Category Archives: Yahoo

Say farewell to GeoCities, the vintage Web-hosting site

By doris | Published: October 28, 2009

Full Story at CNN.com (CNN) — The flashing banner ads, questionable color schemes and omnipresent “Under Construction” signs of GeoCities are no more. The personal Web-hosting site, launched in 1995 and owned by Yahoo Inc. since 1999, was to be shut down by Tuesday. It’s a move that will scrub from the Web a significant, [...]

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Report criticizes Yahoo over prescription-drug ads

By doris | Published: August 23, 2009

Full Story at CNN.com Two small research firms, Legitscript.com and KnujOn.com, say that during a three-month period in the spring and early summer of 2009, Yahoo routinely accepted ads from dozens of online pharmacies that dispensed drugs without a valid prescription. The allegation is included in a new report by the two firms, which said [...]

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Microsoft and Yahoo: Search partners

By doris | Published: July 30, 2009

Full Story at money.cnn.com NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) — Microsoft and Yahoo reached a long-awaited partnership Wednesday in a bid to challenge Google’s dominance in online search. Under the 10-year deal, Yahoo.com and Bing.com will maintain their own branding but search results on Yahoo.com will say “powered by Bing.” Yahoo, in turn, will be responsible for [...]

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Yahoo launching front page open to others’ content

By doris | Published: July 22, 2009

Full Story at CNN.com Yahoo plans to let people in the United States start selecting a new, more personalized version of the home page beginning Tuesday afternoon. The revamp lets people select basic applications to use not just Yahoo sites, but also others’ such as eBay, Facebook, and Twitter, said Tapan Bhat, Yahoo’s senior vice [...]

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Carl Icahn says he favors Yahoo-Microsoft search deal

By doris | Published: July 19, 2009

Full Story at CNET News According to an All Things Digital report late Thursday, several top Microsoft players–including online executives Yusuf Mehdi, Satya Nadella, and Qi Lu–are in Silicon Valley to try to finalize a search deal with Yahoo. The report says the two sides are “down to the short strokes” after years of closely [...]

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Report: Management shakeup at Yahoo coming

By doris | Published: February 23, 2009

Full Story At  msnbc.com SAN FRANCISCO – Yahoo Inc Chief Executive Carol Bartz could announce a major management reorganization as early as next week, according to the blog AllThingsD. The Wall Street Journal-affiliated blog, citing several sources inside and outside the Internet company, said the revamp would likely come on Wednesday, although it could be [...]

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