Technology Mashup

Anyone else 'dying for an alternative?'...

Yahoo-Google agree online ad deal - Yahoo agrees a deal with Google which will see Yahoo use the search engine giant's advertising technology.

[BBC UK Technology News]

Yahoo 'sabotaged' Microsoft deal - Billionaire investor Carl Icahn claims the Yahoo board deliberately "sabotaged" Microsoft's bid.

[BBC UK Technology News]

The courtship continues, as Yang signals Yahoo! open to MS deal...

Yahoo's Jerry Yang open to Microsoft deal - Yahoo chief executive Jerry Yang said his company remained open to a potential deal...

[SOA News from Computer Weekly]

Yahoo faces struggle for control - A billionaire investor announces he will fight to oust the present board of directors at Yahoo.

[BBC UK Technology News]

It did seem inevitable that with the Microsoft deal off that Yahoo! and Google might 'cosy up'. Any consolidation in the search market is bound to trigger palpitations for the regulators - and rightly so.

Alarm at Google Yahoo partnering - US advocacy groups urge regulators to block any deal Google and Yahoo might strike after a two-week experiment.

[BBC UK Technology News]

I personally use McAfee SiteAdvisor, but it is interesting to see Yahoo! bolster its offering (Yahoo search to 'battle spyware') - a technology addition to its search engine which warns users about potentially risky websites.

[BBC UK Technology News]

Pipes is a service platform for processing well-structured data such as RSS, Atom and RDF feeds in a Web-based visual programming environment. Developers can use Pipes to combine data sources and user input into mashups without having to write code. These mashups, analogous in some ways to Unix pipes, can power badges on personal publishing sites, provide core functionality for Web applications, or serve as reusable components within the Pipes platform itself.

This video below (Google TechTalk) provides a very interesting introduction to Yahoo! pipes.

Is it really all over or another positioning tactic? Microsoft for now at least ends its pursuit of Yahoo!

Microsoft walks away from Yahoo - Software giant Microsoft drops its three-month-old bid to buy internet firm Yahoo after the two sides fail to agree a price. [BBC UK Technology News]

Indecision or an astute game of poker? Microsoft seem to be in no hurry to 'do the deal' with Yahoo! Microsoft may well have gained from a 'short engagement' as the Yahoo! position has somewhat improved over recent weeks. I'm not convinced Microsoft will 'walk away' but it will be intersting to see what deal could be crafted to save blushes all round.

Yahoo reports a jump in profits - Yahoo, fending off a takeover bid from Microsoft, says profits tripled in the first three months of 2008. [BBC UK Technology News]

Yahoo lukewarm on Microsoft bid - Internet search engine Yahoo says it is "not opposed" to Microsoft's takeover bid, but it must be at the right price. [BBC UK Technology News]

Yahoo makes semantic search shift - Yahoo is starting to use key elements of next generation net technology known as the "semantic web". [BBC UK Technology News]