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Toshiba 55-inch TL515 Series Natural 3D TV Hands-on [Video]

Chris Burns, Sep 19th 2011 Discuss [0]

The same company that brought you the world’s first consumer-targeted 55-inch glasses-free 3D display, Toshiba, now brings you the TL series value-minded 3D Smart TV. While this television does require that you wear the lovely 3D glasses if you’re going to get a perfectly 3D look at them, this television is out in several sizes (32-inches up to 55-inches) and isn’t going to blast the goodness out of your wallet – and it’s got built-in Wi-fi connectivity so you can run all the streaming apps you could ever desire.

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Microsoft considering Yahoo! bid

Chris Burns, Sep 16th 2011 Discuss [1]

Stockholders today are speaking about several things when it comes to big internet-born companies, the biggest news here being Microsoft's possible future purchase of Yahoo! It seems that as Yahoo!'s former chief exec Carol Bartz exits and their board hires several banks (reportedly) to help them decide what to do with the company, like sell it, Microsoft is apparently speaking internally about picking up the group for a pretty penny. On the other hand, AOL appears to be a less than appealing choice for a purchase than Yahoo! as the source for this story speaks about below. Read The Full Story

Bartz abandons Yahoo! board clutching $14m payout

Chris Davies, Sep 12th 2011 Discuss [2]

Ousted Yahoo! chief exec Carol Bartz has stepped down from the company board, taking what's believed to be a $14m severance package with her. Bartz had originally intended to remain on the board, but was seemingly persuaded to do otherwise, The Guardian reports, with the compensation amount calculated by the WSJ's Amir Efrati. The decision follows Bartz's expletive-packed roasting of Yahoo! management, in which she accused chairman Roy Bostock of cowardice in hiding behind a lawyer's prepared statement. Read The Full Story

Bartz: Yahoo! board “f*#ked me over”

Chris Davies, Sep 8th 2011 Discuss [38]

Former Yahoo! CEO Carol Bartz has struck out at the company's board, saying that "these people f*cked me over" and revealing that she bluntly challenged chairman Roy Bostock when he fired her over the phone. The ousted chief exec asked Bostock "why don't you have the balls to tell me yourself," she said in interview with Fortune, after he reportedly read a prepared statement from the Yahoo! legal team rather than tell her in his own words. Read The Full Story

Yahoo! “open” to sale tips insider

Chris Davies, Sep 7th 2011 Discuss [4]

Yahoo! is "open to selling itself" a company insider has confirmed, suggesting the beleaguered search and email giant isn't relying solely on "industry-leading innovation," as board chairman Roy Bostock claimed, to reverse the decline. As well as sacking CEO Carol Bartz, Yahoo! is now in effect putting itself up for sale, an insider tells the WSJ. Read The Full Story

Yahoo! sacks CEO Bartz over phone

Chris Davies, Sep 7th 2011 Discuss [0]

Yahoo! has fired little-loved CEO Carol Bartz, temporarily replacing the former exec with CFO Timothy Morse. While board chairman Roy Bostock thanks Bartz "for her service to Yahoo! during a critical time of transition in the Company's history," an email the ousted CEO sent to her former staff, leaked to AllThingsD, reveals that she was "fired over the phone." Read The Full Story

SoftBank 007SH KT Hello Kitty Android Gingerbread Phone For The Win

Chris Burns, Aug 19th 2011 Discuss [1]

Welcome to the greatest Android device on the market today. I'm only half joking, as the specs on this very gaudy looking device are certainly nothing to scoff at, and it boasts the very strange accomplishment of being the second clamshell device running Android 2.3 Gingerbread. The first was of course the AQUOS PHONE THE HYBRID 007SH, essentially the same basic components this device is built on. Yesterday we got a glimpse of the Yahoo! Android phone from Sharp AQUOS, today we get the next rebranded handset in the Hello Kitty Android flip phone. Is this just a Japanese fad, or are cross-brand re-releases of Android devices on the horizon? Read The Full Story

Yahoo Google Phone Coming Soon from Sharp

Chris Burns, Aug 18th 2011 Discuss [4]

What we're to understand we're looking at here is one strange combination of brands creating a device that's no less than completely absurd. This is a Yahoo! phone made for Japan (since Japan is still so very in love with Yahoo) and will be running on Android. You may recognize this device if you're familiar with Sharp's line of cute little phones: this one being a rebranded Sharp AQUOS smartphone in white. What the non-Google search engine group will be adding to the device is a brand new interface skin on the inside and a lovely new Yahoo! branded case on the outside - why they thought this would be an awesome idea is anyone's guess. Read The Full Story

Hulu chasing buyers spills insider; Yahoo fingered

Chris Davies, Jun 22nd 2011 Discuss [0]

Hulu is reportedly considering selling itself, though to exactly who is currently unclear. The WSJ reported that an unnamed company had made a speculative bid for Hulu, with the LA Times later suggesting that Yahoo was the interested party. However, no meeting of the Hulu board has been held to consider any offers, and subsequent reports have poured cold water onto the idea of Yahoo being interested. Read The Full Story

Yahoo Revamps With Search Direct, Instantaneous Search Results

Rue Liu, Mar 23rd 2011 Discuss [4]

In the search engine world Google is king and the dethroned Yahoo has been trying to regain its spot for quite some time. Yahoo may be on to something with its new Search Direct feature that gives users instantaneous results. Search Direct predicts search results as the user types and changes in real-time with answers that “goes beyond a list of blue links.” Read The Full Story