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Yahoo: Past, present and future
Created: 10/30/2007
Video description: Yahoo chiefs Terry Semel and Jerry Yang talk to author and columnist Kara Swisher in front of a large crowd at the Commonwealth Club in San Francisco. Looking back at the dot-com bust and ahead to a broadband boost, they also discuss outsourcing, Wi-Fi, Web-based advertising, content, search and spam.

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