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Yahoo announces Carol Bartz as CEO
News Carol Bartz, Autodesk's former executive chairman, has replaced Jerry Yang as Yahoo's chief executive. She is the exact combination of seasoned technology executive and savvy leader that the board was looking for, and we are thrilled to have...
[January 14, 2009, 7:39]
Yahoo makes board decision as deadline looms
News Yahoo is close to appointing John Chapple and Frank Biondi Jr as its two additional board members, as it nears its Friday deadline to expand its board as part of a settlement agreement with activist investor Carl Icahn, according to sources.
[August 14, 2008, 9:30]
Yahoo opens up Fire Eagle geolocation service
News Fire Eagle, Yahoo's formerly experimental geolocation platform, is officially opening up to all users, and several companies are announcing products that work with it. At the Fire Eagle launch on Tuesday, Yahoo highlighted three companies using the...
[August 13, 2008, 15:05]
Yahoo's Zimbra officially embraced by Ubuntu
News Zimbra, the open-source email software that Yahoo acquired for $350m (£180m) last year, is officially coming to Ubuntu Linux. However, now, the email software will be in the Ubuntu Partner Repository, providing easy access to both offline and...
[August 7, 2008, 15:51]
Yahoo serves up a taste of its Open Strategy
News Yahoo showed its vision on Thursday for what its Yahoo Open Strategy makes possible, demonstrating how it hopes to engage users more by enabling its existing sites to grow beyond their current confines.
[September 12, 2008, 8:51]
Yahoo boosts mobile efforts with iPhone app
News Yahoo on Wednesday released a preview version of a free iPhone application called 'oneConnect' that can centralise communications and social-networking activity. Yahoo is racing against Google and others to bring more applications to mobile devices...
[September 11, 2008, 11:01]
Yahoo Messenger for iPhone
Downloads Take the best of Messenger anywhere with Yahoo! Instant message with your Yahoo! Messenger for iPhone. Messenger contacts wherever you are. Share photos, emoticons and links, right from your iPhone. Show yourself as available, busy, or invisible...
[December 3, 2009, 20:12]
MSN, Yahoo! and AOL join to fight spam
News AOL, Yahoo! One of the most oppressive aspects of connecting to the Net, spam wreaks havoc for computer users and for Internet companies such as AOL, MSN, Yahoo! With individual filters routinely fooled by spammers, AOL, Microsoft and Yahoo!
[April 28, 2003, 14:23]
Yahoo urged to sell search unit to Microsoft
News Yahoo shares edged up on Tuesday as analysts and the company's own major shareholder and director, Carl Icahn, said they hoped the the internet search pioneer would entertain a search-only deal with Microsoft.
[November 5, 2008, 7:25]
Google, Yahoo in talks with US Justice Dept
News Google and Yahoo are in early-stage negotiations with the US Justice Department to avoid an antitrust challenge to their proposed advertising agreement, according to a report on Monday in The Wall Street Journal.
[October 14, 2008, 10:04]
Yahoo investor proposes new Microsoft deal
News As Yahoo stock reaches new lows, it appears a private-equity fund that owns a small percentage of Yahoo's stock has proposed a new deal for selling the company to Microsoft. Mithras Capital Partners, which reportedly owns more than 1.9 million...
[October 10, 2008, 8:40]
Yahoo relaunches IndexTools as Web Analytics
News Yahoo on Wednesday announced the rebranding of IndexTools as Yahoo Web Analytics (beta). Yahoo acquired IndexTools back in early April and promptly made it a free service. According to a post on Yahoo's blog, the updated version of the service is...
[October 9, 2008, 9:48]
Yahoo squares up to Google with calendar overhaul
News Yahoo plans to begin a beta test of a major overhaul of its online calendar on Wednesday, a redesign that brings new advertising and social-networking possibilities. For example, people can subscribe to others' calendars, such as schedules for...
[October 8, 2008, 12:44]
Yahoo web tool speeds up image shrinking
News Yahoo, which has considerable expertise in maximising website performance, has long offered advice on how to speed up sites up by minimising photo size. The web-based tool, called Smush It, can perform multiple operations to shrink graphics file...
[October 6, 2008, 12:00]
Yahoo job cuts
Talkback Guess Yahoo has made a mistake by not accepting M$ offer
[October 23, 2008, 9:34]
Yahoo! taps users for corporate IM strategy
News Yahoo! We've been seeing there's a trend emerging to block Messenger within corporations for security and control concerns," said Hillary Mickell, senior director of marketing in Yahoo! The Web portal has begun a campaign called "Save Smiley", in...
[April 11, 2003, 7:46]
Yahoo's Zimbra gets Exchange support
News Yahoo's Zimbra software now can work hand in hand with other server software for email, calendar and contacts, including Microsoft's widely used Exchange. Zimbra Collaboration Suite, an open-source software package, now has an "open extension...
[October 1, 2008, 8:54]
Yahoo Mailer
Downloads I use Yahoo! Yahoo! Mail. So, obviously, it annoys me when a mailto: link opens up my mail program. Mailer here just re-directs those links back to your default web browser so you can use your email there.
[September 29, 2006, 8:00]
Yahoo! Desktop Search
Downloads Yahoo! Yahoo! Desktop Search puts the power of Yahoo! Desktop Search Beta is a free, downloadable desktop search application that enables you to instantly find any file, email or attachment on your computer.
[November 11, 2005, 7:00]
