Leaked Slide Shows Yahoo Is Killing Delicious & Other Web Apps

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Jolie O'Dell
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Leaked Slide Shows Yahoo Is Killing Delicious & Other Web Apps
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According to the slide, it is "sunset" time for bookmarking service Delicious, Yahoo Buzz, AltaVista, Yahoo Picks, Yahoo Bookmarks, MyBlogLog and a few other web-based services owned and operated by Yahoo.

Other products, such as Yahoo Events and Yahoo People Search, are being merged.

And still other services, including Yahoo Deals and the 2008 acquisition

The decision to streamline and focus on trendier features makes sense in light of recent rumors surrounding Yahoo. We've heard that the company may cut 5% of its staff, and Yahoo CEO Carol Bartz hinted at Web 2.0 Summit last month that some product changes were ahead, stating that Yahoo had been a "static entity" for far too long already.

Here's the full list of companies, as per the leaked slide:

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