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Title: Yahoo Shutting Down Delicious, Buzz, Other Services
Post by: sam on December 17, 2010, 05:07

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Yahoo will shut down several of its Web properties, including Delicious, Yahoo Buzz, and AltaVista, according to a Yahoo presentation slide that was posted on Twitter.

http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2374446,00.asp

Title: Re: Yahoo Shutting Down Delicious, Buzz, Other Services
Post by: Rik on December 17, 2010, 09:54

I can't say I'm surprised, Sam.

Title: Re: Yahoo Shutting Down Delicious, Buzz, Other Services
Post by: Simon on December 17, 2010, 10:20

I haven't used AltaVista for years, but used to have an email address with them. 

Title: Re: Yahoo Shutting Down Delicious, Buzz, Other Services
Post by: GillE on December 17, 2010, 10:21

I won't notice.

Title: Re: Yahoo Shutting Down Delicious, Buzz, Other Services
Post by: Rik on December 17, 2010, 10:22

It would be fun to dig up some of those early email addresses, wouldn't it. I had one at bigfoot.com (how apt ;D), and another at scotlandmail.com.

Title: Re: Yahoo Shutting Down Delicious, Buzz, Other Services
Post by: Simon on December 17, 2010, 10:27

My first dip into the Internet was with a Bush Internet set top box, so my first email was @bushinternet.com. I think that's dead, but I still get mail to my old Talk21 address. 

Title: Re: Yahoo Shutting Down Delicious, Buzz, Other Services
Post by: Rik on December 17, 2010, 10:58

I had one of those too, but my first was with BT's monthly subscription service, whose name escapes me right now. £15pm sub, long-distance phone call rates to access, and a data charge per kB. That was in 1984.

Title: Re: Yahoo Shutting Down Delicious, Buzz, Other Services
Post by: Simon on December 17, 2010, 11:28

Mine was in about 1998!

Title: Re: Yahoo Shutting Down Delicious, Buzz, Other Services
Post by: Rik on December 17, 2010, 11:29

Stripling. ;D

Title: Re: Yahoo Shutting Down Delicious, Buzz, Other Services
Post by: Clive on December 17, 2010, 11:51

I'd forgotten all about AltaVista.   :D  My first e-mail address was @delphi.com, probably in 1990. 

Title: Re: Yahoo Shutting Down Delicious, Buzz, Other Services
Post by: Simon on December 17, 2010, 11:54

I've lost count how many I've had now.  In the glory days of dial up, I used to switch ISPs almost monthly!  ;D

Title: Re: Yahoo Shutting Down Delicious, Buzz, Other Services
Post by: Rik on December 17, 2010, 15:58

I went through 17. :)

Title: Re: Yahoo Shutting Down Delicious, Buzz, Other Services
Post by: Simon on December 17, 2010, 21:19

Clive will remember, a few of us used to follow each other around.  A 'new' ISP would pop up, which would be really good for a while, then word would get round and they would over-subscribe, become sh*t, and we'd bugger off to the next one.  ;D 

Title: Re: Yahoo Shutting Down Delicious, Buzz, Other Services
Post by: chorleydave on December 17, 2010, 23:12

Quote from: Simon on December 17, 2010, 21:19

Clive will remember, a few of us used to follow each other around.  A 'new' ISP would pop up, which would be really good for a while, then word would get round and they would over-subscribe, become sh*t, and we'd bugger off to the next one.  ;D 

In the days of EZPC, didn't a few of us use Fast24?

Title: Re: Yahoo Shutting Down Delicious, Buzz, Other Services
Post by: Simon on December 17, 2010, 23:25

Yup, and AlphaPhe?  They only lasted five minutes!  ;D

Title: Re: Yahoo Shutting Down Delicious, Buzz, Other Services
Post by: chorleydave on December 17, 2010, 23:40

Bloody hell - AlphaPhe - I'd totally forgotten that one.  About a fiver a month whch was very cheap in those days.  ;D

Title: Re: Yahoo Shutting Down Delicious, Buzz, Other Services
Post by: Rik on December 18, 2010, 10:50

Quote from: Simon on December 17, 2010, 21:19

Clive will remember, a few of us used to follow each other around.  A 'new' ISP would pop up, which would be really good for a while, then word would get round and they would over-subscribe, become sh*t, and we'd bugger off to the next one.  ;D 

Nothing changes. ;D

Title: Re: Yahoo Shutting Down Delicious, Buzz, Other Services
Post by: Clive on December 18, 2010, 11:00

We are certainly deep in memory lane now!  Yes, I think Fast 24 was very popular on EZPC.