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Yahoo Japan Corp. has said it suspects up to 22 million user IDs may have been stolen during an unauthorised attempt to access the administrative system of its Yahoo! Japan portal.

In a possible move aimed at snatching up the young social media demographic, Yahoo has had "serious talks" about acquiring Tumblr, with the price tag reportedly being as high as $1 billion.

Two years ago, Tumblr's overabundance of porn was well-documented . Today, nothing has changed: it's still a JPEG sex bonanza.

Two Mexican firms embroiled in a contractual dispute with Yahoo Inc will appeal a court ruling that overturned an earlier $2.75 billion judgment in their favor, a director of the companies said on Friday.

Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer is promising to unveil "something special" Monday in New York as she tries to attract more traffic and advertising to the Internet company.

Don't look now but it looks like Yahoo's mobile apps push is bearing fruit, at least according to new data from Onavo .

Yahoo!, The Christian Post and Marin Independent Journal say Disney succumbed to pressures and removed the adult Merida image from Disney's princess site.

After striking out on a $225 million deal to take control of Dailymotion last month and holding preliminary talks about acquiring Hulu , reports now indicate the new Yahoo CEO is in serious discussions about buying social blogging site Tumblr in a $1 billion bid to make the Internet giant "cool" again.

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According to Bloomberg , discussions are "at an early stage and a transaction isn't certain." Another, unidentified pay-TV company is also interested in acquiring Hulu.

In a move that shows how Yahoo values what industry organizations, outlets and people are saying on Twitter , the company announced it will be integrating tweets into the news stream on Yahoo.com. CEO Marissa Mayer delivered the news in a blog post which detailed how the company views tweets "as [an] important information source for many of our ... (more)

The U.S. hedge fund manager renowned for shaking up Yahoo Inc. has set his sights on Sony Corp., proposing that the Japanese electronics giant spin off up to 20 percent of its movie, TV and music division and use the money to strengthen its ailing device manufacturing unit.

Yahoo Inc. on Thursday said a Mexican court has reversed a $2.75 billion ruling against the Web portal in a breach of contract dispute.

Technology continues to perform strongly and with names such as Google and Yahoo setting highs and the rally taking place across a broad range of subsectors, we think that the market is signaling to us that this rally is the real deal and that 2013 will be one of those years when investors need to stay long for the entire year.

Every year the Save the Children put out a State of the World's Mothers report .

Ashton Demi $10 million : After the Ashton and Demi separation in Nov. 2011, the former Hollywood couple has yet to finalize their divorce, and as of now, they are still negotiating the terms of the agreement.

Less than a year after putting Marissa Mayer at the helm of its shaky ship, Yahoo is sailing more smoothly than it has in years.

It must be seven or eight years since I wrote "My Last Sony," predicting the tech giant's downfall at the hands of overzealous chief executive Nobuyuki Idei and his successor crony, Sir Howard Stringer.

He many only be small, but a four-year-old has big plans after being elected the mayor of a Minnesota town.

Most instant messaging clients have a chat archiving feature that can be quite handy in case you want to review a conversation.