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#exits

Über-Programmer Ditches Yahoo Over 'Lame' Microsoft Deal

No one likes Yahoo's search deal with Microsoft. Wall Street wanted more up front money; tech elites called it an abdication, a "shame" and "seppuku." Now Yahoo is losing a programming icon over the embarrassing arrangement. More »

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Yahoo Learns New Definition of 'Safe'

In September, Yahoo touted Firefox to Internet Explorer users as a "safer" browser. Now it's doing just the opposite. Funny what an innocent little "search agreement" can do to one's perception of the world. [TechCrunch]

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Microsoft to Slowly Devour Yahoo

Today's deal between Microsoft and Yahoo is officially a partnership. But the 10-year search deal, assuming it clears regulators, inevitably ends one way: With Yahoo's annihilation. More »

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Yahoo, Microsoft To Go Steady Tomorrow: Report

After a failed romance last year, tears; then fighting and the nastiness; followed by a slow, painful reconciliation starting earlier this year. Yahoo and Microsoft have finally — finally — united with an advertising deal, All Things D reports. More »

#clips

Microsoft's Bing Puts Google and Yahoo on the Defensive

In the tech world, dominance can be lost with mere clicks, which in turn spring from mere thoughts. Perhaps that's why Google and Yahoo's CEOs are so quickly dismissing Microsoft's new search site, Bing. More »

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Google's Marissa Mayer Pities Yahoo

#trendwatch

How Facebook, Google, and Yahoo Are Making Ads Part of Your Life

#suedecker

Yahoo's Depressing Backup Plan

No one wants to buy Yahoo. And the only person who wants to run Yahoo is an insider who helped sink it. Is there any hope left for the beleaguered Web giant? More »

#search