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The best of the GeoCities tributes
A 21-gun salute to one of the internet originals 26 October 2009 12:53 GMT
Today marks a sad and entirely sentimental moment for the internet as the DIY website builder GeoCities disappears from the severs of the world. In the early days of the web they were an excellent way to make a corner of the virtual world your very own - no matter how...
GeoCities to shut down on 26 October
Final curtain call for free website host 8 October 2009 10:03 GMT
Yahoo has sent an email to users giving final notice of the closure of its GeoCities service, shutting the door and turning off the lights on an early chapter in the history of the Internet. The site will be closing on 26 October, and from that date onward websites will...
Gmail, AOL, Yahoo Mail also targeted in phishing scam
Google confirms problem is "industry-wide" 6 October 2009 15:48 GMT
Google has confirmed that a large number of passwords to its email accounts have been stolen in an "industry-wide phishing scheme" which affects Hotmail, Gmail, Yahoo Mail, AOL and a number of other service providers.

Following the news that 10,000 Hotmail...
VIDEO: Yahoo's Y!ou goes live
"Consume, share, destroy, earn, flirt, watch - and wonder" 5 October 2009 14:41 GMT
Yahoo's new Y!ou branding has gone live and brings with it a new TV campaign from the online company. One of those global village type efforts that Microsoft went through a phase of producing, showing how big and diverse the world is, but how you - yes y!ou - can personalise...
Yahoo Mail gets a revamp
More social and open 18 September 2009 10:39 GMT
Yahoo has unveiled "enhancements" to its webmail service which it says will allow its 11 million mail users in the UK "to more easily communicate with the people they really care about, share updates, and send high-quality photos".

From next month, users will...
Flickr releases native iPhone application
Official app finally out 8 September 2009 14:54 GMT
Flickr users on the iPhone haven't had too hard a time of things. They get a specially optimised version of the website, and the ability to email pictures to upload them, but it's not quite like having a native app to do that kind of stuff for you.

The new app...
Yahoo upgrades Mail, Messenger and Search
New versions now available 25 August 2009 12:28 GMT
Yahoo has announced that it's upgrading three of its most-used products - Mail, Messenger and Search. "The evolution you see today reflects our focus on enabling people to connect with what matters to them most", said Ari Balogh, Yahoo's executive vice president of Products...
Open Book Alliance formed against Google
"Trying to monopolise the library system" says opponents 21 August 2009 20:38 GMT
Amazon, Microsoft and Yahoo are to go up against Google in an attempt to stop the search engine company creating the largest virtual library.

According to the BBC, the three companies oppose a legal settlement that could make Google the main source for many...
VIDEO: Tech week in view 31-07-09
Our thoughts on the biggest stories of the week 1 August 2009 3:18 GMT
It's been a busy week with plenty of big announcements and happenings in the world of gadgets and technology.

First there was the final deal between Yahoo and Microsoft, bringing the two companies closer together in search and advertising. Then there was the...
COMMENT: Microsoft will swallow Yahoo in the end
Wednesday was just the start of the demise of the Yahoo 30 July 2009 2:14 GMT
The deal is done, Microsoft and Yahoo have finally created a merger of sorts, but what does it really mean?

While the business press will claim that someone has sold out to someone else and the markets will probably dip because no hard cash has actually been...
VIDEO: Microsoft and Yahoo announce search deal
10-year partnership finally reached 29 July 2009 14:10 GMT
Microsoft and Yahoo have finally announced an agreement that will see the two giants team up against Google on web and search.

"In simple terms" the companies say Microsoft will now power Yahoo search via Bing, while Yahoo will become the exclusive worldwide...
MySpace plans gaming push
News Corp digital head speaks 24 July 2009 11:53 GMT
News Corp's latest plan to make MySpace into a go-to destination for web surfers is to turn it into a gaming platform, according to News Corp digital head Jonathan Miller.

Miller told the Fortune Brainstorm: TECH conference in Pasadena, California that he wanted...
Yahoo! launches Buzz in the UK
New homepage goes live, too 23 July 2009 16:05 GMT
Yahoo! has brought its social news product, Buzz, over to the UK to coincide with the revamping of its homepage, as previously reported on Pocket-lint.

