Yahoo! Messenger 9.0 beta opens up

Yahoo! is just in the process of unloading a new messaging system. Hold on, how many people still use Yahoo! Messenger? Yes, sure, they do have some cool features, but what makes this one something that people may want to give up their MSN and GTalk apps for?
Yahoo! does have over 100 million users worldwide [...]

Microsoft bids for Yahoo!, this time its for $44 Billion

Microsoft has just placed a bid this morning to buy Yahoo! out for $33 share. This brings the deal to a potential $44 Billion. Yahoo!’s stock currently sits at $19 while it waits for the morning bell.
Microsoft had tried to buy over Yahoo! last year, without any success. Both companies put out a statement that [...]

Yahoo! launches Go 3.0 with a mobile widget platform

Yahoo! has one of the hottest mobile applications around. It’s fun, quick and simple to use allowing all content to be right at your fingertips when you need it. Now there is Yahoo! Go 3.0 with an open mobile widget platform.
Yahoo! will be officially announcing the hot new features later today at the Consumer Electronics [...]

Links for January 4th 2008

Leah Culver from Pownce gets asked a few questions on their vision, business model and how she even got started in the tech world. Pownce is also opening up to everyone with a party on January 22nd.
Blogs have changed the world over the past few years, but what is the current state of the blogosphere [...]

Corporate security in a Web 2.0 world

As more and more businesses are getting into the world of online applications, corporate security is in danger of being compromised.
Malicious and Web API hackers have been increasingly penetrating online applications and exposing valuable corporate data. After all, its a lot easier to hack into an open API development platform than it is to break [...]