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• Yahoo CIO departs

  In another high-profile departure, Michael Kirwan, formerly CIO of Yahoo, has left the company.

• Geocities archive to be released via BitTorrent

  It was about a year ago that Yahoo!-hosted Geocities sites started going offline. For the majority of Internet users, this event was met with little fanfare; Geocities had long gone out of fashion as a free web host and been replaced by sites like Myspace, Facebook, Wordpress, and more recently, Tumblr.

• Yahoo Mail has new features, look

  Yahoo caught the redesign bug and gave Yahoo Mail a big makeover.

• Apple joins Google in counterattack against Paul Allen lawsuit

  Apple last week joined forces with Google, Facebook, Yahoo and others in an effort to dismiss patent infringement charges brought by billionaire Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen.

• Yahoo sees modest revenue growth in Q3

  Yahoo's revenue grew slightly in the third quarter, even though the online advertising market has rebounded this year, as the Internet pioneer's ability to turn its fortunes around remains in question.

• Hadoop pitched for business intelligence

  While it began life as a tool for indexing Web pages, the open source Hadoop framework is being marketed as a tool that could house and analyze vast amounts of data with the kind of proportions that would quickly overwhelm traditional database systems and data warehouses.

• Yahoo lays out road map for BOSS

  Yahoo's BOSS platform, which lets external developers build custom search engines on top of the company's search infrastructure, will shift to a fee-based model in early 2011.

• Google stays strong as Yahoo slips in search market

  Google had a good month in September, with its search share gaining and rivals Yahoo and Microsoft Bing taking a hit.

• Yahoo aims to improve image, video search

  Yahoo has implemented new features in its search engine intended to make finding photos, videos and entertainment information simpler and more engaging.

• Finding lost IT with RFID

  LAS VEGAS -- Vendors are increasingly trying to sell users on the idea that they need to stick RFID tags on IT equipment to keep track of it. Users are interested in this technology because they would much rather automate inventory tracking then go server-to-server with a bar code scanner and clipboard.

• Yahoo to lose three executives

  Yahoo confirmed that the head of its North American business, Hilary Schneider, plans to leave the company.

• Google phone gallery aids Android shoppers

  The Web page once reserved for Google's Nexus One phone is now a monument to Android phones in general -- or at least the ones Google likes best.

• More contributors join Open Cirrus cloud computing test bed

  HP, Intel and Yahoo have announced that four organisations are to join the existing group already participating in Open Cirrus, the global open-source test bed organised to fuel advancements in cloud computing research.

• More join HP, Intel and Yahoo on Open Cirrus cloud test bed

  Hewlett-Packard, Intel and Yahoo have recruited more backers for Open Cirrus, their joint, open source project for cloud computing research.

• Alibaba still wants Yahoo to sell back stake

  Even though Yahoo CEO Carol Bartz made soothing comments about her company's relationship with Alibaba Group on Friday, the Chinese e-commerce giant doesn't feel the same way, according to a source with knowledge of Alibaba's thinking.