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eBay joins our homepage test — As many of you know, we’ve been testing a new Yahoo.com homepage since September. We chose a random fraction from our millions of users in four countries to play around with the new homepage and give us feedback on the new features. As expected, we’ve gotten a wide range of reactions from our testers -– the good, the bad, and the ugly. We’ve heard every word and have made some changes accordingly. For example, in the latest version, we’ve added a Mail link to the “Yahoo! Services” area so that people can get to their email faster. We’ll keep making... [Tags: auctions, blog, curiosity, dashboard area, ebay]

Unsealed court filing: HP’s Hurd had Vista concerns — HP CEO Mark Hurd told Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer in an e-mail last year that HP’s call centers were “being overrun” by customers who were having difficulties upgrading to Windows Vista, a detail that was revealed in the unsealing of a court filing in the Windows Vista Capable lawsuit. Aside from a single quote - “I’m [...]... [Tags: call centers, ceo mark, ceo steve ballmer, e mail, hp]

Obama calls on Net army to march again — WASHINGTON — President-elect Barack Obama's 3 million campaign volunteers got re-enlistment notices this week. Campaign manager David Plouffe, in a mass e-mail sent Wednesday to former workers, asked how much time they can spare for four missions integral to Obama's effort to transform his victory into a broader political movement...... [Tags: army, barack obama, campaign manager, campaign volunteers, david plouffe]

Integrate YouSendIt with Microsoft Office [Microsoft Office] — Send that big PowerPoint presentation or Excel spreadsheet without clogging up your recipient's email inbox straight from Microsoft Office using previously mentioned file delivery service YouSendIt. Their new Office add-in puts YouSendIt into, appropriately, the Send to menu above the Email option. The YouSendIt Microsoft Office add-in is a free download. [via]... [Tags: delivery service, email, microsoft, microsoft office, office microsoft]

by Michelle Lentz The closer to mainstream Twitter gets, the more time wasting third-party apps will appear. I call that the Facebook model. By watching my Twitter feed, I’ve come across three fairly pointless applications just today : TweetValue: This site assesses the value of your Twitter ID. I have no idea how they figure this out or how it might ever be useful. According to the site, “The value is calculated with a Ph.D algoritm that is based on the public information available on your Twitter profile.” Uh, right. Anyway, JasonCalacanis is worth over $14000. Me? Not so much.... [Tags: algoritm, api, conversations, cool things, email]

AOL Sync beta launched for Outlook, phones — (Credit: AOL) It's been a busy two days for AOL Mail. On Wednesday, AOL launched a beefier version of the AOL Mail gadget for iGoogle. On Thursday, AOL won a few more fans with the introduction of its beta feature AOL Sync. AOL Mail for iGoogle improves upon the previous gadget by replacing the preview-only capability with functionality that lets you compose, reply, and fully manage your in-box from the iGoogle page. AOL Sync beta, launched today, targets mobile and desktop users with the ability to sync their AOL address book and calendar in real time to Microsoft Outlook, iPhone,... [Tags: aol address book, aol mail, beta, blackberry, capability]

The Faces of Mechanical Turk — When you experiment with Mechanical Turk, it feels like magic. You toss 500 questions into the ether, and the answers instantly start rolling in from anonymous workers around the world. It was great for getting work done, but who are these people? I've seen the demographics, but that was too abstract for me. Last week, I started a new Turk experiment to answer two questions: what do these people look like, and how much does it cost for someone to reveal their face? Answer #1. This is what Mechanical Turk looks like (click for full-size): Answer #2. About $0.50. Results... [Tags: collage, demographics, email, faces, gesture]

IBM Extends Lotus Notes To Millions of Nokia Phones (NewsFactor) — NewsFactor - Nokia and IBM on Thursday launched IBM Lotus Notes support for Nokia's S60-based mobile phones. That means millions of Lotus Notes users will be able to access their e-mail on Nokia devices in December.... [Tags: e mail, lotus, lotus notes support, lotus notes users, mobile phones]

Kara Swisher really did scoop the Yang story, but she still loves Dan Lyons — Kara Swisher -- who, among her many other talents, is an excellent reporter -- broke the Jerry Yang resignation story before anyone else did. In fact, she posted her "exclusive" at 4:50pm PST, Monday -- a full ten minutes before Yahoo issued a press release at 5:00pm PST announcing the departure. In this business, ten minutes is ten minutes -- and Swisher told me she was working on the story all weekend to get the scoop, and finally went live with it just before Yahoo issued its own press release. 40 minutes later, Kara touted her scoop as "confirmed"... [Tags: allthingsd, baseball, business wire, ceo, email]

