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Iranian kittens nick Gmail, Yahoo, and Outlook inboxes
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Not really much else to do in Iran

Iranian state-sponsored hackers have worked out a way to download Gmail, Yahoo, and Outlook inboxes.

Yahoo back from the dead
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Friday, 03 September 2021 11:49

Yahoo back from the dead


And worth less than ever before 

Yahoo and AOL, formerly known as Verizon Media, have officially been acquired by their new owners and renamed as simply "Yahoo".

Verizon thinking about selling AOL and Yahoo
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They never made much for Verizon Media 

Verizon is considering selling AOL and Yahoo -- two once high-flying dot-com brands it bought a few years back.

Never mind Facebook - look at AOL and Yahoo
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While the focus is on Facebook, AOL and Yahoo are reading your emails again

While politicians are pretending to attack Facebook over its sharing of data with Cambridge Analytica, it seems that AOL and Yahoo have been quietly getting on with the serious business of reading your emails while no one is paying them any attention.

Yahoo hack was the Russians, claims Mayer
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Thursday, 09 November 2017 11:45

Yahoo hack was the Russians, claims Mayer


Says sorry for security lapse

At least one of the attacks carried out on Yahoo was the work of Russian spooks, according to former Yahoo Chief Executive Marissa Mayer.

AMD’s Koduri will be missed
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Wednesday, 08 November 2017 16:01

AMD’s Koduri will be missed


Great Architect of the graphics business has great sense of humour


The news that Raja Koduri has quit AMD didn’t come as a complete surprise to us because of his sabbatical announced some time ago.

Yahoo sold, Mayer quits
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Wednesday, 14 June 2017 11:41

Yahoo sold, Mayer quits


Yahoo ends with an Oath

After Yahoo shareholder approval last week, Verizon today announced that it has finally closed its acquisition of Yahoo, which it plans to combine with its AOL assets. 

Online security is getting worse
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Thursday, 30 March 2017 11:48

Online security is getting worse


IBM warning


Biggish Blue has issued a warning about the poor state of online security and claimed that things are getting worse.

Verizon reduces Yahoo acquisition price by $350 million
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Yahoo agrees to pay half of all costs for non-SEC investigations


When Verizon announced that it wanted to buy Yahoo back in July 2016 for a large price of $4.83 billion, no one expected the delays that would result from the latter’s two undisclosed data breaches and consumer backlash for building tools that help the government spy on civilian emails.

Verizon's Yahoo acquisition is delayed
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Monday, 23 January 2017 23:25

Verizon's Yahoo acquisition is delayed


Yahoo's cost structure remains at lowest in decade


Earlier in July, Verizon announced that it wanted to buy Yahoo and that would close by the first quarter of 2017. Now, reports are saying that the deal is taking a bit longer than expected and will close by the second quarter of the year.