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Yahoo Search Monkey Opens to All Developers
(News) Yahoo will make available to all developers its Search Monkey platform on Thursday, another step in its wide-ranging effort to...
(News) Yahoo will make available to all developers its Search Monkey platform on Thursday, another step in its wide-ranging effort to...
Yahoo to Radically Open Its Platforms
(News) Yahoo is swinging the doors of its Web platforms wide open to let outside developers create applications across its network of...
(News) Yahoo is swinging the doors of its Web platforms wide open to let outside developers create applications across its network of...
Yahoo Previews Online Ad Management System
(News) Amp, a Web-based platform to buy online ad space across some 600 news sites, is scheduled for a third-quarter launch.
(News) Amp, a Web-based platform to buy online ad space across some 600 news sites, is scheduled for a third-quarter launch.
Yahoo Again Rebuffs Microsoft
(News) Microsoft's threat of a hostile takeover draws a written response asking for "constructive" talk and more money.
(News) Microsoft's threat of a hostile takeover draws a written response asking for "constructive" talk and more money.
Microsoft to Yahoo: Make Deal or Face Proxy Fight
(News) The offer price could drop if Yahoo doesn't cooperate soon, Microsoft CEO Ballmer warns.
(News) The offer price could drop if Yahoo doesn't cooperate soon, Microsoft CEO Ballmer warns.
Questionable search ads slip by Yahoo
(News) Yahoo recently expanded the list of products that can't be advertised on its search engine, but it appears the company could be more stringent in enforcing its ad rejection policies.
(News) Yahoo recently expanded the list of products that can't be advertised on its search engine, but it appears the company could be more stringent in enforcing its ad rejection policies.
Yahoo speaks up for open search
(News) Yahoo will open its mobile search to third-party content providers and let users search just by saying a term or asking a question.
(News) Yahoo will open its mobile search to third-party content providers and let users search just by saying a term or asking a question.
Microsoft, Yahoo: Back in Talks?
(News) Negotiations for an acquisition may be on, a month after Yahoo rejects Microsoft's first offer, according to reports.
(News) Negotiations for an acquisition may be on, a month after Yahoo rejects Microsoft's first offer, according to reports.
Yahoo loses top spot in Taiwan to Wretch
(News) It's a good thing Yahoo Taiwan bought Wretch.cc last year: the Web site, which offers free blogs, picture and video posting and other applications to users, just swiped the top Internet ranking on the island away from its owner's portal.
(News) It's a good thing Yahoo Taiwan bought Wretch.cc last year: the Web site, which offers free blogs, picture and video posting and other applications to users, just swiped the top Internet ranking on the island away from its owner's portal.
Yahoo sets up new lab in India
(News) Yahoo is establishing a lab in Bangalore, India, where the company already has research and development (R&D) operations. While the current R&D done by Yahoo in India is focused on new products and engineering, the focus of the new lab will be on long-term research, a spokeswoman for the company said Tuesday.
(News) Yahoo is establishing a lab in Bangalore, India, where the company already has research and development (R&D) operations. While the current R&D done by Yahoo in India is focused on new products and engineering, the focus of the new lab will be on long-term research, a spokeswoman for the company said Tuesday.
Microsoft Still Wants Yahoo, Ballmer Says
(News) Microsoft CEO says the companies are still talking, but wouldn't hint of strategy.
(News) Microsoft CEO says the companies are still talking, but wouldn't hint of strategy.
Yahoo sued again by Chinese dissidents
(News) Yahoo and at least one subsidiary face their second major lawsuit by Chinese dissidents claiming the company aided Chinese authorities by handing over e-mails and other electronic communications that ended up landing one plaintiff in jail.
(News) Yahoo and at least one subsidiary face their second major lawsuit by Chinese dissidents claiming the company aided Chinese authorities by handing over e-mails and other electronic communications that ended up landing one plaintiff in jail.
Yahoo sends letter to shareholders over Microsoft bid
(News) Yahoo CEO Jerry Yang cited the growing online advertising market and his company's position to take advantage of that growth as reasons for shareholders to reject Microsoft's acquisition bid, he said in a letter to shareholders Wednesday.
