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The Yahoo toolbar available later
this week will allow users access to a selected group of
programs from the toolbar without leaving the page they are on.For example, users get
notifications of new e-mails on the toolbar and can open them.
The Internet company also showed off a newly styled in-box,
which combines social networking functions and also allows users
access to third party programs.
Yahoo has about 275 million users
of its e-mail. Its portal relies on advertising and the company
says it has an audience of more than 500 million consumers.
As is usual with Yahoo, the
changes are being phased in slowly and later will be rolled out
for all of its users.
The company is continuing to
pursue its open strategy as it is in the middle of a transition.
It is looking for a new chief executive to replace Jerry Yang,
who has resigned. It also has notified 1,500 employees that they
are being laid off.
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