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Microsoft merger rumor prompts Yahoo trading Yahoo's stock is trading more heavily than usual on speculation that the company is again holding acquisition talks with Microsoft.Citing anonymous sources within both companies, technology blog TechCrunch repor Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Microsoft executive shakeup prepares for Yahoo acquisition Microsoft confirmed a number of high-level executive changes, moves that could be designed to better position the company to digest an acquisition of Yahoo, an analyst said.In addition to a number of executive Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Microsoft plans 'significant' news unrelated to Yahoo Microsoft will reveal "significant" company news Thursday, but the announcement is unrelated to its bid to acquire Yahoo.The company is planning a press conference for 11:30 EST that its CEO Steve Ballmer, Chie Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Yahoo bid could backfire lest Microsoft changes ways Microsoft's $44.6 billion offer to purchase Yahoo is a dramatic statement from a company that delayed acknowledging the importance of emerging Web business models for so long, it faced becoming an also-ran in the Web 2.0 economy. Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Microsoft cited for open efforts, eyes Eclipse Microsoft received plaudits and criticism for its openness efforts at the MIX08 event Thursday with a Microsoft official also citing an overture toward the Eclipse Foundation for open-source tooling.During a pan Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Despite Yahoo drama, Microsoft forges ahead with search Microsoft is pushing ahead with plans to expand its enterprise and Internet search offerings even as its quest to purchase Yahoo remains uncertain and could get uglier.On Wednesday, Fast Search and Transfer ( Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Google, Microsoft trade barbs over Yahoo bid Google has made its first official comments on Microsoft's proposed acquisition of Yahoo, saying that the deal raises "troubling questions" and that the underlying principles of the Internet stand to be tested by the proposed deal. Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Top 10: Microsoft-Yahoo, XP SP3 woes, Sprint-Clearwire WiMax deal News from and about Microsoft dominated this week from start to finish. But the dire situation caused by Cyclone Nargis in Myanmar, where the ruling junta cares more about oppression and domination than early warning systems or getting aid to people, tended to put eve Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Top 10: Coreflood, more Microsoft-Yahoo, iPhone plans A Trojan horse program that has been around for about six years is now being used to steal system-administrator passwords, including those at banking and brokerage houses, according to security researchers. And it could be that six years from now we'll still be talkin Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Accessing a parent browser window from a child window or vice versa using JavaScript This article explains basic options available to access the data present in a parent browser window from a child browser window or vice versa. Home > Rss Directory > Technology > CodeProject |
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Microsoft pursues search improvements, sans Yahoo While the company only has a 10 percent share of the search market with its Live Search technology, Microsoft has big plans to enhance its platform regardless of what happens with its now-dormant proposal to buy Yahoo. Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Microsoft and Powerset confirm deal Microsoft and Powerset confirmed Tuesday that Microsoft will purchase the search-engine startup. The news comes several days after a rumor about the deal circulated on the Web.[ See related video of Eric Knorr's Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Gates: Microsoft fights back from underdog status on search After vague statements over the last weeks about internal investments that will allow it to compete in search without Yahoo, Microsoft on Wednesday laid out more of its vision for improving on its current "underdog" position in search. Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Microsoft adds Facebook-like qualities to Windows Live xMicrosoft aims to turn its Windows Live portal into something more like a social-networking site with features it will add to the next major update of its online services and applications.Windows Live users wil Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Microsoft will discard search data sooner if rivals do same Microsoft will anonymize and discard data collected from search queries much sooner than it does now if its rivals do the same, the company said Tuesday.Microsoft has endorsed European guidelines that suggest se Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Former Disney executive joins Microsoft as CIO Microsoft has tapped a former executive at Walt Disney to fill its CIO position, a move that shows the company continuing to fill top executive positions from outside the company.Tony Scott, who most recently wa Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Yahoo weighs options as Microsoft drama continues Yahoo is weighing its options to accept a buyout by Microsoft or consider tie-ups with other companies, in particular a reported plan to join forces with AOL, as a way to stave off the software giant's advances. Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Microsoft to offer Web-streamed Office Worried by the small but growing number of small businesses and consumers switching from Microsoft Office to cheaper or free online alternatives such as Google Apps, Microsoft plans to arm a key cohort of its formidable legion of partners to help fight the threat Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Update: Yahoo ends talks with Microsoft, nears Google deal Yahoo has ended its talks with Microsoft about a deal narrower in scope than a full acquisition, Yahoo revealed on Thursday. Instead, the company is nearing an agreement with Google, The Wall Street Journal repo Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Update: Microsoft offers to buy Yahoo for $44.6 billion Microsoft has offered to buy Yahoo for around $44.6 billion in cash and shares, to better compete with Google in the market for online services.CEO Steve Ballmer made the offer in a letter to Yahoo's board of di Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |