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Yahoo CEO: Microsoft search-deal talks ongoing
News Yahoo chief executive Carol Bartz said on Wednesday that her company continues to have talks with Microsoft on a search deal and indicated a willingness to sell. Asked whether Microsoft and Yahoo are actively talking, Bartz said, "Yeah, a little bit.
[May 28, 2009, 12:33]
Yahoo, Microsoft outperform US search growth
News Yahoo and Microsoft outperformed the US search industry's seven percent increase in search results for the month of October, according to a ComScore report released on Wednesday. Yahoo led the way in growth, with a nine percent increase, to 2.6...
[November 27, 2008, 11:28]
Yahoo tests revamped homepage
News Yahoo has begun offering some users a more personalised homepage that the company hopes will increase the usage and utility of a website that's widely used but elderly in internet years. For example, it can be set so users see email from Yahoo Mail...
[September 18, 2008, 8:19]
Yahoo not supporting Firefox after all
Talkback I,ve always used Yahoo for my personal mail, but now I'm playing with Linux, regularly using Firefox soon most of my Yahoo use will be with Google. Oh dear. What a shame.never mind.
[March 18, 2005, 11:46]
Yahoo Widget Engine
Downloads The Yahoo! What sets Yahoo! For the "skinning" crowd, Yahoo! Widget Engine (formerly known as Konfabulator) is a JavaScript runtime engine for Windows and Mac OS X that lets you run little files called Widgets that can do pretty much whatever you...
[August 13, 2008, 8:00]
Yahoo! cracks down on porn chatrooms
Talkback YAHOO BOOTERS, SM NASTY SHIT ON YAHOO. BLOCK THEM SURE IT NOT HELP PPL TO CHAT NICE SURE THERE SHOULD BE SMREQUIREMENTS TO MAKE ID IN YAHOO NOT LIKE ANYONE CAN GO AND CREATE ID THROUGH 3RD PARTY SOFTWARES IF YOU WANNA KNOW MORE AND DEEP ABOUT YAHOO...
[February 4, 2006, 22:06]
Google, Yahoo, Microsoft team up on web indexes
News Search engine rivals Google, Yahoo and Microsoft are teaming up to make it easier for website owners to make sure their sites get included in the web indexes, the companies are expected to announce on Thursday.
[November 16, 2006, 8:18]
Yahoo mail flaws fixed
News Yahoo fixed two flaws in its free mail system that could have allowed a malicious user to read a victim's browser cookies and change the appearance of some pages, Yahoo said on Thursday. A representative of the company said the flaws were fixed...
[August 20, 2004, 9:05]
Yahoo patches Messenger, Chat flaws
Talkback I can't log into yahoo chat, and when i do i go invisible in the room and no one can see me typing? I tried yahoo support and they just shunned me.
[March 19, 2005, 4:20]
Yahoo acquires Kelkoo
Talkback Now Yahoo will find out just how much Kelkoo have to spend to support their business (i.e.sooo much loss-leading) and how many retailers are listed for free. Truth will out! Definitely a hot area though.
[March 26, 2004, 15:43]
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 pledges full Firefox compatibility
Talkback In 5 years, when Yahoo wakes up and realises ".gee maybe there IS something to this Firefox thing. I still won't touch their service with a 10 foot LAN cable. What an appropriate name for a company, after all they are run by a bunch of yahoos!
[March 19, 2005, 23:52]
Yahoo patches IM security hole
News Yahoo issued a security patch to fix a potential vulnerability in its latest instant messaging software, the company said on Friday. The patch, first posted to the Web late last Thursday, repairs a security hole stemming from Yahoo Messenger's use...
[August 16, 2004, 10:30]
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 answers IM security flaw
News Yahoo has issued an update to its instant-messaging software, in order to address a security flaw found in the application. According to Yahoo, only a small percentage of the company's IM software users might be vulnerable as a result of the flaw.
[December 8, 2003, 9:40]
Yahoo launches Windows Mobile service
News Yahoo has launched a version of its communications software for Windows Mobile smartphones. The package, which was first launched in January, is currently pre-loaded on some Symbian Series 60 smartphones or can be downloaded from Yahoo.
[August 30, 2006, 15:45]
Yahoo not supporting Firefox after all
Talkback Please correct me if I'm wrong, but since this has to do with some of the functionality between Firefox and Yahoo's plugin/addon/whatever, isn't this less of an issue with web standards and more of an issue with Yahoo's code interacting with Firefox?
[March 22, 2005, 20:10]
