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Yahoo to shut down photo service, push Flickr

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Yahoo Inc is shutting down Yahoo Photos, its first-generation photo storage site, and asking users to move instead to Yahoo’s Web 2.0 photo sharing site, Flickr, a Yahoo official said on Thursday.
In June, tens of milllions of registered users of Yahoo Photos will be notified of various options including upgrading to Yahoo’s Flickr service or […]

Yahoo pipes out a challenge to Google

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There is so much information circulating throughout the web in the form of XML feeds that it’s hard to keep track of it all. However, Yahoo wants to make it easy for ordinary web surfers to pick the eyes out of it all and organize it into a custom made useful format with tools from […]

Sign In Seal - Introduced by Yahoo Mail

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A sign-in seal is a secret message or image that you select to help protect your account from phishing — a scam that tries to steal your password or personal information by spoofing a legitimate web site.
When you create a sign-in seal for your computer, you can be sure you’re on a legitimate Yahoo! site […]

Yahoo, MSN become chat buddies

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Ack:- IBNLive
Yahoo Inc and Microsoft Corp. said on 12 July they have begun a limited public test to allow users of the companies’ respective instant messaging programs to trade messages with one another.
The agreement to work together, first announced last October, marks a long-awaited breakthrough among major instant messaging services, which include AOL’s pioneering […]

Yahoo e-mail hit by worm

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Yahoo Inc., the world’s largest provider of e-mail services, said on Monday that a software virus aimed at Yahoo Mail users had infected “a very small fraction” of its base of more than 200 million accounts.
The e-mail virus, or worm, has been dubbed Yamanner and landed in Yahoo mailboxes bearing the […]

Mergers may be next trend for big Internet companies

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Speculation is rife on Wall Street that a big Internet deal or alliance is in the works, with Google, Yahoo, eBay or Microsoft as possible partners — and a Yahoo-eBay partnership seen as most likely.
“A partnership or merger between eBay and Yahoo! is the most strategically feasible,” a report authored by analyst Imran Khan and […]

Goodbye Clutter, Hello Clever

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Yahoo! simplifies its home page in a redesign that showcases an array of offerings and a more customized and intuitive approach
Compared with Google’s (GOOG) sparse, minimalist look, Yahoo!’s (YHOO) style is more tchochkes and patterned wallpaper. So it’s hard not to view the redesign of Yahoo’s home page — a noticeably sleeker version unveiled […]

Yahoo Mail Beta

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Yahoo Mail is getting a dramatic makeover that promises faster, sleeker e-mailing
Yahoo Mail Beta reveals an extreme makeover, with a new interface that mimics popular desktop e-mail clients such as Microsoft Outlook. The welcome changes are more than skin-deep; reading, sending, and organizing e-mail messages are faster and more intuitive in this redesign. The new […]

Yahoo! India News

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Ack : ~ Yahoo News
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