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last.fm acquired by CBS

From BBC technology news.

Social music site Last.fm has been bought by US media giant CBS Corporation for $280m (£140m), the largest-ever UK Web 2.0 acquisition.

As part of the deal, Last.fm’s managing team will remain in place and the site will maintain its own separate identity.

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Flickr to require Yahoo! login — world about to end apparently

As you may have heard, Flickr have re-announced their intention to shut off the old sign-in system and move solely to Yahoo’s authentication system on the 15th March. (I say “re-announced” as this has been on the cards since the original buy out) From the furore erupting on the forums and on other sites you’d think Stuart […]

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