Yahoo celebrates 10 years on the Web

Yahoo turns 10 come Mar. 2, reported the BBC. The Web portal, started by two Stanford students and named so because of its dictionary definition as a rude, unsophisticated, uncouth person, went from two to 7,600 employees in 10 years. One of the few companies to survive the dotcom crash, it has become a key player in breaking news online. Even though it faces fierce competition from other contenders like MSN, AOL etc., the Web portal seems to have an exclusive fan following and is programmed "to discover, get more done, share and interact," said Jerry Yang, one of its founders.