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DNS Problems Hit Yahoo [GigaOM]
Yahoo, one of the largest web sites on the planet, is being plagued by series of problems related to Domain Name System (DNS). A test using Gomez’s testing service shows error messages in certain cities such as Chicago . Others are experiencing slower access to Yahoo web sites, including ...
Hogan's Litvack Discusses Google/Yahoo
Hogan's Litvack Discusses Google/Yahoo
amlawdaily.typepad.com — December 2, 2008 1:00 PM Hogan's Litvack Discusses Google/Yahoo Posted by Nate Raymond Litvack Google Inc. and... Yahoo! Inc. called off their joint advertising agreement just three hours before the Department of Justice planned to file antitrust charges ... (more) Hogan's Litvack Discusses Google/Yahoo
Microsoft Appoints Dr. Qi Lu to Run Online Services Group: Yahoo! veteran to oversee Internet offerings for consumers, advertisers and publishers.
Microsoft Appoints Dr. Qi Lu to Run Online Services Group: Yahoo! veteran to oversee Internet ...
microsoft.com — Yahoo! veteran to oversee Internet offerings for consumers, advertisers and publishers. REDMOND, Wash. — Dec. 4, 2008... — Microsoft Corp. today announced that Dr. Qi Lu will join the company as president of the Online Services Group. Dr. Lu will lead ... (more) Microsoft Appoints Dr. Qi Lu to Run Online Services ...
Former AOL Chief Seeks Funds for Yahoo Deal
online.wsj.com — Former AOL Chief Executive Jonathan Miller is trying to raise money to purchase a portion or all... of Yahoo Inc., according to people familiar with the matter. Mr. Miller has been talking to private equity investors and sovereign wealth funds for ... (more) Former AOL Chief Seeks Funds for Yahoo Deal
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Yahoo Hit By DNS Bug - Was it Cache Poisoning
Broadband DevelopmentsYahoo was hit by a massive DNS problem today reported by GigaOm. Some are saying quietly that there was a DNS cache poisining that effected Yahoo’s main DNS nameservers.  Yahoo is not talking to me about this.  Of course I’m interested in this because of all the recent DNS security risks which have been well documented by the DNS industry leading company Infoblox. I will try to dig into this and see if Dan Kaminsky has any insight into this. DNS problems went mainstream after I started reporting about it here and then John Markoff ...

YouTube Down - Seems Like The Outage Bug Has Hit Today
CenterNetworks — This morning we reported on the outage at Technorati. Om reports that Yahoo had some issues today as well. Now it appears that YouTube is out of service as well. We saw a few outages with YouTube earlier this year but the site has been rock solid since. There's a bunch of chatter about the outage over on Twitter. I understand there are several people visiting local hospitals because they are unable to watch the latest cat videos. People, please remain calm during this unfortunate time.  As always, please report in if ...

10 Stories That Defined Broadband in 2008 [GigaOM]
GigaOM Network — ... S3 service nosedived in July and more recently, DNS problems hit Yahoo and customers of its email service. And let’s not forget when a simple routing change by Pakistan Telecom to block YouTube ...

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Yahoo suffers down time
inquisitr.com 12/3/2008 — Yahoo experienced downtime this afternoon with reports that the outage affected Yahoo services including Messenger and Yahoo.com. The Yahoo outage occurred at around 12:30pm PST Tuesday for at least 30 minutes possibly longer. Reports were mixed on location, so it may have been localized ...
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Yahoo has had had its fair share of problems recently, but it seems Jerry Yang's reign has addled more than just the company's share price. According to Yahoo Buzz's Year in Review , the most searched-for term on Yahoo this year was Britney Spears (after all the NSFW searches, naturally).  ...