Yahoo has announced that it acquired Xoopit, a photo sharing and organization tool compatible with Yahoo Mail among other Internet services. While the search-giant has not officially disclosed any financial details of the transaction, several reports are quoting an inside source who says the deal was worth $20 million.

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Somebody is pouring a lot of money into Yahoo... Now just who could that be.
If it doesn't work, you will be able to stick a fork into Yahoo and their funding source, and find that they are done.

They remind me a bit of CompuServe - seemingly unassailable, and then they're scrambling to catch up and regain what they lost. AOL did for CompuServe and now it seems Google has done for Yahoo. A liaison with Microsoft might offer some hope in this space for both companies, or it might be too little too late. Google seems unassailable. (Where have I heard that before?)