blending the mix

My Sony laptop is on the verge of packing in, after years and years of (ab)use it is at death’s door.
The CD drive does not allow me to burn back-up discs anymore and it is pot luck as to whether or not it will work from one day to the next.
So, I am offering […]

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Steve Rubel reports that [tag]Yahoo Answers[/tag] has now got more than 10 million answers posted, has been read by 4.2% of the US internet population and is ranked 3rd behind [tag]wikipedia[/tag] and [tag]dictionary.com[/tag].
He suggests that it won’t be long before they start monetizing the site with more than just  PPC and I can see an […]

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After noticing that Yahoo! Audio is up and running I now see that they have put MyWeb2.0 into beta too.
Tapping into the del.icio.us online bookmarking as well as tagging it also allows the full importing of existing bookmarks.

is there ANYTHING Yahoo! aren’t into at the moment? They are really leading the pack in CGC and […]

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[tag]Yahoo![/tag] UK officially launches its Audio search enabling you to find locations online for your favourite sounds!

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 Application-specific WiFi for free by Niall Kennedy touches on an interesting possibility of the evolution of Wi-Fi.
Rather than invest in unmetered free wi-fi for all, people like Yahoo! are exploring how pratical the restriction of free wi-fi may be to specific application users (like those connecting to say, Yahoo chat or their Yahoo profile).
With growing […]

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Yahoo Subscriptions is ANOTHER beta for Yahoo to enter the world of RSS. They must be busy over there!
It presents readers (of sources with a paid-for subscription) with a search resource which enables them to search their subscriptions for content that would otherwise be unavailable due to the restricted-nature of the content.
i.e. if you have […]

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Yahoo! Search is the latest new beta offering from Yahoo, offering searches for a varietyiof different media - like Google video but for audio (although there is clearly a Video tab too!).

Interestingly, you can add your own podcasts via rss by simply providing the link to your ‘cast.I like the idea that there is a […]

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If the way you can ask ask.com a question and find what you need appeals to you, then [tag]Yahoo Answers[/tag] takes this one step further!
Ask a question and you get a human answer! Click ALL thumbnails to enlarge.
Step 1: Ask the question and select a category (select from Internet, Sports, Politics etc.).

Step 2: Check […]

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So, hot on the heels of [tag]Yahoo[/tag] Mail Beta, comes [tag]Windows Live Mail[/tag] Beta Invitation:

Promising the following features (might as well copy and paste from the Yahoo email!!):

Previews
Drag & Drop organisation
One-click junk/spam control (i.e. an icon!)
Right-clicking (reply, delete and forward)
2Gb of storage

Fair play, they are up with everyone else in trying to keep people using […]

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[tag]Yahoo[/tag] have launched sign-up for their next generation [tag]Yahoo Mail[/tag] service with a tantalising sign-up page with small embedded animations teasing us with the new features.
From other reports I’ve seen and heard, and looking at the tiny shots, the mail interface looks to be very much less bog-standard webmail and more Outlook (Express).
With added MS […]

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