Microsoft, Yahoo Square Off Again
aphnetworks.com 7/27/2009 — From DailyTech: Yahoo and Microsoft have had a very tumultuous relationship. Microsoft wanted to buy Yahoo but it and Yahoo were unable to come to an agreement that would merge the two companies. Microsoft ultimately tried a hostile takeover of the company that failed and the end result ...

Microsoft in $20bn Yahoo deal
business.timesonline.co.uk 11/30/2008 — 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 ...

Yahoo board member Icahn wants Microsoft deal | Technology
reuters.com 7/18/2009 — Alexei Oreskovic and Bill Rigby SAN FRANCISCO/SEATTLE (Reuters) - Activist investor Carl Icahn spoke out in favor of a search deal between Yahoo Inc and Microsoft Corp, as talks between the two companies appeared to regain momentum. Icahn declined to ...

Microsoft, Yahoo in 10-year Web search partnership | Technology
reuters.com 7/29/2009 — Alexei Oreskovic and Bill Rigby SAN FRANCISCO/SEATTLE (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp and Yahoo Inc inked a 10-year Web search deal to better compete against market leader Google Inc but stopped short of combining their display advertising businesses. ...

Yahoo, Microsoft reach search, ad deal
news.cnet.com 7/29/2009 — Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer uses a giant pen to sign the 10-year deal, alongside Yahoo CEO Carol Bartz, on Wednesday at Yahoo's headquarters in Sunnyvale, Calif. (Credit: Yahoo/Microsoft ) After months of fits and starts , Microsoft and Yahoo on ...

Yahoo Search Ad Deal With Microsoft “Down to the Short Strokes”–But Caution Also Advised
kara.allthingsd.com 7/17/2009 — Unless there is some major glitch, there might finally be a search and online advertising deal struck between Yahoo and Microsoft at long last. Top executives at Microsoft--including SVP of the Online Audience Business Group Yusuf Mehdi, search ...

Report: Ballmer Says Yahoo Deal Better 'sooner Than Later' (PC World) by PC World: Yahoo! Tech
tech.yahoo.com 12/8/2008 — - Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer again voiced support for purchasing Yahoo or its search business, hinting in a published report that a deal between the two companies may be reached before the end of the year. In an interview with The Wall Street ...

Analyst changes tune on a Microsoft-Yahoo deal
gamingheaven.net 4/28/2009 — Throughout 2008's on-again, off-again talks between Yahoo and Microsoft , many financial analysts declared the belief that some sort of deal--either Microsoft acquiring Yahoo outright or later just its search business--was a matter of when, not if. One report released Tuesday, though, shows at ...

AFP: Yahoo! open to sale, partnership for search business
google.com 2/26/2009 — 16 hours ago SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) Internet pioneer Yahoo! is open to selling its Web search business or entering into a partnership with another company, but doing a deal would be hard, a top executive said on Wednesday. "We are not opposed to doing a ...

Microsoft CEO still open to partnership with Yahoo | Technology
reuters.com 6/25/2009 — Cyril Altmeyer CANNES, France (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp, the world's largest software group, is still open to a partnership with search engine giant Yahoo Inc, Chief Executive Steve Ballmer said on Wednesday. "We remain open to a partnership with ...

Microsoft Cuts the Crud on New PCs — PC World Latest Technology News 30 days ago
Microsoft's online and retail stores will offer Windows 7 PCs without any unwanted demo-ware and junk-ware.

Microsoft ditches MSN Direct — The Register 30 days ago
Out, damned SPOT MSN Direct, Microsoft's data broadcast network, is to be switched off in 2012, leaving literally dozens of users bereft of updates and another Microsoft initiative in the dust.… Web threats: Why conventional protection doesn't ...

Is Your Windows 7 Install Illegal? — PC World Latest Technology News 30 days ago
If you're attempting to install Microsoft's new OS on a blank hard drive, you may be a pirate.

Yahoo admits to delays in its deal with Microsoft — Home - THE INQUIRER 30 days ago
Inquirer Staff THE INQUIRER Still working out the details > >

Microsoft applies lipstick to MSN butterfly — The Register 30 days ago
Bigger, fewer wings With Windows Live and Bing, Microsoft's MSN butterfly has had its wings ripped from it in recent years… What is your recession sales strategy?