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TechCrunch reports that Yahoo bought del.icio.us today.
"I just got off an instant message conversation with Joshua Schachter,
the founder of Del.icio.us. I was asking him for any comment on the
Yahoo acquisition rumors and he pointed me to the del.icio.us blog."
Then I popped over to Steve Rubel, and he also had the inside track via an IM conversation with del.icio.us creator Josh Schachter.
Oddly enough, my first thought upon hearing the news was, "oh shit, there goes the (del.icio.us) neighborhood." Not sure what that’s about …