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Webmail Giants Team Up To Stop Phishing Scams

1:00AM January 31, 2012 | Jamie Condliffe

Cooperation is a rare thing in the cut-throat world of technology, but some of the world’s biggest email providers are teaming up to help cut the incidence of phishing scams. More »


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Jerry Yang Out at Yahoo!

10:20AM January 18, 2012 | Mat Honan

Yahoo! board member Jerry Yang has apparently been forced out of the company he founded. In a statement released today, Yahoo announced he had resigned from its board of directors and all other positions at the company. More »


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San Francisco’s Iconic Yahoo! Neon Sign Is Gone

1:07AM December 23, 2011 | Jamie Condliffe

For more than a decade, San Francisco’s iconic Yahoo! sign has stood tall as a symbol of the internet, through boom and bust. Now it’s gone for good. More »


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Microsoft Thinking About Buying Yahoo Again?

5:46AM November 24, 2011 | Roberto Baldwin

Seems like only a few years ago Microsoft was courting Yahoo. Yeah, that didn’t work out so hot. Well, Microsoft is back to kicking Yahoo’s tyres. And this time Yahoo isn’t telling Redmond to get off its lawn. More »


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Iconic Yahoo! Neon Sign Being Torn Down

2:30AM November 19, 2011 | Jamie Condliffe

A symbol of the internet’s success, a reminder of the the dot.com crash, and otherwise just a nice-looking neon sign, the Yahoo! billboard has welcomed drivers to the Bay Bridge in San Francisco for more than a decade. Sadly, its time has come. More »


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This Is Yahoo’s New Video Hub

12:48AM October 5, 2011 | Kyle Wagner

Yahoo’s got a new video hub, and it looks pretty slick. Yahoo Screen is a collection of videos from around the web, TV shows and content from sites like Funny Or Die, The Onion and Epic Meal Time. More »


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Yahoo (Accidentally?) Blocked Emails About Wall Street Protests

6:34AM September 21, 2011 | Kyle Wagner

Wall Street has been a mess of bodies and police for the past few days as Occupy Wall Street protests have clogged up lower Manhattan. But there were some congestion problems online too, as Yahoo was reportedly blocking emails attempting to organise the gathering. More »


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What Should Yahoo-AOL’s Logo Be?

7:30AM September 10, 2011 | Jesus Diaz

The assclowns running AOL and Yahoo! think that merging their two sinking companies into one is a great idea. They may have their own dicks in their ears, because they can’t hear the whole internet screaming how stupid that is. More »


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AOL And Yahoo Might Merge Into One Giant Clusternut Of Awful

3:10AM September 10, 2011 | Brian Barrett

In the best tie-up since that time I made myself a Vodka and skim milk out of sheer desperation, AOL and Yahoo may become one. It’d be just like Voltron, if Voltron were a rotten egg and a ruptured spleen. More »


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Carol Bartz Can Buy 20,000 IPads With Her Yahoo Severance Package

1:02PM September 8, 2011 | Kelly Hodgkins

Yahoo may have dealt roughly with CEO Carol Bartz when they fired her over the phone, but Bartz will have the last laugh when she walks away with a cool $US10 million in cash and stocks. More »