Congress Stalls Automakers' Bid For Relief — After the Big Three auto executives spent two days seeking support on Capitol Hill for a bailout, the grand finale is no finale at all. Democratic leaders say they are delaying a vote until the auto companies present a plan on how they will restructure their business.» E-Mail This     » Add to Del.icio.us... [Tags: auto companies, auto executives, automakers, bailout, capitol hill]

GM, Chrysler Keep Low Profile At L.A. Auto Show — Amid job cuts, restructuring and pleas to Congress for financial aid, General Motors and Chrysler are represented, but not making much of a splash, at this week's Los Angeles Auto Show. » E-Mail This     » Add to Del.icio.us... [Tags: chrysler, congress, e mail, financial aid, general motors]

Addressing The Threat Of Deflation — As central banks continue to slash interest rates almost to zero, prices can plummet. It creates a liquidity trap, as it did in the 1930s and in Japan during the 1990s. Harvard economist Kenneth Rogoff outlines what deflation could mean for modern America.» E-Mail This     » Add to Del.icio.us... [Tags: 1930s, 1990s, central banks, deflation, e mail]

Restored Fontainebleau Graces Miami Beach — The Fontainebleau Hotel was once the height of Miami Beach sophistication. Now the hotel will reopen after a $1 billion renovation, but it's not clear the Florida economy is ready to support it.» E-Mail This     » Add to Del.icio.us... [Tags: 1 billion, e mail, florida economy, fontainebleau hotel, graces]

Markets Defying Government Rescue Efforts — Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson said this week that financial markets have "stabilized" But the daily numbers don't agree. Bank stocks remain under pressure and the credit market worsened again Wednesday. Are the government's actions producing the desired results? » E-Mail This     » Add to Del.icio.us... [Tags: bank stocks, daily numbers, desired results, e mail, financial markets]

Detroit Automakers Face Extinction — In recent decades, U.S. automakers ignored both fuel economy and beauty. If they don't change their ways, other companies and other means of transportation will succeed — and Detroit will become a dinosaur. » E-Mail This     » Add to Del.icio.us... [Tags: decades, detroit automakers, dinosaur, e mail, face extinction]

Drop In Oil Prices Helps Send Dow Lower, Too — The Dow Jones industrial average takes yet another tumble as the price of oil drops below $50 a barrel. » E-Mail This     » Add to Del.icio.us... [Tags: dow jones, dow jones industrial, dow jones industrial average, e mail, oil prices]

Is Out Of Town News On Its Way Out? — A Harvard Square landmark may soon fall victim to the decline of the newspaper business. For more than 50 years, Out of Town News in Cambridge, Mass., has offered newspapers from all over the world. » E-Mail This     » Add to Del.icio.us... [Tags: cambridge mass, decline, e mail, harvard square, landmark]

Help Needed: Giz Looking For a Display Case Rental in NYC [Help Needed] — Hey all, we really need your help in finding some display cases in NYC that are available for rent during the first week of December. We'd prefer to have something similar to what's in the above image. Doesn't matter if it's a vertical stand or horizontal, we just need any jewelry or showcase type display case. This is basically the final item we need in our planning for the Gizmodo Gallery and we're having some trouble finding a good case to rent. We've got sooooo many amazing little gadgets for you to see but without a proper display case we... [Tags: asap, display case, display cases, email, gadgets]

Under worm attack, US Army bans USB drives — Under sustained attack from what is described as a rapidly spreading network worm, the U.S. army has banned the use of USB sticks, CDs, flash media cards, and all other removable data storage devices, according to internal e-mail messages seen by Wired’s Noah Shachtman. According to the article, service members have been ordered to “cease usage [...]... [Tags: army bans, article service, e mail, flash media, mail messages]

Argentine Farmers Try To Weather Economic Woes — Until just a few months ago, farmers in Argentina were thriving like never before. Now, they are facing the pressures of a worsening international economy, as well as drought. Demand for crops is plummeting as costs for fertilizers, herbicides and other necessities have gone up.» E-Mail This     » Add to Del.icio.us... [Tags: argentina, crops, e mail, economic woes, farmers]