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Yahoo Technology Will Offer Abstracts of Search Results
(PC World)
4 Dec 2008 at 8:25am
PC World - Yahoo's lab in India is developing technology that will summarize information about web search results rather than simply offer links as search engines currently do.
Yahoo Could Open Access to Flickr, Other Technologies
(PC World)
4 Dec 2008 at 7:52am
PC World - Yahoo might open access to a broader range of technologies beyond just search, a company executive said.
Britney Spears: More Interesting than Barack Obama?
(PC World)
3 Dec 2008 at 4:51pm
PC World - Just when you thought she had disappeared into relative obscurity, Britney Spears is back. On Yahoo's recently-released list of the top 10 searches of 2008, Britney Spears takes the cake. In this election year, Spears managed to beat out president-elect Barack Obama, who came in at number 3, as the most sought-after search topic of the past year.
Google tightening its belt: WSJ
(AFP)
3 Dec 2008 at 10:45am
AFP - Internet search king Google Inc. plans to tighten its belt amid slowing revenue growth, cutting back on spending and new projects, The Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday.
Memo to Microsoft: Enough With The Bribery
(PC World)
3 Dec 2008 at 8:25am
PC World - Microsoft is trying to sweeten the deal in its bribery -- er, sorry, promotion -- to get you to use its Live.com search engine. The company has just announced plans to make its Cashback program even more instant. Am I the only one getting tired of this?
Microsoft and Yahoo Dismiss Report of Search Deal
(PC World)
2 Dec 2008 at 3:46pm
PC World - Microsoft and Yahoo have dismissed a report that they're once again in discussions to sell Yahoo's online search business for $20 billion.
Ex-AOL boss looking to raise cash for Yahoo bid
(Reuters)
2 Dec 2008 at 1:29pm
Reuters - Former AOL Chief Executive Jonathan Miller is seeking as much as $30 billion from investors to buy all or part of Yahoo Inc, The Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday, boosting shares of the Web search engine by 7 percent.
Britney Spears to embark on `Circus' tour in March
(AP)
2 Dec 2008 at 12:04pm
AP - Britney Spears is taking her Circus act on the road.
Britney Spears is queen of Yahoo searches in 2008
(AFP)
1 Dec 2008 at 2:38pm
AFP - Britney Spears reigns supreme in online searches at Yahoo this year despite an historic US presidential election and a global financial crisis.
Virgin Media taps Yahoo for mobile Internet search
(AFP)
1 Dec 2008 at 1:35pm
AFP - British telecommunications titan Virgin Media announced on Monday that it will use Yahoo oneSearch to power Internet exploration for its mobile service customers.
Spears, wrestling, Obama lead Yahoo top 10 searches
(Reuters)
1 Dec 2008 at 11:31am
Reuters - Barack Obama's presidential victory got more clicks than any other story on yahoo.com this year, but the most searched term was Britney Spears, Yahoo reported on Monday.
Spears and Obama lead Yahoo top 10 searches
(Reuters)
1 Dec 2008 at 3:17am
Reuters - Barack Obama's presidential victory got more clicks than any other story on yahoo.com this year, but the most searched term was Britney Spears, Yahoo Inc reported on Monday.
Yahoo and Virgin agree British mobile search deal
(Reuters)
30 Nov 2008 at 4:19pm
Reuters - Yahoo and Virgin Mobile have agreed a deal making Yahoo search the exclusive pre-installed search service for Virgin's 4 million mobile subscribers in Britain, the two companies said on Monday.
Microsoft-Yahoo deal total fiction: report
(Reuters)
30 Nov 2008 at 9:17am
Reuters - A report in the Sunday Times that Microsoft Inc is in talks with Yahoo Inc to buy the U.S. internet company's online search business for $20 billion is total fiction, according to a key executive cited by an influential U.S. blog.
Obvious Mistakes Caused Europeana Site Failure
(PC World)
28 Nov 2008 at 3:50pm
PC World - Brussels, we have a problem. That was the message to the paymasters behind Europeana, an Internet portal designed to pool all of Europe's most treasured cultural icons, as it tried unsuccessfully to launch last week.
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