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Posted by timothy on Sunday March 20, 2005 @06:50PM from the funny-announcement dept.

FLickLover writes "Yahoo is buying Flickr for an undisclosed amount. The rumors of the deal have been doing the rounds for weeks now. On the Flickr Blog Ludicorp folks are talking about the deal and how it impacts the community. "We can finally confirm that Yahoo has made a definitive agreement to acquire Flickr and us, Ludicorp. Smack the tattlers and pop the champagne corks! Woohoo! " This is the third high profile Blog/RSS related buyout of 2005. Live Journal was bought by Six Apart, while Ask Jeeves snapped up Bloglines." Update: 03/21 12:49 GMT by H : And my favorite comment on it comes from Ben Hyde's blog. Genius.

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They've renamed it (Score:5, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Sunday March 20, 2005 @06:52PM (#11993449)

Now it's Fl!ckr

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Yarrrrrrrr! (Score:1, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Sunday March 20, 2005 @06:52PM (#11993451)

There be new bubbles to burst in thar sea!

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Yahoos' Dark Helmut (Score:5, Funny)

by NoGuffCheck ( 746638 ) writes: on Sunday March 20, 2005 @06:52PM (#11993452)

Prepare ship for Ludicorp speed!

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zerg (Score:2, Funny)

by Lord Omlette ( 124579 ) writes: on Sunday March 20, 2005 @07:09PM (#11993567) Homepage

How do you get bought by Yahoo and then scream "Woohoo?"

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Re:excellent! (Score:5, Funny)

by hunterx11 ( 778171 ) writes: <hunterx11@g3.1415926mail.com minus pi> on Sunday March 20, 2005 @07:16PM (#11993608) Homepage Journal

RTFA; they're buying Flickr, not AOL.

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My Flickr account password (Score:3, Funny)

by Linuxathome ( 242573 ) writes: on Sunday March 20, 2005 @07:22PM (#11993628) Homepage Journal

I have an account, the password is:

1...2...3...4...5

Brilliant! Just like my luggage combo.

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Re:I'm confused (Score:3, Funny)

by Colol ( 35104 ) writes: on Sunday March 20, 2005 @07:37PM (#11993697)

what the differents between flickr.com and photos.yahoo.com ?

Flickr isn't used almost exclusively to host members' amateur porn. ;)

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