The reason I liked the Internet television service Joost had nothing to do with the content. Rather, I saw its interactivity with other web services while watching the content as the future of ...

This morning, Yahoo announced the release of Yahoo Widgets 4, the company's platform for web-enabled mini apps on the desktop. It's a cross-platform release, with (required) desktop engines available ...

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If Yahoo's battle with Google has taught us anything it's that the company isn't run by engineers. Sure, Yahoo is tech savvy. Sure it has an open platform. And sure it'll do things like plan a Widget ...

SUNNYVALE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 12, 2005--Yahoo! Inc. (Nasdaq:YHOO), a leading global Internet company, today announced that the company has launched a new version of the leading ...

The modestly popular Konfabulator widget application for Windows and Mac (review) was snatched up by Yahoo in late July, and the company promptly turned around and started giving it away for free. We ...

Samsung and Yahoo! have announced the 2009 availability of the Yahoo! Widget Engine, a set of internet-enabled feeds that can be viewed on select models from Samsung's HDTV range. The fifth-generation ...

SAN FRANCISCO — Hoping to pave a new path to its popular Web site, Yahoo! has acquired Konfabulator, a tiny software maker that provides a computer platform for monitoring the weather, stock prices ...

A serious security flaw in an ActiveX control that ships with the Yahoo Widgets could put users at risk of PC takeover attacks. The vulnerability, rated "highly ...

Yahoo on Monday announced it has acquired Pixoria, a maker of mini applications, or widgets, that be customized to provide information such as Wi-Fi signal strength, stock prices, and traffic ...

Yahoo! on Monday announced the release of its Widget Engine 3.0 — the product formerly known as Konfabulator. A free download, Yahoo! Widget Engine works on both Mac OS X and Windows. Yahoo! Widgets ...