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Now that Microsoft's out of picture, Yahoo! rebounds with Google
The deal isn't exactly comprehensive. It covers "some of" Yahoo!'s web properties, and the ads will only be displayed in the US and Canada. The agreement is non-exclusive, which means that Yahoo! may display its own ads or ads from other parties as well.
In a press release, Yahoo! says it expects to raise about $800 million in revenue per year from the deal. Google, in return, posted a blog entry saying the deal is "good for users, advertisers, and publishers." The US government isn't quite convinced yet. Back in April, the Justice Department responded to a test run of a Google/Yahoo! partnership with an investigation. And today the chairman of the US Senate Antitrust Subcommittee said the Senate will be closely examining the deal.
So, just how good at time waster games are you? Think you've got the stuff? Well, The World's Hardest Game 2.0 doesn't think you do.
Yes, amazingly, it's possible to have a sequel to a game called "The World's Hardest Game". It doesn't seem logically possible, since if the first one was actually the world's hardest, how could another one come along and share the moniker? It made me doubt the name in the first place. That is, until I tried the game.
The mechanics of the game are very simple. You are a small red square, ...
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Riddar said 9:15AM on 6-13-2008
Decent deal for Yahoo, a flat out amazing deal for the personal grudges of the CEO Jerry Yang, but I am sure the investors are still remembering fondly the offer of $40 a share from Microsoft. And things may be over with Microsoft, but they are just starting in court.
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Samuel said 12:17PM on 6-16-2008
I was more looking forward to Gflickr or maybe Gel.icio.us
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