(News) Yahoo CEO Jerry Yang cited the growing online advertising market and his company's position to take advantage of that growth as reasons for shareholders to reject Microsoft's acquisition bid, he said in a letter to shareholders Wednesday.
T-Mobile Dumps Google in Europe for Yahoo
(News) T-Mobile customers in 11 countries will see oneSearch as their mobile search application.
(News) T-Mobile customers in 11 countries will see oneSearch as their mobile search application.
Ballmer Refutes Google's Talk of Antitrust
(News) Acquiring Yahoo wouldn't be anticompetitive when Microsoft's the underdog, CEO retorts.
(News) Acquiring Yahoo wouldn't be anticompetitive when Microsoft's the underdog, CEO retorts.
Yahoo: A Retrospective of Microsoft's Acquisition Target
(News) The pioneering search firm originated on campus, spread worldwide in a short time.
(News) The pioneering search firm originated on campus, spread worldwide in a short time.
Google, Microsoft Banter Over Yahoo Bid
(News) Google raises antitrust concerns in first public comment about Microsoft's proposed acquisition of Yahoo.
(News) Google raises antitrust concerns in first public comment about Microsoft's proposed acquisition of Yahoo.
Would Merger Demote Yahoo to a Microsoft Front End?
(News) Analysis: The pairing gives Microsoft a needed outlet, but the outcome could quash Yahoo.
(News) Analysis: The pairing gives Microsoft a needed outlet, but the outcome could quash Yahoo.
Yahoo to Support OpenID Single Sign-On
(News) UPDATE: Yahoo user names and passwords can soon be used to access Web sites that support the OpenID 2.0 digital identity framework.
(News) UPDATE: Yahoo user names and passwords can soon be used to access Web sites that support the OpenID 2.0 digital identity framework.
Yahoo to support OpenID single sign-on
(News) People with a Yahoo user name and password will be able to use that ID information to access non-Yahoo Web sites that support the OpenID 2.0 digital identity framework, reducing the amount of different log-in information people need to create, remember and enter online.
(News) People with a Yahoo user name and password will be able to use that ID information to access non-Yahoo Web sites that support the OpenID 2.0 digital identity framework, reducing the amount of different log-in information people need to create, remember and enter online.
Yahoo Wants to Keep It Simple
(News) Yahoo CEO Jerry Yang told CES that Yahoo's goal for being users' Internet home page is to keep it simple.
(News) Yahoo CEO Jerry Yang told CES that Yahoo's goal for being users' Internet home page is to keep it simple.
Yahoo Offers Tools to Build Mobile Widgets
(News) Updates to Yahoo Go and the mobile browser invite third-party developers to write mobile widgets for Yahoo services.
(News) Updates to Yahoo Go and the mobile browser invite third-party developers to write mobile widgets for Yahoo services.
Yahoo to offer structured Web search
(News) Users of Yahoo Search may soon be able to do a structured search around select terms, rather than navigate through a large number of search results.
(News) Users of Yahoo Search may soon be able to do a structured search around select terms, rather than navigate through a large number of search results.
Yahoo settles Chinese dissident lawsuit
(News) Jailed Chinese dissidents have settled a lawsuit they filed earlier this year against Yahoo Inc. in which they alleged the Internet company should be held accountable for their imprisonment and torture.
(News) Jailed Chinese dissidents have settled a lawsuit they filed earlier this year against Yahoo Inc. in which they alleged the Internet company should be held accountable for their imprisonment and torture.
Lawmakers rip into Yahoo over testimony on dissident arrest
(News) Yahoo aided the Chinese government in the arrest of a journalist, then its general counsel deliberately or negligently mislead the U.S. Congress about the company's role during 2006 testimony, a senior lawmaker charged Tuesday.
(News) Yahoo aided the Chinese government in the arrest of a journalist, then its general counsel deliberately or negligently mislead the U.S. Congress about the company's role during 2006 testimony, a senior lawmaker charged Tuesday.
Yahoo Messenger deepens social networking features
(News) Yahoo, disconcertingly unable to develop a popular social networking site, will try to accentuate the social networking capabilities of Yahoo Messenger when it releases on Tuesday a beta upgrade of this widely used instant messaging service.
