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Hogan's Litvack Discusses Google/Yahoo
Hogan's Litvack Discusses Google/Yahoo
December 2, 2008 1:00 PM Hogan's Litvack Discusses Google/Yahoo Posted by Nate Raymond Litvack Google Inc. and Yahoo! Inc. called off their joint advertising agreement just three hours before the Department of Justice planned to file antitrust charges to block the pact, according to the lawyer ...
Microsoft in $20bn Yahoo deal
business.timesonline.co.uk — SOFTWARE giant Microsoft is in talks to acquire Yahoo s online search business for $20 billion (... 13 billion). The proposal forms the centrepiece of a complex transaction that would see Microsoft support a new management team to take control of ... (more) Microsoft in $20bn Yahoo deal
   Google working on a new mystery OS?
Google working on a new mystery OS?
boygeniusreport.com — After dropping a pretty big bomb recently with news that Microsoft’s OS market share has dropped below... 90% for the first time in 15 years, Net Applications is at it again. The well known market research firm is now causing a wave of speculation with ... (more) Google working on a new mystery OS?
Official Google Blog: Google Chrome (BETA)
googleblog.blogspot.com — Since we first released Google Chrome , the development team has been hard at work improving the... stability and overall performance of the browser. In just 100 days, we have reached more than 10 million active users around the world (on all seven ... (more) Official Google Blog: Google Chrome (BETA)
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Report: DOJ was hours from filing Google suit
DriverHeaven.net — ... . However, it emerged on Wednesday just how close the company came to facing an antitrust suit from the U.S. Department of Justice. ...

Thursday Shortbread
The Tech Report: News — Thursday Shortbread by Ronald Hanaki — 2:10 AM on December 4, 2008 Thursday Hogan's Litvack (lawyer) discusses Google / Yahoo Icahn says he opposes partial sale of Yahoo The Register reports AMD tweaks 2009 chipset roadmap C|Net reports Intel, Nvidia bookend iSuppi's top-20 chip ranking Expreview reports dual-GPU GTX 260 GX2 officially branded as GeForce GTX 295 and Phenom II outperforms Core 2 in multimedia performance? Bill Gates presses Obama on stimulus package, foreign aid President-elect Barack Obama uses a ...

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