Tag: YAHOO!

Even with talks of a potential buy out from Microsoft and it's imminent demise circulating Yahoo! is continuing to roll out new services and update its products at an almost frantic pace. The company has opened up its search services to third party developers, updated it's corporate focused Zimbra mail server platform, launched a live webcam site, updated it's Yahoo! Video service, picked up ...

It was bound to happen eventually (if for no other reason than MySpace did it first) -- Facebook is finally offering up an instant-messaging service. Ironically, Facebook's new IM service may have the effect of killing off a couple of chat applications already available on the social-networking site. Initial rumors claimed that the new Facebook IM service, which is to be embedded into people's ...

Yahoo! is obviously having a tough week. First, Microsoft made a hostile bid to purchase the company; then, over the weekend, the Web pioneer announced it was closing down its popular Yahoo! Music service. Mid this year, Yahoo! Music Unlimited subscription service will officially close its doors and offer customers the opportunity to move their subscription over to Real's Rhapsody. Rhapsody ...

While the Internet has made it easy to stay informed about what's going on in the world, it's also made it possible for hype to spread and grow at an incredible rate, often faster than real news. So, it's good from time to time to take a step back from the hype and look things over, which is just what PC World did with search engines. They compared the top options and asked the simple question: Is ...