(News) Yahoo, disconcertingly unable to develop a popular social networking site, will try to accentuate the social networking capabilities of Yahoo Messenger when it releases on Tuesday a beta upgrade of this widely used instant messaging service.
U.S. Congress asks Yahoo execs to testify in China case
(News) The U.S. Congress Tuesday asked Yahoo Inc. to explain alleged false statements the company's attorney gave in testimony last year.
(News) The U.S. Congress Tuesday asked Yahoo Inc. to explain alleged false statements the company's attorney gave in testimony last year.
Yahoo holds Open Hack Day in India
(News) Yahoo Inc. held Open Hack Day October 5 and 6 in Bangalore, India, in a bid to build an ecosystem of external developers familiar with the company's technologies.
(News) Yahoo Inc. held Open Hack Day October 5 and 6 in Bangalore, India, in a bid to build an ecosystem of external developers familiar with the company's technologies.
Yahoo sharpens precision of search terms
(News) The latest version of Yahoo Inc.'s search engine senses when people are trying to find the right keywords and offers suggestions, an improvement the company says reduces "search fatigue."
(News) The latest version of Yahoo Inc.'s search engine senses when people are trying to find the right keywords and offers suggestions, an improvement the company says reduces "search fatigue."
Yahoo to buy Zimbra
(News) Yahoo Inc. has agreed to buy Zimbra Inc., a privately held company whose Web hosted collaboration and messaging suite is considered a successful example of the software-as-a-service model (SAAS).
(News) Yahoo Inc. has agreed to buy Zimbra Inc., a privately held company whose Web hosted collaboration and messaging suite is considered a successful example of the software-as-a-service model (SAAS).
Report: Yahoo mistakenly blows the lid off new service
(News) As if Yahoo Inc. didn't have enough trouble already in social networking, a company employee tipped a New York Times reporter by mistake about a new, unannounced service called Yahoo Mash.
(News) As if Yahoo Inc. didn't have enough trouble already in social networking, a company employee tipped a New York Times reporter by mistake about a new, unannounced service called Yahoo Mash.
Yahoo reorganizes ... again
(News) Yahoo Inc. has shaken up its top management ranks once again, as the struggling Internet giant continues tweaking its organizational structure to boost advertising sales, its main source of revenue.
(News) Yahoo Inc. has shaken up its top management ranks once again, as the struggling Internet giant continues tweaking its organizational structure to boost advertising sales, its main source of revenue.
Yahoo wants judge to toss out China torture case
(News) Yahoo Inc. wants a California court to dismiss a lawsuit brought against the company by jailed Chinese dissidents.
(News) Yahoo Inc. wants a California court to dismiss a lawsuit brought against the company by jailed Chinese dissidents.
Congress to probe Yahoo over jailed China journalist
(News) A U.S. congressional committee plans to investigate whether or not Yahoo Inc. lied during testimony over its role in a human rights case in China that sent journalist Shi Tao to jail for 10 years.
(News) A U.S. congressional committee plans to investigate whether or not Yahoo Inc. lied during testimony over its role in a human rights case in China that sent journalist Shi Tao to jail for 10 years.
Yahoo sites hit by availability problems
(News) Yahoo Inc. suffered availability problems on Friday that affected its [home page] as well as other of its Web sites and services for a sustained period of time.
(News) Yahoo Inc. suffered availability problems on Friday that affected its [home page] as well as other of its Web sites and services for a sustained period of time.
Report: News Corp. offers MySpace for Yahoo stake
(News) News Corp. recently discussed swapping its MySpace social-networking site in exchange for a large stake in Yahoo Inc., according to published reports.
(News) News Corp. recently discussed swapping its MySpace social-networking site in exchange for a large stake in Yahoo Inc., according to published reports.
Yahoo says operators have nothing to fear
(News) Yahoo Inc. is seeking to reassure carriers that it isn't trying to cut them out of the loop with its mobile content services, even as it rolls out new mobile services for customers.
(News) Yahoo Inc. is seeking to reassure carriers that it isn't trying to cut them out of the loop with its mobile content services, even as it rolls out new mobile services for customers.
