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Activist firm urges Yahoo to cut costs, narrow focus

Activist investment firm Starboard Value urged Yahoo on Monday to make "aggressive" cost cuts and narrow its focus to deliver more value to shareholders.

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Mar 9, 2015

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As hacking grows, biometric security gains momentum

With hackers seemingly running rampant online and millions of users compromised, efforts for stronger online identity protection—mainly using biometrics—are gaining momentum.

Security

Mar 7, 2015

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'Homebrew' email servers: Genius as well as sneaky?

No, it's not always a room filled with wires and glowing blue lights. It's probably not even the size of your furnace. The personal email server used by Hillary Rodham Clinton during her time as secretary of state was most ...

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Mar 6, 2015

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Yahoo marks 20 years with yodels, reminiscences

Yahoo celebrated its 20th anniversary Monday with a look back at its history and an eye to the future of the Internet pioneer in the midst of a transformation effort.

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Mar 2, 2015

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Yahoo seeking to harvest ad revenue from other mobile apps (Update)

Yahoo will try to harvest revenue from mobile applications outside its own crop of services as CEO Marissa Mayer scours the digital landscape for more growth opportunities.

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Feb 19, 2015

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Three of tech's top CEOs to skip Obama cybersecurity summit

The top executives of Google Inc., Yahoo! Inc. and Facebook Inc. won't attend President Barack Obama's cybersecurity summit on Friday, at a time when relations between the White House and Silicon Valley have frayed over privacy ...

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Feb 12, 2015

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Facebook, partners unveil alliance on cybersecurity

Facebook, Yahoo and other technology firms announced the creation of a "ThreatExchange" to share information to help thwart cyberattacks.

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Feb 11, 2015

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Yahoo gains search share thanks to Firefox

In December, Yahoo replaced Google as the default search engine on the Firefox browser. The result: Yahoo's highest market share numbers in more than five years.

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Feb 4, 2015

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