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Yahoo Messenger is one of the most popular instant messengers of today. When you download Yahoo! Messenger(YM), you actually only download a small size installer which will download the full size Yahoo Messenger when it is loaded.

But, the YM installer restarts the installation when your line is unstable or the YM download site is busy. It is rather irritating. I once spent 30 minutes to see it keeps restarting the installation!

Here is the solution! We can skip the small YM installer and directly download the full Yahoo! Messenger standalone installer.

Here are the download links for YM standalone installer:

• Yahoo! Messenger 8.1 full standalone installer
• Yahoo! Messenger 9 BETA standalone installer

Hopefully this tip will solve your problem. It is useful too when you need to install YM on multiple computers. BTW, my YM id is liewcf1980

Microsoft made an offer to acquire Yahoo! for $44.6 billion USD cash and stock on Feb 1, 2008.

Microsoft offers to pay Yahoo! shareholders $31 a share, which represents a 62% premium from where Yahoo stock closed on Thursday.

“We are very, very confident this is the right path for Microsoft and for Yahoo!,” said Steve Ballmer, Microsoft’s chief executive.

Microsoft allows the Yahoo! shareholders to elect to receive cash or a fixed number of shares of Microsoft common stock. Yahoo has acknowledged receipt of the offer and its board would evaluate the proposal “carefully and promptly”.

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I have received an email from Yahoo! which inform me about the closing of Yahoo! Photos. Heck, I don’t even remember I have a Yahoo Photos account!

We’re sorry. Yahoo! Photos is closing on October 18, 2007 so we are no longer accepting new accounts or allowing users to upload photos if you don’t already have photos in your account. We’ve decided to focus all our efforts on Yahoo!’s other photo service called Flickr - the award winning photo sharing community that has been called “completely addictive”. Why not head over to Flickr for a look? — Yahoo! Photos - Closing

If you have photos in Yahoo Photo, it is time to migrate to Flickr. Free account is available. I am a Flickr Pro member, here is my Flickr page.

Related book: How to Use Flickr: The Digital Photography Revolution

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In conjunction to the 50th National Day of Malaysia, both Google and Yahoo designed special Merdeka Day logo for their Malaysia local search sites. They are believed to be the first occasional logos from the big brands for Malaysians.

Image: Google Merdeka Day logo

Image: Yahoo Merdeka Day logo

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As part of Flickr global event, Flickr will organize a event called “24 hours of Flickr” in Kuala Lumpur at Tuesday, August 28, 2007, as well as in Seoul, Manila, and Hong Kong.

The event information is published on upcoming event post:

Venue: Maison, Kuala Lumpur (map)
Time: Tuesday, August 28, 2007 (7:00 PM - 10:00 PM)
Description:

Please join us to celebrate the 24 hours of Flickr and our International launch. If you’re in or around Kuala Lumpur, we hope that you’ll join members of the Flickr team for an evening of fun.

Some Flickr team members will meet you there, and they will giveaway some 24 hours of Flickr book and Flickr schwag.

Will you be there?

[hat tip: shafina]

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