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Yahoo expected to cut jobs Tuesday

Yahoo is expected to distribute pink slips to at least 1,000 of its employees by Tuesday, according to a report from Mercury News. On that same day, the search company is also set to announce its third ... continue

Microsoft wins award for years shortest media release

Steve Ballmer was at it again earlier today, telling the audience at the Gartner Symposium ITxpo in Orlando that Microsoft acquiring Yahoo still "makes sense." A small comment perhaps, but enough to make the market think that ... continue

The Yahoo That Yang Doesn’t Want Us To Have

Yahoo - the company that we all love to hate but not because of the people working at the company. Rather it is because of the totally insane actions of the company's management - especially the upper ... continue

IT’S OVER! POP GOES THE BUBBLE.

We posted late yesterday that Sequoia Capital had called a crisis meeting of its portfolio companies. It gets worse: Valley A-List VC Ron Conway did a similar exercise, although without the in person meeting and gravestone, according ... continue

Hey, Yahoo: Follow the Leader a Little Less Slowly

Is it just me, or does today seem like "Launch Services Our Competitors Created Two Years Ago" day for Yahoo? First came news of Yahoo's new Web 2.0-enabled online calendar. The company's first major update to its ... continue

Google takes Yahoo deal critics head on with new website

Google has responded to a chorus of criticism over its Yahoo search advertising deal by launching YahooGoogleFacts.com, a site that spins Google's side on the contentious deal. The site includes slides, videos and details on why Google believes ... continue

Yahoo Offers Streaming Music Within Search

Yahoo is teaming up with RealNetworks to put music into search. Starting today, Yahoo will provide playable buttons right within its results when you search for artists who have streamable content available. The setup uses ... continue

Q-Rewind: Google’s Humble Beginning

With all the talk about Google Chrome traffic and the future of the Web, we thought we'd take a look back at the past and just how far some online services have evolved. Our first Q-Rewind ... continue

Yahoo to close Facebook competitor. Yahoo had a Facebook competitor?

Yahoo has announced that it will be shutting Yahoo Mash, a little known Facebook competitor which apparently launched last year. According to Mashable, users of Mash were sent a notice saying that the service would shut September 29. ... continue

Samsung Internet Enabled Televisions This Year

Samsung will announce at the IFA industry fair in Germany this week that it will start offering internet access in its Series 7, 8 and 9 televisions in Canada, Australia, and Singapore and in selected countries in ... continue

Terry Semel’s Daughter Arrested in Drunken Brawl

Celebrity gossip TMZ is reporting that Terry Semel's daughter Courtenay, formerly linked with actress Lindsay Lohan and currently dating MySpace and reality show star Tila Tequila, was arrested in Las Vegas last night. The incident occurred at the ... continue

Intel & Yahoo Team Up for “TV Widget” System

Intel and Yahoo have just announced plans to create an interactive, Internet-based widget system for the TV. The Widget Channel will use Intel's new Media Processor CE 3100 along with Yahoo's Widget Engine to bring Web content to ... continue