Microsoft Yahoo Merger Finally a Reality?
April 30th, 2008 by Angsuman Chakraborty
Months after Microsoft announced its intention to buy Yahoo, it appears they are finally coming together. Microsoft appears to be willing to raise the price to 32-33$ per share while Yahoo board would be satisfied with $35. Do the math.
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MicroHoo To GooHoo?
April 17th, 2008 by Angsuman Chakraborty
The pressure of one unholy alliance (Microsoft + Yahoo) may lead to another (Google + Yahoo). According to WSJ:
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How To Stop Yahoo Instant Messenger Spam
April 13th, 2008 by Angsuman Chakraborty
Yahoo Instant Messenger is notorious for sending unsolicited commercial instant messages and from questionable sources. The yahoo instant messenger client doesn’t provide an way, last I checked, to stop such spams. However there is a way.
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Microsoft Tightens Noose on Yahoo Board
April 5th, 2008 by Angsuman Chakraborty
Yahoo has three weeks to accept Microsoft’s $31 per share combined cash and stock offer or Microsoft may lower its bid and also take its offer directly to Yahoo investors, Microsoft said on Saturday.
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419 Nigerian Scam Hits The Blogs
February 8th, 2008 by Angsuman Chakraborty
With the popularity of blog spamming, can Nigerian scammers (and spammers) be left far behind? Here is an interesting attempt to scam, posted as a comment on blog against this article:
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How To Change Firefox Location Bar Searching
November 18th, 2007 by Angsuman Chakraborty
By default in Firefox you can type one or more keywords in the location bar. Firefox recognizes that it is not an URL and uses I’m Lucky search with Google search engine for version < 2; it uses Google search by name for Firefox version 2 and above. Here is how you can change it.
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Bye Bye Yahoo Messenger…No Thanks To Your Spam
November 12th, 2007 by Angsuman Chakraborty
I am sick and tired of Yahoo Messenger Spam initiated primarily by Myfreecamhost and now joined by few new initiates too. Everyday, at the most inppropriate times I will get one or more messages from Yahoo Messenger asking me to watch some random female’s webcam on myfreecamhost for free (obviously scam). I was using Yahoo Messenger via Pidgin / Gaim. I have disabled Yahoo Messenger from my IM client till Yahoo fixes the issue. I have a feeling that Yahoo is benefiting financially from these spam. What do you think?
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How To Use Yahoo Messenger on Linux (MSN, ICQ, IRC, Google Talk…)
November 5th, 2007 by Angsuman Chakraborty
Yahoo Instant Messenger isn’t directly available on Linux. However there are several alternatives.
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Guide To AdSense Electronic Fund Transfer
September 18th, 2007 by Angsuman Chakraborty
AdSense supports Electronic Fund Transfer (EFT) for direct deposit of you AdSense income in 26 countries. Electronic Funds Transfer (EFT) directly deposits into your bank account, in your local currency, to greatly speed up and simplify the payment process. You do not have to take the hassle of submitting your check every month nor do you have the fear of losing / misplacing your check. Other PPC publisher like Yahoo Publisher Network supported it from the beginning. The bottom-line is that if EFT is available in your country (check here) then you should definitely sign up for it asap. There are no known downsides.
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