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Yahoo! Opens doors to hackers

Last weekend saw hackers painted in a different light after Yahoo! opened its doors and allowed them to play around with its online offerings in the Open Hack Day 2008.

Some 300 hackers descended on Yahoo!'s campus in Sunnyvale, California and showcased they prowess and ingenuity in the move initiated by the internet mail giant to tap into raw talent.

According to Yahoo!, this is part of the company's Open Strategy, which it believes will make the website even more appealing and allow meshing capabilities.

"Open is a really important strategy for us," Yahoo Developer Network head Chris Yeh told AFP.

"It is a new course for the ship. Our ability to turn Yahoo from a company that owns and operates its own sites to a company that lets other people in on the action is a critical growth moment. This is really exciting."

According to the company, 500 million people visit Yahoo sites every month and 300 million of them are registered members.

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