Bangalore, July 14: Global Internet company Yahoo! today announced the opening of a software development centre in Bangalore, its first such facility outside the US. The centre here would focus on product innovation and leading edge technology development for Yahoo! worldwide, Yahoo! Software Development India Pvt. Ltd. CEO Venkat Pachapakesan and COO Bharat Vijay told reporters here. The Bangalore centre, to be launched next month, plans to have 150 highly skilled software engineers by the end of 2004, they said. Bureau Report