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Yahoo Acquires Inquisitor

There isn't a dollar sign followed by a long string of digits to gape at, but Yahoo's latest acquisition is still creating some questions.  Instead of some search or advertising company, the target was Inquisitor, a Safari browser plug-in.

Sharing Your MySpace Profile

PROFILE SHARING VIA YAHOO, TWITTER & MORE

Google Shareholder Meeting Recap

If you’re not a fan of Google-related news, you might want to turn away now (we’ll tell you when it’s safe to resume reading). <Google Overload>

Microsoft Leaves Door Open For Yahoo Deal

Microsoft claims it is through with its acquisition plans of Yahoo according to Microsoft Chief Research and Strategy Officer Craig Mundie.

Microsoft Sends Off Its Yahoo Board Nominees

People who would have voted in favor of Microsoft's bid for Yahoo, were they on the Yahoo board, no longer need to wonder if Microsoft will nominate them to do that task.

MySpace Launches Data Availability Effort

MySpace is launching what it calls the MySpace "Data Availability" initiative that will allow users to share their information with a number of partner sites.

Microsoft Considers Facebook Acquisition

Microsoft is attempting to see if Facebook has any interest in being purchased by the software company after it abandoned its bid to buy Yahoo.According to the WSJ Microsoft's bankers put out subtle signals to Facebook, to see if it would be interested in being acquired.Last October, Microsoft bought a $240 million stake in Facebook, which valued the social networking site at $15 billion. An unnamed source says there are no active talks between the two companies.

Yahoo Tries Glue Pages In India

Anyone who's ever found traditional search results to be a little one-dimensional should be glad to hear that Yahoo's addressing the issue.  Something called Glue Pages Beta slaps together normal search results, Google Blog Search results, Yahoo Answers results, HowStuffWorks articles, Wikipedia entries, Flickr images, and YouTube videos all in one place.

Yahoo Business & Human Rights Program Begins

Yahoo's been the subject of lawsuits, public criticism, and the well-known "moral pygmy" comment due to its human rights policies.  The launch of a Business & Human Rights Program represents the company's latest less-than-remarkable response to all this.

Yahoo Off To Strong Start With Video Ad Inventory

Poor Yahoo.  The company's facing falling stock prices, potential shareholder lawsuits, and all sorts of criticism.  But one unit's doing all right, as Yahoo's video people expect to sell half of its ad inventory in advance.