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Yahoo Launches Dashboard

Posted by Zonk on from the must-have-more-widgets dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Engadget has a 'live' post from a Yahoo press conference this morning showing something called Yahoo Dashboard. It looks awwwfully familiar. They brought out Ellen DeGeneres to demo it, and Tom Cruise to show an MI: 3 trailer for some reason." From the article: "I would like to announce right now what we call Yahoo Go. If you have some of the same problems dealing with things as Ellen .... Yahoo Go ... is a revolutionary way to connect users to Web services they already use. We're installing new applications right on devices (pix of laptop, TV, phone)." Dashboard is the relaunch of Konfabulator. We reported on Yahoo!'s purchase of Konfabulator last year.

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  1. Isn't it Widgets? by Geoffreyerffoeg · · Score: 2, Funny

    I already downloaded the Yahoo! Widget Engine. Why do I need Ellen Degeneres and Tom Cruise?

  2. That's got the lesbian and gay community covered.. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny
    They brought out Ellen DeGeneres to demo it, and Tom Cruise to show an MI: 3 trailer for some reason.

    Well, that covers the lesbian and gay community. No representation for us straight folks?

  3. Everyone Copying Everyone by minimunchkin · · Score: 3, Funny

    Dashboard steels the look of Konfabulator, itself a stolen idea. Yahoo buys Konfabulator and steals the name of Dashboard. Whatever next?

  4. Ellen DeGeneres? by timtimtim2000 · · Score: 2, Funny

    Ellen DeGeneres is an authoritative source on technology, which is why Yahoo! has lured me into using their dashboard.

  5. Best quote from TFA by PagosaSam · · Score: 5, Funny

    10:40 Outside, a guy talking into his phone: "Well Steve Jobs is a fucking Jedi Master of this shit compared to these other clowns."

    I love this business!

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    :q! Oh crap, not again...
  6. Steve Jobs by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    "is the fucking Jedi Master of this shit" sums it up...

  7. Wow. Everyone left work... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    ... and left me behind. Even /. is dead, or at least this article is, given the lack of any posts.

  8. bad comment to make during demo glitch by pyros · · Score: 2, Funny

    "we know who's software we're using."

    um .... yours?

  9. They're calling it 'Dashboard'? by macsox · · Score: 2, Funny

    Lawsuit from Apple in 3, 2, 1...

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    go get it
  10. Everyone Copying Everyone by Gorimek · · Score: 1, Funny

    Dashboard steels the look of Konfabulator, itself a stolen idea. Yahoo buys Konfabulator and steals the name of Dashboard. What ever next?

  11. Re:Imitation is the sincerest form... by Dylan+Zimmerman · · Score: 4, Funny

    It all comes full circle!

    I think you meant to say that it all goes in one infinite loop.