahoo for $44.6 billion.

Microsoft Offers To Buy Yahoo

Offbeatnews — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 07:08:16 -0600

In new stock tech news, Microsoft has offered to buy struggling search engine Yahoo! for $44.68 billion. microsoft wants to boost its position in the powerful and financially rewarding search business.

Assn Ecommerce Expo to Feature Philipp Justus, SVP, eBay Auctions

joycecom — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 13:03:48 -0600

What if you could mingle with the top online retailers...what if you could find out how these guys and gals make more than $1/2 Billion annually...what if you could show them your tech and services and encourage them to get to know you and your firm? Now you can...at the Second Annual Internet Merchants Assn Ecommerce Expo, March 3-5 in Las Vegas