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With Yet Another Flat Quarter Expected, Does Yahoo Need a Hail Mary Hulu Acquisition?

Kara Swisher in Media on July 18, 2011 at 8:22 am PT

Yahoo announces second-quarter earnings tomorrow. Does the Internet giant need a bold and crazy move to pull out of its perpetual funk?

Liveblog: Is Yahoo Still in Search? Indeed and It's Answers Not Links!

Kara Swisher in News on March 23, 2011 at 10:20 am PT

At least once a day, BoomTown gets a call from investors, analysts or other troublemaking types–you know who you are!–wondering why Yahoo is still plugging away in search. With a declining market share in the arena and a search technology outsourcing deal with Microsoft, it’s not a bad question to ask. But Yahoo begs to differ, introducing a new feature called Yahoo Search Direct at an event in San Francisco today.

Green Dam Gets the Red Light

John Paczkowski in News on June 30, 2009 at 6:39 am PT

China’s youth must face the corrupting influence of Internet porn without government guidance for a brief while longer. The Chinese government said Tuesday it will delay enforcing a new requirement that all new computers sold in the country include Green Dam/Youth Escort Web-filtering software.