Put together two giants like these and there are bound to be some good results and some nasty ones. Here are 11 of our dreams and nightmares.

Tom Spring
Friday, February 01, 2008 3:45 PM PST
PCWORLD

 It's the year 2010. Microsoft owns Yahoo and has just changed the name of Flickr to Microsoft Flickr Live Photo-Sharing Service for Digital Camera Enthusiasts. The service is still free, but Windows Vista users will have to validate their copy of Vista as "genuine" first to use it. What has Microsoft wrought?

That's just one of the nightmares we can foresee from a Microsoft-Yahoo merger. But some good things could ensue for computer users too. Here's what we'd love - and hate - to see happen.
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