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Yahoo Purchases Konfabulator

NerdyPunk2ML writes "Macworld news has an article about Yahoo's acquisition of Konfabulator, which will be announced Monday. Yahoo company executives said they will be giving Konfabulator away for free, completely doing away with the US$19.95 currently charged for the product. The reason they purchased Konfabulator was they wanted an easy way to open up its APIs to the developer community and allow them easy access to the information on the Yahoo web site." From the article: "The acquisition of Konfabulator may not be the last Mac compatible product users see from Yahoo! While Schneider wasn't specific, he did say that there was interest in the Mac. 'There is a move at Yahoo! -- in addition to Konfabulator -- to move more onto the Mac,' said Schneider. 'We want to make sure we find a way to be more cross platform.'"

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  1. GNAA by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    GNAA (GAY NIGGER ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA) is the first organization which gathers GAY NIGGERS from all over America and abroad for one common goal - being GAY NIGGERS. * Are you GAY? * Are you a NIGGER? * Are you a GAY NIGGER? If you answered "Yes" to all of the above questions, then GNAA (GAY NIGGER ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA) might be exactly what you've been looking for! [3]

  2. fp yo by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    LOLGOATSE

    failit :( :D

  3. Re:fells like dvorak... by gcnaddict · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    "fells like dvorak..." Dvorak does fellatio? thats a thought that I dont really want to imagine...

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  4. Lately Submissions Suck! by ImaLamer · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    I hate complaining, but this is the submission:

    "Macworld news has an article about Yahoo's acquisition of Konfabulator, which will be announced Monday. Yahoo company executives said they will be giving Konfabulator away for free, completely doing away with the US$19.95 currently charged for the product. The reason they purchased Konfabulator was they wanted an easy way to open up its APIs to the developer community and allow them easy access to the information on the Yahoo web site." From the article: "The acquisition of Konfabulator may not be the last Mac compatible product users see from Yahoo! While Schneider wasn't specific, he did say that there was interest in the Mac. 'There is a move at Yahoo! -- in addition to Konfabulator -- to move more onto the Mac,' said Schneider. 'We want to make sure we find a way to be more cross platform.'"


    It should be like this:

    "Macworld news has an article about Yahoo's acquisition of Konfabulator, which will be announced Monday. Yahoo company executives said they will be giving Konfabulator away for free, completely doing away with the US$19.95 currently charged for the product. The reason they purchased Konfabulator was they wanted an easy way to open up its APIs to the developer community and allow them easy access to the information on the Yahoo web site." From the article: "The acquisition of Konfabulator may not be the last Mac compatible product users see from Yahoo! While Schneider wasn't specific, he did say that there was interest in the Mac. 'There is a move at Yahoo! -- in addition to Konfabulator -- to move more onto the Mac,' said Schneider. 'We want to make sure we find a way to be more cross platform.'"


    I know it is silly - but we always linked on the verbs, and I think we should try to do that more. Then, maybe at least one link to a relevant site is needed to help out the clueless. If we are being shown RAID 101 stories, are we expected to know every piece of software out there?
  5. Will it make a difference? by Pranadevil2k · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    When Apple makes it transition to x86 will it make a difference if Yahoo has G5 compatible software?

  6. Re:too lazy to google right now by Bambi+Dee · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Ah, there's your problem. You're not supposed to press Esc, v, j, j, j, E, ", +, y, Shift-Down, e, *damn*, k, ", +, g, P and i all at the same time! (Relax, I use it too when I can't use Kate or Textpad or Scintilla or EDLIN.)

  7. Re:New Package, Same Old by pipingguy · · Score: 0, Offtopic


    Thanks for the advice, AC. I remember when I had my first beer, enjoy!

  8. Sad news ... Art Bell dead at 52 by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I just heard some sad news on talk radio - Host of the eerie late-night radio show Coast To Coast, Art Bell, 52, was found dead in his Nevada home this morning. There weren't any more details. I'm sure everyone in the Slashdot community will miss him - even if you didn't enjoy his show, there's no denying his contributions to the sleep deprived, the graveyard shift and truckers across the nation.

    He's probably smiling down on us from that great big UFO in the sky.

    You'll be missed Art!

    1. Re: Sad news ... Art Bell dead at 52 by Rick+and+Roll · · Score: -1, Offtopic
      Yes, that is very sad. Also sad (but correct) is the offtopic rating.

      Someone should submit a /. story so he can be properly remembered.

  9. Re:+5 Informative here I come! by AlephNot · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I don't see you getting +5 informative since not only did someone beat you to the punch, that someone even included the Wikipedia content in their comment. Sorry. :-)

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  10. Re:the name by argent · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    To grammar nazi's

    Grammer nazi's what?

    Surely you wouldn't inadvertently use an inappropriate apostrophe when flaming about grammar, would you? That must have been teh deliberate.

  11. Re:oh c'mon! by atoms · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    but what if it happens to be true?