ITunes Music Store pushes Sony aside on Yahoo Japan
(News) Yahoo Japan Corp. replaced a Sony Corp.-affiliated music download service with Apple Inc.'s iTunes Music Store on Thursday as the default music store on Yahoo Music Japan.
(News) Yahoo Japan Corp. replaced a Sony Corp.-affiliated music download service with Apple Inc.'s iTunes Music Store on Thursday as the default music store on Yahoo Music Japan.
Yahoo opens access to ad system APIs
(News) Yahoo Inc. is making APIs (application programming interfaces) available for external developers so that they can build tools and applications for its new Panama search advertising platform.
(News) Yahoo Inc. is making APIs (application programming interfaces) available for external developers so that they can build tools and applications for its new Panama search advertising platform.
After ten years, Yahoo CTO calls it quits
(News) Yahoo Inc.'s Chief Technology Officer Farzad Nazem is stepping down.
(News) Yahoo Inc.'s Chief Technology Officer Farzad Nazem is stepping down.
Yahoo remakes mapping site
(News) Yahoo Inc. has moved its online mapping service to a new platform that the company said makes the Web site faster and more accurate.
(News) Yahoo Inc. has moved its online mapping service to a new platform that the company said makes the Web site faster and more accurate.
Yahoo preps Web version of Messenger
(News) Yahoo Inc. introduced Wednesday evening a new browser-based version of its Messenger instant messaging service, so that users can access their accounts without needing the PC application on the machine they're using.
(News) Yahoo Inc. introduced Wednesday evening a new browser-based version of its Messenger instant messaging service, so that users can access their accounts without needing the PC application on the machine they're using.
Three Minutes With a Chief Yahoo
(News) Cofounder David Filo tells discusses the search portal's evolution, and its challenges as it expands internationally.
(News) Cofounder David Filo tells discusses the search portal's evolution, and its challenges as it expands internationally.
Yahoo China to appeal music piracy ruling
(News) Yahoo China plans to appeal a ruling that found it guilty of abetting music piracy, the company said Tuesday.
(News) Yahoo China plans to appeal a ruling that found it guilty of abetting music piracy, the company said Tuesday.
Yahoo sued over jailing of Chinese dissident
(News) The wife of an imprisoned Chinese dissident has sued Yahoo Inc. for divulging information about her husband's Internet activity, which allegedly led to his arrest and torture.
(News) The wife of an imprisoned Chinese dissident has sued Yahoo Inc. for divulging information about her husband's Internet activity, which allegedly led to his arrest and torture.
Yahoo exec: We must improve social net standing
(News) Yahoo Inc. must leverage its multiple Web sites and services to gain a stronger position in social networking, a company executive said Wednesday.
(News) Yahoo Inc. must leverage its multiple Web sites and services to gain a stronger position in social networking, a company executive said Wednesday.
Yahoo to serve ads to Viacom sites
(News) Yahoo Inc.'s new search marketing system continues to gain momentum with an announcement that Viacom Inc. plans to use the system on all of its 33 Web sites.
(News) Yahoo Inc.'s new search marketing system continues to gain momentum with an announcement that Viacom Inc. plans to use the system on all of its 33 Web sites.
Yahoo tests customizable Alpha search engine
(News) Yahoo Inc. is quietly testing a search engine which users can customize by adding, removing and rearranging components, suggesting that the company may plan to make it easier for users to tailor search sites to reflect their interests.
(News) Yahoo Inc. is quietly testing a search engine which users can customize by adding, removing and rearranging components, suggesting that the company may plan to make it easier for users to tailor search sites to reflect their interests.
Yahoo opens up Web mail APIs
(News) Yahoo Inc. is opening up its Web mail platform to external developers, so that they can create plug-ins, utilities and applications for the popular Yahoo Mail service.
(News) Yahoo Inc. is opening up its Web mail platform to external developers, so that they can create plug-ins, utilities and applications for the popular Yahoo Mail service.
Yahoo Expands Mobile Search
(News) Now, anyone with a Web-enabled phone can access Yahoo's oneSearch for results by category.
(News) Now, anyone with a Web-enabled phone can access Yahoo's oneSearch for results by category.