Buzz launched in the US back in February 2008, and has risen - through virtue of being promoted by Yahoo!...
Yahoo! rolls out new homepage
Long-awaited change arrives 21 July 2009 13:38 GMT
Yahoo! has, for some time, been preparing a new homepage for launch. It's been extensively tested in closed betas and endless Q&A sessions, and finally it's here for your eyes.

Well, if you live in the US, anyway. An opt-in public beta has begun, which will...
Microsoft-Yahoo deal on again
Rumours see scaled down search deal "imminent" 17 July 2009 16:11 GMT
With more on-agains and off-agains that a soap opera romance, after 18-months of negotiations, a Microsoft and Yahoo deal is now said to be "imminent".

Reports suggest that talks are again under way between the two companies, so Microsoft may finally buy-out...
MusicBore, a talking software DJ, created
Still has a few bugs 13 July 2009 17:59 GMT
Over the weekend, a bunch of enterprising coders and music fans got together in London for Music Hack Day. MusicBore was one of the projects birthed - it's a software DJ that talks all over your favourite records.

Taking information from the BBC, Last.fm and...
Yahoo launches Search Pad
"Your online personal research assistant" 7 July 2009 16:21 GMT
Yahoo has announced the beat launch of "Search Pad", describing it as "your online personal research assistant".

Yahoo says the new exclusive search feature lets users capture, organise, save and share information they find while researching online.
A third of British mobile users search on the loo
Survey reveals that you're all poogling 22 May 2009 16:55 GMT
A survey by Yahoo! Mobile has revealed that nearly a third of British mobile users admit to searching on their handsets while on the toilet. More than a fifth browse the net at the dinner table, and 7% have hit the search engines during a wedding.

What are you...
Yahoo pulls plug on GeoCities
Internet of the 1990's has had its day it seems 23 April 2009 19:34 GMT
It was the precursor to the blog, but it seems GeoCities, the service set up by Yahoo in the 1990s to allow consumers the chance have their say on the web is no more.

Yahoo has pulled the plug on the service by simply posting a statement on the website's homepage....
Yahoo announces "Artist Pages"
Revamped site opened to aggregate content 7 April 2009 10:40 GMT
Yahoo has opened up its "Artist Pages", that it describes as a "revolutionary free consumer experience".

The site is said to "aggregate the best music products, services, information, and content the Web has to offer about more than 500,000 artists featured...
Yahoo Mobile launches
For mobile web and iPhone 1 April 2009 11:23 GMT
Yahoo Mobile has launched out of beta, following its debut at the Mobile World Congress event in February.

It's a personalised "mobile starting point to the Internet", available on both the mobile Web and as an Apple iPhone app.

Yahoo says it allows...
Microsoft to Yahoo: Let's talk
"We'd like to sit down and at least have the conversation" 9 March 2009 21:48 GMT
If you thought you had seen the end of the "will they won't they" debacle that has become the Yahoo Microsoft merger then be prepared for a flood of new rumours following comments made by Microsoft's chief operating officer this week.

According to The Times,...
Yahoo Mobile announced
MWC 2009: Beta program goes live 17 February 2009 16:17 GMT
Yahoo has announced the upcoming launch of its new Yahoo! Mobile service.

Yahoo! Mobile will be available on the mobile web, as an app developed for the Apple iPhone, and as an app developed for smartphones from Nokia, RIM, Samsung, Sony Ericsson and Motorola...
Euro agreement to protect social networking under-18s signed
17 companies sign on the line for Safer Internet cause 9 February 2009 17:05 GMT
17 web firms have signed a European agreement to improve the safety of under 18s who use social networking sites.

The companies include Bebo, Facebook, MySpace, Google/YouTube, Microsoft and Yahoo as well as Arto, Dailymotion, Giovani.it, Hyves, Nasza-klaza.pl,...
Yahoo Q4 results: Down, but not out
"We have work to do", says Bartz 28 January 2009 7:49 GMT
The last 12 months has been busy for Yahoo as it focused on staving off merger talks from Microsoft, saw board shenanigans with Carl Icahn and finally the stepping down of its CEO Jerry Yang.

The company's latest Q4 results however paint a slightly rosier picture...