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  • Hack attack led to theft of 22 million IDs at Yahoo Japan

    Yahoo Japan faced a hack attack, which reportedly led to a theft of 22 million user ids that constitutes one tenth of its 200 million members. A file of ID details was stolen from the administration system at Yahoo Japan, which was spotted late on 16th May. In a report by BBC, the tech firm cut the net access as soon as it detected the attack. Although the firm was not sure if the data had ...

  • Tumblr users threaten exodus after Yahoo acquisition announcement

    Hours after Yahoo announced its acquisition of Tumblr for 1.1 billion dollars, the latter's users have started posting threats about exiting from the site. Tumblr users describe the site where they got to be themselves with no ads, or tailored blogs to suit the interests of the users, if Yahoo acquires it, Tumblr is likely to undergo change and not remain the same ad-free site. According to a ...

  • Yahoo revamps Flickr offers free terabyte storage

    After acquiring Tumblr for 1.1 billion dollars, Yahoo has announced major changes to its photo sharing service Flickr. CEO Marissa Mayer announced the change to make Flickr 'awesome again'. On offer is a cleaner design, an Android app and more importantly a full free terabyte of storage, maximum compared to any other photo sharing service. The new look of Flickr will be devoid of the white ...

  • Merger Monday -- Yahoo GrubHub Websense But What About Twitter and Microsoft

    and Tumblr, Seamless North America and GrubHub, and Vista Equity Partners announced acquisition of Websense. Stand alone deals are always interesting given the potential response - some companies do nothing, others quickly put other companies into play while others up the ante for an existing transaction. Historically, however, big acquisitions tend to realize the big synergies -- better known ...

  • What will it take for people to care about Yahoo again

    Yahoo is a media and technology giant. It is claimed that around 700 million people still visit Yahoo websites every month, and yet I personally can't remember the last time I went to a Yahoo site, and I don't know anyone who uses Yahoo for search, email, or news -- or visits the fabled Yahoo home page. To me Yahoo mostly exists in the past, largely forgotten and gathering dust. I ...


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Hostel Part II [DVD]

Hostel Part II [DVD]

In Hostel (2006), writer/director Eli Roth reworked the broad parameters of the cautionary fairy tale into a grisly horror meatgrinder, one of the best of the recent glut of so called torture porn. What set Roth's film apart from so many others was its hard-edged moral backbone--th ... ...

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  • Tech stocks Microsofts big reveal more Yahoo

    Microsoft shares are barely moving this morning, but that could change following a major announcement. Let's take a look at the tech stocks to watch Tuesday. Microsoft welcomes the next Xbox. The tech ...

  • A look at Yahoos acquisitions From Geocities to Tumblr

    Yahoo Inc announced on Monday it would shell out $1.1 billion to buy blogging service Tumblr, in a bid to revitalise its brand and attract a younger generation of users.Yahoo has been criticised for making big acquisitions that have not always reaped lasting ...

  • Tumblr Porn Is Here to Stay Yahoo Won’t Restrict Content

    a big part of Tumblr is the porn – it’s not the biggest part by any means, but it’s significant. And ever since news of the big Yahoo acquisition, Tumblr users have worried that Yahoo may attempt to clean up Tumblr’s image by controlling certain types of content. Fear not, Tumblr users. Your porn isn’t going anywhere. For the first time since the acquisition ...

  • Google kills floundering Google Checkout asks people to use Google Wallet instead

    Google this week announced it was killing Google Checkout, the company's PayPal competitor. Google would like to migrate its Checkout customers over to Google Wallet, pictured. Google is killing Checkout, the companys 7-year experiment in improving online payment processing. The service will die on Nov. 20. In the meantime, the search giant is asking existing Google Checkout customers to ...

  • Analysts urge Yahoo to foster Tumblr autonomy in deal

    Go slowly on Tumblr. That was the key message for Yahoo management by investors and industry watchers as they digest Yahoo's $1.1 billion acquisition of Tumblr that was announced ...

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