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• Yahoo launches tool allowing users to control targeted ads

  Yahoo has rolled out a new tool to allow users of its advertising networks to control what targeted ads they receive, in response to growing demand from consumers.

• Microsoft, Yahoo finalise search deal

  Microsoft and Yahoo have finalised the terms of a broad search and advertising agreement intended to help them compete more effectively with Google.

• Yahoo to expand Facebook integration

  Users of Facebook and Yahoo will find more ways to link their actions on those sites next year, as Yahoo prepares what it calls a deep integration of Facebook with services like Yahoo Mail and Yahoo News.

• Yahoo: Michael Jackson leads top ten searches of 2009

  Yahoo called 2009 a year America needed to escape and cope, and this behavior was reflected in people's rush online to search for the latest updates about topics from "foreclosures" and "unemployment" to Michael Jackson and the reality TV show Jon & Kate Plus 8.

• Yahoo's search news shortcuts gain 'tweets,' videos, photos

  Yahoo has enhanced its Web search engine's news "shortcuts" by adding Twitter posts, photos and videos to them, the company announced Thursday.

• Investor Carl Icahn quits Yahoo board

  Carl Icahn, the activist investor who pushed for some of the big changes that have taken place at Yahoo, announced his resignation Friday from the company's board of directors.

• Sergey Brin laments Yahoo's Microsoft search deal

  Google cofounder and President of Technology Sergey Brin made a surprise appearance at the Web 2.0 Summit on Thursday, answering a variety of questions on hot-button issues affecting the search company.

• Yahoo revenue down, but income up sharply

  Yahoo has reported revenue of US$1.58 billion for the third quarter of 2009, down 12 percent from the same period a year earlier, although net income was up sharply, by 244 percent, the company said.

• Yahoo says its mobile strategy is working

  Yahoo is learning that mobile applications don't cannibalize its PC-based services, said a company executive Wednesday, as he also outlined the ways that Yahoo is approaching the mobile market differently from its competitors.

• Gmail, Yahoo Mail join Hotmail; passwords exposed

  Google's Gmail and Yahoo's Mail were also targeted by a large-scale phishing attack, perhaps the same one that harvested at least 10,000 passwords from Microsoft's Windows Live Hotmail, according to a report by the BBC.

• Yahoo updates Zimbra's application platform

  Yahoo has updated the application platform of its Zimbra messaging and collaboration suite, making it possible for developers to create more sophisticated gadgets that can be integrated with the product more deeply.

• Yahoo opens new home page to external developers

  Yahoo is opening its newly redesigned home page to external developers so that they can build applications for it, the company said Tuesday.

• Yahoo will shell out $US100M to promote its brand and products

  Yahoo will spend more than US$100 million over the next 15 months to aggressively promote its brand and products globally, the company's CEO, Carol Bartz, said on Tuesday.

• Microsoft, Yahoo in informal talks with EU over search deal

  Microsoft and Yahoo are discussing their planned search collaboration with European regulators to establish whether the deal needs to be subjected to a formal merger probe, Microsoft said Thursday.

• Bing lunges ahead; Microsoft grabs 11 per cent of search market

  Microsoft's Bing had a really strong August as the company takes another step in its effort to boost its place in the search engine business.