tech.yahoo.com - 12/4/2008
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- Yahoo's lab in India is developing technology that will summarize information about web search results rather than simply offer links as search engines currently do. "When you type in a search today, you get a list of URLs ( uniform resource locators ), and they are not very informative," ...
amlawdaily.typepad.com - 12/3/2008
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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 ...
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Hogan's Litvack Discusses Google/Yahoo
microsoft.com - 12/4/2008
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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 ...
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Microsoft Appoints Dr. Qi Lu to Run Online Services ...
kara.allthingsd.com - 12/8/2008
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kara.allthingsd.com —
While there are layoffs all over now, as
evidenced by the dismal jobs reports last week, the...
long-planned Yahoo (YHOO) layoffs will definitely be taking place Wednesday. The layoff number was announced by its (eventually outgoing) CEO Jerry ...
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Yahoo Moves Ahead With Layoffs on Wednesday: The Sad Details
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Yahoo Set To Introduce New Search Technology In ‘09
WebProNews Feed —
... An answer to Universal Search? Yahoo says it will introduce new technology next year that will improve the way search results are presented. Instead of offering links based on a query, Yahoo will provide a summary of information behind a URL. Yahoo's lab in India is developing the technology. Rajeev Rastogi , vice president of ...
Yahoo Search To Offer Abstracts of Search Results, Determine Intent
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... "When you type in a search today, you get a list of URLs, and they are not very informative," said Rajeev Rastogi, vice president of Yahoo Labs Bangalore, where the technology is being developed. The lab is working on automated information extraction which goes into URLs and extracts relevant information. For a hotel, the additional information returned may include an address, phone number, map to the hotel, and its rating. For products, you may get an image of the product, the name of the manufacturer, and the price. ...
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yhoo.client.shareholder.com 12/15/2008 — Yahoo! Mail - Announced separately today, Yahoo! Mail's smarter inbox focuses on streamlining access to a user's most relevant and useful information. The new Welcome Page surfaces email messages, information and activity from people users care about ...
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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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ycorpblog.com 10/28/2008 — Back in April, we rolled out our vision for a more open Yahoo! — with “open” defined as rewiring Yahoo! so we could 1) open our network to outside innovation, 2) unlock the power of your social relationships, and 3) mesh your Yahoo! experience ...
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yhoo.client.shareholder.com 11/13/2008 — Yahoo! Breaks Audience Record and Wins 2008 Election! Consumers Make Yahoo! the #1 Destination for Major Events According to comScore Media Metrix SUNNYVALE, Calif., Nov 13, 2008 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Yahoo! (NASDAQ:YHOO) today released new comScore ...
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news.cnet.com 12/17/2008 — Yahoo has been looking for ways to differentiate itself from Google and online rivals like Facebook and MySpace. Until now, it has largely been reactive, losing search market share to Google, as well as community market share to Facebook and others. ...
Icahn against selling Yahoo piecemeal —
SFGate: Technology 12/4/2008
Billionaire investor Carl Icahn gave mixed signals on Wednesday about AOL veteran Jonathan Miller or anyone else acquiring Yahoo Inc. Icahn, who is a Yahoo board member, said in an interview on the CNBC business channel that he would oppose selling ...
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