Roundup: Floating data centers, Xobni, Jaffe, Lanzone, Revver & more

Roundup: Floating data centers, Xobni, Jaffe, Lanzone, Revver & more

Here’s the latest action:
1. Data centers floating in the SF Bay?
2. CEO of search engine Ask goes to Redpoint
3. Xobni’s Outlook plugin enhanced
4. Microsoft dealmaker Bruce Jaffe to join startup life
5. Yahoo’s browser-based player now public
6. Readburner lets you see what’s shared on Google Reader
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Terry Semel is out at Yahoo

Terry Semel is out at Yahoo

Terry Semel, who was brought in to turnaround Yahoo after the Internet bust, has stepped down from the top job.

The former Hollywood exec looked like a master initially — when Yahoo’s revenue and profits surged after 2001. There’s no doubt Semel’s steady hand helped. Soon,… Continue Reading

Roundup: Genetics, Semel’s choke, Wikiseek, MySpace story and more

Roundup: Genetics, Semel’s choke, Wikiseek, MySpace story and more

Round-up of the latest in Silicon Valley tech stuff:

Google-funded genetic start-up? — Anne Wojcicki, the biotech analyst who is reportedly engaged to Google co-founder Sergey Brin, has co-founded a Mountain View personal genetics startup, 23andMe, according to ValleyWag. According to the company’s site, it develops “tools… Continue Reading

Memo to Yahoo’s Board: Fire Semel

Recent troubles have engulfed Yahoo! with their sharp earnings miss relative to Google, delays on the Panama advertising platform roll-out, slowing growth rates, and low-level VP Brad Garlinghouse’s now infamous “Peanut Butter Manifesto” leaked to Kevin Delaney and Page One of the Wall Street Journal… Continue Reading