Full FeedU.S. Department of Justice investigating Yahoo-Bing deal
The U.S. Department of Justice is deepening their investigation into the Yahoo!-Bing deal. They’ve asked both Microsoft and Yahoo! for more information about their search engine deal. In July, the two companies announced a deal that would have Microsoft’s Bing power Yahoo’s search with a split of the ad revenue. … Continue Reading »
Microsoft and Yahoo once again in talks
Back in 2008 it seemed we couldn’t do anything about hearing something about Microsoft buying up Yahoo. The deal never worked, possibly because of then Yahoo CEO Jerry Yang who seemed to dislike the idea. But, Yahoo now has a new CEO, Carol Bartz, and it seems she might be… Continue Reading »
Microsoft-Yahoo: Act II
It’s the summer movie season and sequels are always big at the box office, so why not try another shot at some kind of Microsoft-Yahoo blockbuster? In a move seemingly designed to keep technology reporters and bloggers chained to their laptops over the weekend, Microsoft announced Sunday that it was… Continue Reading »
Carl Icahn sends open letter to Yahoo! Board of Directors
In a recently published open letter to the Yahoo! Board of Directors, Carl Icahn makes things pretty clear, he wants to dump the entire current board. He is not very happy with the way the current board acted with Microsoft’s offer of $47.5 billion and feels the $33 per share… Continue Reading »
World to Jerry Yang, “you did what?”
Yesterday, the mighty (or once mighty) Jerry Yang, CEO of Yahoo! wrote a blog post entitled, “Ok, so now what?”. The post was what you would think a CEO might write about his actions under the Microsoft microscope and hopes for a bright future. One of the fun thing about… Continue Reading »
MicroHoo is dead; Microsoft officially withdraws bid for Yahoo!
Well after all the hype during these past three months Microsoft has withdrawn their bid for Yahoo. With the final offer coming in at $33 per share or a total of $47.5 billion, that was just not enough to match the $37 per share or $53 billion that Yahoo was… Continue Reading »
Microsoft, Yahoo! fail to reach agreement by deadline
Saturday’s deadline passed with no deal for Microsoft and Yahoo. The two companies have been negotiating for sometime now after Microsoft expressed interest in acquiring it’s rival web portal. Now Microsoft is deciding whether to launch a hostile takeover via proxy fight or to simply drop the deal. Yahoo had… Continue Reading »
Yahoo not opposing Microsoft’s offer, but $31 a share is unacceptable
If you think that the Microsoft-Yahoo merger issue is already dead, think again as here comes Yahoo issuing yet again another statement saying that they are not opposed to Microsoft’s buyout offer. But they will definitely not accept Microsoft’s proposed $31 per-share offer. Yahoo issued the statement as a reaction… Continue Reading »
Microsoft rears head, gives Yahoo 3 weeks to go Quietly
In a recent letter to the Yahoo! board of directors, Steve Ballmer has set an ultimatum upon the company behind the most visited site in the world, according to traffic ranking site Alexa. On January 31 of this year, Microsoft made its $46 billion dollar offer to takeover the Sunnyvale… Continue Reading »
Breaking: It’s done: Yahoo agrees to sell to Microsoft
InfoWorld is reporting that Yahoo has agreeed to Microsoft’s offer after haggling that went deep into the night. The final price looks to be $2.6 Billion more than Microsofts original offer. Steve Ballmer expects the next six months will be spent deciding how to redecorate Yahoo offices and how to… Continue Reading »
Experience what it’s like to download at unlimited speeds from a massive collection of over 800 Terabytes of user uploads. You’ll max out your Internet connection downloading a file in… Continue Reading »
Palm Pre Information & Updates
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