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  • Photos: Search engines from the '90s

    Were you on the Net in the '90s? This photo gallery takes a look back at the first home pages for some of today's largest search engines, along with those that have passed on.

  • Microsoft shareholders already own Yahoo

    Yahoo is calling on Microsoft to bump up its buyout bid, but the trouble is a number of the Internet giant's largest investors own shares in both stocks.

  • Google-DoubleClick gives Microsoft-Yahoo a push

    With the Google-DoubleClick merger wrapped up, Yahoo may face even greater pressure to find itself a buyout partner, according to Wall Street analysts and investors.

  • Solving Yahoo's identity crisis

    The troubled Web giant used to be known for its innovative ways. To find a way to a brighter future, it could benefit from looking at its past.

  • Semel out, Yang in at Yahoo

    Struggling search company Yahoo has a new chief executive, with Terry Semel stepping down after six years on the job, while Jerry Yang is stepping up to lead the company he co-founded in 1994.

  • Yahoo focuses on research

    Yahoo doesn't want Google to get all the acclaim as the hotbed of innovation on the Web.

  • Yahoo, Seven Network in joint venture

    Seven Network and Yahoo will combine their online, mobile and IPTV businesses in a new joint venture spanning Australia and New Zealand.

  • Yahoo to launch its own music player

    Web portal Yahoo is planning to launch its own online music service later this year, despite its US$160 million purchase of Musicmatch announced this week, according to music industry sources.

  • Censorship protestors target Google's Sydney HQ

    It may be Valentines' Day but a couple of protesters from the Australia-Tibet Council failed to feel the love for Google over its decision to censor sensitive content from its Chinese search engine.

  • Yahoo hints at social networking service

    Yahoo on Wednesday dropped hints of growing interest in social networking services for search, coming after announcements of efforts from rivals Google and Microsoft.

  • MSN launches revamped search engine

    Microsoft is expected to take its first baby steps on the road to Web search independence on Thursday, with the launch a test version of a homegrown Internet navigation tool and changes to its current search engine.

  • Yahoo shifts to open-source coding

    With an eye toward its bottom line, Yahoo has decided to jettison its own proprietary scripting language in favor of the open-source alternative PHP.

  • IM giants drop some barriers to peace

    After years of mudslinging, Microsoft, America Online and Yahoo on Thursday will make a surprising overture toward peace in the instant-messaging wars.

  • Google readying Web-only video search

    Google is expected to unveil a search engine for Web-only video this summer that will let people preview media clips from its Web site.

  • MSN joins desktop search fray

    Microsoft's MSN has unveiled desktop-search technology, entering a hotly contested race to dominate information access on the PC.

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