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lists
Game Consoles, Dolls And Wooden Dogs Are The Best Toys Ever
Did you play with a Slinky growing up? Well, that makes you a loser, because your toy didn't make Good Housekeeping's Yahoo list of the greatest toys ever made. More » -
I love the '90s
Flee Geocities Before It Closes Forever
Before Blogspot and Wordpress, and even before Google, there was Geocities. But no more. If you have files or content stored on Yahoo's GeoCities service, be sure to back up or move or it by Monday. That's when the service, an early free web host and nerd training ground, closes down forever. It's like part of my lonely, geeky adolescence is about to die. More » -
backlash
Flickr People Really Don't Like The New "From Yahoo!" Logo
You may have noticed that Flickr recently updated their logo to include "From Yahoo!" If you're at all familiar with Flickr, you can probably guess how well this is going over with the users. More » -
search engine wars
Yahoo and Microsoft Will Tag-Team Up To Battle Google
In a schoolyard bully battle royale, Microsoft and Yahoo are joining forces to target Google, with the aim of relieving the company of its search engine dominance. More » -
online security
Yahoo! Still Exists, Says Internets Are Safer Than They Used To Be
A Congressional panel is looking into drafting new online privacy laws, but Yahoo says such legislation isn't necessary because the e-industry has done such a bang-up job of regulating itself. More » -
search engine wars
Delusional Microsoft Is Betting Big Money It Can Out-Search Google
If Microsoft has its way bending your brain with a megabucks ad budget for its forthcoming Bing search engine, someday you'll replace the verb "googled" with "binged." Which could give new meaning to the phrase "binged and purged," but whatever. More » -
yahoo
Phone Numbers For Yahoo!
If you're in a pickle with Yahoo and regular customer service isn't helping you, these phone numbers may be of service: More » -
tips
How To Delete Your Online Accounts
PC Mag has assembled a list of instructions on how to wipe your account from a long list of websites, including Classmates.com (you'll have to call), Windows Live ID (it's complicated), and Friendster (ha ha ha). In many cases, canceling is as straightforward as clicking a link and authorizing the cancellation, but it's nice to see all the phone numbers and tips collected in one spot. More » -
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privacy
Online 'Security Questions' Can Be Too Easy To Crack
The ease with which a student was able to reset Sarah Palin's Yahoo email password highlights a vulnerability of so-called "challenge questions" designed to verify your identity: if the questions are about personal details from your life, there's a risk that somewhere out there on the web, that info is visible to the public. That might be a realistic risk only for public figures, but it's also possible that friends or family members could answer your questions with a little guesswork. If you want better security, make up fake answers that you'll remember. More » -
yahoo
Yahoo Offers Coupons To Let Customers Download DRM-Free MP3s
When Yahoo announced last week that they were turning off their DRM-restricted music store store in September, thereby abandoning customers with songs that would no longer play, people were understantably angry. At the time, Yahoo suggested you burn the songs to CD while you still can, then re-rip them into unprotected MP3 files—but that was a lousy solution that took time and money, and resulted in lower-quality audio files. Now they've come back with a proper solution that seems to more than make up for the trouble—especially if we can believe what their spokesperson told the LA Times. More » -
Yet another example of why DRM sucks: Yahoo! is shutting down their music store. Don't worry, all you have to do is burn all that music to CD then re-upload it to your computer. As Ars Technica says: "Sure, you'll lose a bunch of blank CDs, sound quality, and all the metadata, but that's a small price to pay for the privilege of being able to listen to that music you lawfully acquired. Good thing you didn't download it illegally or just buy it on CD!" [Ars Technica]
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ebay
EBay & PayPal Phishing Gone For Good On Gmail and Yahoo?
If your email account is with Google or Yahoo, your days of seeing phishing emails from fake eBay or PayPal addresses should be over. Google announced last week that it's now using DomainKeys to verify messages really do come from paypal.com or ebay.com—if they don't, they never even make it to your In Box. This is possible because eBay and PayPal are now making sure "that all their email is signed with DomainKeys and DKIM." Since Yahoo! also uses DomainKeys and DKIM (they developed it, in fact), phishing attacks for Yahoo! Mail accounts should also disappear.
No amount of security will stop a bit of social engineering, but this is a great strike against phishing. Now if only banks would start embracing DomainKeys. More »
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Yahoo rejects Microsoft's takeover bid for reals for reals. We are safe from the threat of the creation of the world's largest, crappiest, search engine...for now. [AP]
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scary
Proposed "MicroHoo" Merger Has Privacy Implications
How much should one company know about you? Forbes has an interesting article that examines the privacy implications of a Microsoft/Yahoo! merger. They're not pretty: More » -
billing
Sign Up For Yahoo Voice And Receive A $74.95 Charge From Yahoo Personals
Yahoo Personals surprised technology guru Russell Shaw with a charge for $74.95 when he signed up for Yahoo Voice. Russell had let his subscription to Yahoo Personals lapse last February and ignored Yahoo's repeated entreaties to renew his membership. He assumed his account was cancelled, told his credit card company not to authorize any new charges, and did not inform Yahoo when he lost his credit card last May. More »
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