You heard right, folks. Yahoo has acquired Konfabulator! Man, out of all of the possible things for Yahoo to buy this had to be the last on my list. Regardless, congrats all the way.

Let’s just get this out of the way… Konfabulator is now free. Yup. If you download version 2.1 you know what you’ll never ever see? That’s right a registration reminder. Fear not, there’s nothing sneaky in there, no spyware, no ads, nothing that’s keeping track of information and sending it to us… it’s pure, uncut Konfabulator goodness.

Now, we can currently hear the cries of all those people who’ve recently purchased Konfabulator. Fear not, people, for you will be given the gift of a refund if you purchased Konfabulator 2.0 or later. Revel in the glory of it.

Yahoo? Yahoo!

Yup, the big announcement we’ve been sneaking around and working up to is that we’ve been acquired by Yahoo!. We’re really excited about this, and here’s the big reason why… they have free espresso on campus! That’s right, no more $80 a week Starbucks bills!

Another reason we’re excited about it, is the very cool big picture. See, when we first thought of Konfabulator, one of the key pieces was accessing internet content. Well guess what Yahoo has boat-loads of? Yup. And what’s really great is that they’re starting to open it up to everyone in a format that’s useable outside the traditional browser, as XML feeds. Guess how they’re going to provide real-world examples of how to use this stuff. Yup… Konfabulator. So really, depending on how you look at it, we’re taking over Yahoo! We’re going to make it so the best way to access their data is via slick little Widgets. [Read the rest]