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Yahoo Launches New Women’s Site

On Monday, Yahoo Inc. announced that it launched a new website geared for women. The new website, called, Shine, will cover such topics as parenting, love, relationships, healthy living, home life, sex, money and career, entertainment, food, fashion, beauty and even astrology. Its target audience is a woman who is between 25 and 54 years of age, a demographic that yahoo’s advertisers may have complained about not reaching with targeted advertising. Women in that age group are considered key decision makers when it comes to purchasing goods and services in the home. Shine will have to compete with other already … Continue reading →

News Round up for Thursday, March 13th

Microsoft says no Blu-Ray, for the computer user who has everything, AOL buys Bebo Microsoft says no Blu-Ray If you own a Microsoft Xbox 360, you are probably disappointed in the fact that the HD DVD format is dead. You’ll won’t be able to use that little aspect of the Xbox 360. There have been rumors around that Microsoft is going to “upgrade” its Xbox 360 systems with Blu-Ray players to support the new, winning, high definition format. Microsoft officially says no way, denying that it has any plans to integrate Blu-Ray into anything, including the Xbox 360. Perhaps the … Continue reading →

Computing Week in Review: February 11th Through February 17th

The colder weather brings more indoor activities, such as playing video games. If you haven’t purchased your system yet, you might want to read up on failure rates. or, just take advantage of games that are online. You can find out all about these things and more in this past week’s Computing Blogs. February 11th Computing Week in Review: February 4th Through February 10th Have you been following along with the Microsoft bid for Yahoo? There should be some more news about this issue later today. Meanwhile, catch up by reading last week’s articles. They cover the bid plus other … Continue reading →

Yahoo Buys Video Service, Layoffs and More

Despite the issues surrounding a possible hostile takeover by Microsoft, the slumping Yahoo is actually spending money, to the tune of $160 million. Yesterday, the search engine giant completed a transaction to acquire the online video service, Maven Networks, Inc. Microsoft’s bid of more than $40 million, or $31 per share, was rejected by Yahoo, although now it seems that Yahoo may actually agree to the takeover, provided that Microsoft’s price is right. An asset manager of Legg Mason, Yahoo’s biggest shareholder, wrote a letter to investors saying that Microsoft would have to be closer to $40 a share to … Continue reading →