Hong Kong group clears Yahoo HK in dissident case
(News) Yahoo Inc.'s Hong Kong subsidiary did not violate the territory's Personal Data Ordinance when it turned over e-mail records that allegedly led to the arrest and detention of journalist Shi Tao in China, the Hong Kong government arm charged with protecting personal data said Wednesday.
(News) Yahoo Inc.'s Hong Kong subsidiary did not violate the territory's Personal Data Ordinance when it turned over e-mail records that allegedly led to the arrest and detention of journalist Shi Tao in China, the Hong Kong government arm charged with protecting personal data said Wednesday.
Indian bloggers: more copyright violations by Yahoo
(News) Yahoo Inc.'s problems with Indian bloggers over unauthorized reproduction of their content on its Indian portals may be just beginning.
(News) Yahoo Inc.'s problems with Indian bloggers over unauthorized reproduction of their content on its Indian portals may be just beginning.
Three Minutes With: Steware Butterfield, Flickr Co-Founder
(News) Flickr, the lauded photo management and sharing site, recently celebrated its third anniversary and IDG News Service had an opportunity to chat with co-founder and general manager Stewart Butterfield about Flickr's growth in size and quality, its status as a Yahoo Inc. company, near and long-term plans, as well as peanut butter.
(News) Flickr, the lauded photo management and sharing site, recently celebrated its third anniversary and IDG News Service had an opportunity to chat with co-founder and general manager Stewart Butterfield about Flickr's growth in size and quality, its status as a Yahoo Inc. company, near and long-term plans, as well as peanut butter.
Yahoo tests social network component for Answers
(News) Yahoo Inc. has started testing a social-network component for Yahoo Answers, a search engine in which people post questions and answers that has become a highly popular service for the Sunnyvale, California, company.
(News) Yahoo Inc. has started testing a social-network component for Yahoo Answers, a search engine in which people post questions and answers that has become a highly popular service for the Sunnyvale, California, company.
HTC Adopts Yahoo Go
(News) Yahoo's updated mobile search tool will deploy on Windows Mobile handsets.
(News) Yahoo's updated mobile search tool will deploy on Windows Mobile handsets.
My Yahoo upgrade coming soon
(News) Yahoo Inc.'s My Yahoo service, which lets users aggregate content and services on a single Web page, will soon get a significant upgrade, the company's chief executive officer said Tuesday.
(News) Yahoo Inc.'s My Yahoo service, which lets users aggregate content and services on a single Web page, will soon get a significant upgrade, the company's chief executive officer said Tuesday.
Yahoo schmoozes operators, seeks deals
(News) Yahoo Inc. is schmoozing mobile phone operators at the 3GSM World Congress in Barcelona in the hopes of enlisting partners for its new mobile search services.
(News) Yahoo Inc. is schmoozing mobile phone operators at the 3GSM World Congress in Barcelona in the hopes of enlisting partners for its new mobile search services.
IBM, Yahoo Team on Free Enterprise Search
(News) IBM OmniFind Yahoo Edition nudges Google Mini at low end of search.
(News) IBM OmniFind Yahoo Edition nudges Google Mini at low end of search.
Yahoo Shake-Up Prompts Reorganization
(News) Portal will reorganize into three new units; COO to leave.
(News) Portal will reorganize into three new units; COO to leave.
Yahoo Expands Web Mail Beta
Yahoo Expands Web Mail Beta
Yahoo Expands Web Mail Beta
Yahoo Faces Class-Action Spyware, Ad-Sales Suit
(news) Yahoo Faces Class-Action Spyware, Ad-Sales Suit
(news) Yahoo Faces Class-Action Spyware, Ad-Sales Suit
Group Says Yahoo's Help Led to Another Dissident's Arrest
(news) Group Says Yahoo's Help Led to Another Dissident's Arrest
(news) Group Says Yahoo's Help Led to Another Dissident's Arrest
Did Yahoo Help Send a Chinese Journalist to Jail?
(news) Did Yahoo Help Send a Chinese Journalist to Jail?
(news) Did Yahoo Help Send a Chinese Journalist to Jail?
Yahoo's Yang Looks Back on 'Amazing Ride'
(news) Cofounder reflects on company's first ten years at Web 2.0 Conference.
(news) Cofounder reflects on company's first ten years at Web 2.0 Conference.